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gnome collapse: a short pithy saying expressing a general truth; a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

saying collapse: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

else collapse: other than what is under consideration or implied; "ask somebody else"; "I don't know what else to do"; "where else can we look?"; (usually used with `or') if not, then; "watch your step or else you may fall"; "leave or else I'll get angry"; additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner; "nobody else is here"; "she ignored everything else"; "I don't know where else to look"; "when else can we have the party?"; "couldn't decide how else it could be done"

rummy collapse: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

wording collapse: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

oracle collapse: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted; a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

inexplicable collapse: incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"

implicative collapse: tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement"

distinguishing collapse: serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features"

ana collapse: a collection of anecdotes about a person or place; mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

parlance collapse: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

shibboleth collapse: a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

sui generis collapse: constituting a class of its own; unique; "a history book sui generis"; "sui generis works like Mary Chestnut's Civil War diary"

quaint collapse: strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"; very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance; "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"- Bill Beatty; "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott; "a quaint sense of humor"

unusual collapse: not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer unusual"; not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"

glissando collapse: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale; (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"

otherwise collapse: other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"; in other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"

term collapse: any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"; a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"; one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"; a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"; the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"; name formally or designate with a term

unaccustomed collapse: not habituated to; unfamiliar with; "unaccustomed to wearing suits"; not customary or usual; "an unaccustomed pleasure"; "many varieties of unaccustomed foods"; "a new budget of unaccustomed austerity"

improbable collapse: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"; not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"; having a probability too low to inspire belief

teaching collapse: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"; a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

time signature collapse: a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat

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