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Bookmark or Share- More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, but ..."I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better:
- Different ways to say you are leaving work for the day"I'm pushing off" is very informal. – Sankarane. Commented Jul 25, 2015 at 16:03. Add a comment | 0
- "Lifting a ban" — why does "lifting" mean "removing"?To my opinion, "lifting" is used here to indicate some burden is now lifted from the concerned person or thing and that thing is now free to move. Ban is a kind of burden "put over" some action to freez it. So If you wish to remove it, then you will lift it from the action.
- meaning - "Lift the suspension" vs "Drop the suspension" - English ...@choster: I think the NGram is quite adequate for showing that lift occurs far more often than drop with suspension. The fact that there are multiple senses for the word suspension that can actually be "dropped/lifted" isn't really any more relevant than the fact that one very common one (small solid particles in a suspending liquid) can't ...
- What Sound (onomatopoeia) does a launching Rocket make?Depends on the size of the rocket. Something like the space shuttle would be a prolonged roar. Something like a model rocket would go off with a "whoosh" and a bottle rocket a "fwee" although with the last, it's because they're designed to whistle.
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