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What is meant by 'pre-plan'? What is its

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

Pre plan is to plan something out in advance or to determine in advance how something should go.

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What is meant by the expression 'Lawdy me'?

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Rubie
Student • 10 months ago

The word Lawdy Me simply is a shortened word for "Lord Have Mercy on Me" from a short story "The Conscience of the Court".

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What's meant by 'tits up'?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

TITS UP - a rude slang to break or malfunction; to die, fall apart, or cease to work. By extension, to have a poor, undesired, or ruinous outcome; to fail completely or not come together at all.

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Why are the Irish people called 'turk' or turkey?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

TURKS in Ireland are Turkish people who live in Ireland having been born elsewhere, or are Irish-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora.

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What's meant by 'tits up'?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

TITS UP - a rude slang to break or malfunction; to die, fall apart, or cease to work. By extension, to have a poor, undesired, or ruinous outcome; to fail completely or not come together at all.

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What does 'Knock me over with a feather' mean? Where did the expression come from?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

KNOCK ME OVER WITH A FEATHER - used to say that one was extremely surprised or astonished when he or she found out about something. According to the Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, it dates the idiom back to 1796.

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What is meant by 'parliament'?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

In modern politics and history, a PARLIAMENT is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearing and inquiries.

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What is the origin of calling some football clubs 'wanderers'?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

As we all know wanderers are people who roam around from place to place. The first winners of the FA Cup, in 1872, were called simply the Wanderers, a name the club adopted in 1864 after moving from east London to Battersea Park in south London.

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What command is meant by 'fire at will'?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

FIRE AT WILL - to shoot when one feels one should.

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What is meant by 'decimate'?

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Abbygail
Student • 10 months ago

DECIMATE - kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of; kill one in every ten of ( a group of soldiers or others) as a punishment for the whole group.

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