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ordinary; with no special features
from Latin limen, limin- ‘threshold’ + -al. relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.
Have something (for ex. stick) up your ass
have a stick up your ass US offensive (also have a stick up your butt); (UK have a stick up your arse) a rude phrase meaning to be very serious and easily offended, and always want rules to be obeyed:
unfriendly and aggressive feelings or behaviour
one of the two times in the year (around 20 March and 22 September) when the sun is above the equator and day and night are of equal length
to slow down or limit the development of someone or something:
to put things in the wrong order or mix them up
Treat with excessive indulgence or mollycoddle somebody to protect somebody too much and make their life too comfortable and safe
to do physical exercises in order to stretch and prepare your muscles before taking part in a race, sporting activity, etc.
a small tool with two long, thin parts joined together at one end, used for picking up very small things or for pulling out hairs
(British English titbit) a small special (so scrumptious) piece of food (or spicy and hot piece of information etc)
armchair expert (critic, commander, etc)
He's a little pedantic, but he's an armchair revolutionary. Helen's an armchair environmentalist. также armchair commander armchair critic
knowing or appearing to know about things before they happen
a person or thing that is different from or in a position away from others in the group
a data point on a graph or in a set of results that is very much bigger or smaller than the next nearest data point
(old-fashioned) a young child who is poor and dirty, often one who has no home
(also sea urchin) a small sea creature with a round shell that is covered with spikes
criticizing somebody in an unkind way
a theme that is important or repeated in literature, films, etc. см сайт tvtropes.com
without any expression or emotion; often pretending to be serious when you are joking
chafe (at/under something) (formal) to feel annoyed and impatient about something, especially because it limits what you can do
[intransitive, transitive] if skin chafes, or if something chafes it, it becomes painful because the thing is rubbing against it
subvert (something) to try to destroy the authority of a political, religious, etc. system by attacking it secretly or indirectly
subvert something: to challenge somebody’s ideas or expectations and make them consider the opposite
a bad dive into water, in which the front of the body hits the water flat
(North American English) a man or boy who plays a lot of sport
to be worried or unhappy and not able to relax
feelings of hate and a desire to hurt other people, especially because you think that somebody has done something unfair to you
working men's cafes (syn greasy spoon)
one year in every four years when February has 29 days instead of 28
[singular] (literary or formal) rough treatment or something that limits your freedom and makes your life very difficult to bear
abase yourself to act in a way that shows that you accept somebody’s power over you
