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Sorry, but putting the comics here was an irresistible temptation.
Besides, isn't that pen cool?
- Despite being a woman of few words, Sarah was well-respected in her field because of her actions.
- She is a woman of few words, but she always gets things done.
Shepherd's pie (made with minced lamb) or cottage pie (made with minced beef) is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato.
Happy Pi day! :)
Let it be the week of math.
Pointless:
1. Lacking meaning; senseless: a pointless remark; a pointless coincidence.
2. Ineffectual; useless: a pointless effort to prevent discussion of the scandal. See Synonyms at futile.
3. Having an end that is not sharp or tapered; having no point: pointless arrows.
4. Failing to score a point: a pointless first quarter.
Too challenging to skip.
...there's a grain of truth in every joke.
"There is a fine line between" is an English idiom that has a 'literal' and a 'figurative' meaning.

On the 'literal' front, it means there is little difference between something and something else. In other words, the two things have almost negligible difference.
> There is a fine line between a frown and a grimace.

On the 'figurative' front, it means the two things are so similar that one could easily become the other.
> There's a fine line between knowing "Heal thyself" and doing self-diagnosis.


via Robert Charles Lee from Quora

(a numerator is a number written over the line in a common fraction which is identified the total number of parts in the whole part like as 1 in 1/2)
axe = a tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc.
axis = a straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center
Here is one more cool math idiom!
to plot = to represent graphically, as on a chart;
to plot = to form or take part in a plot; scheme: (were plotting for months before the attack).
The topic for the week is JOURNALISM.

Yellow journalism = writing in newspapers that tries to get people's attention or influence their opinions by using strong language or false information.
Well, the list of idioms is quite huge yet the list of "to look"-verbs is really cute :)
(bear in mind that they all have different meanings)
Do you remember that song from James Bond?
see the (hand)writing on the wall = to know that something is about to happen
Such a true story...
A: "I'm so impressed with the celebrity memoir I'm reading. I didn't expect this singer to be able to write so well!"
B: "Yeah, she probably had a ghost writer!"
Hey!

We are back here with a Happy Birthday topic

(whatcha = slang version of "what are you")
Well, working on holidays... sounds familiar :)