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I got that off my chest; it "has been bugging" vs "had been bugging" me for a while

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Is "cat chases mouse" a natural sentence?

Equivalent idiom in English about something annoyingly appearing everywhere

Does "he took first place" mean "he took the lead" or he did it temporarily because he was still running?

Phrasal verb "roll up" in context

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The age-old question - undreamt or undreamed, in the popular idiom

Because a lot of what can be profitable or "advantageous" vs "beneficial" to us is left without any attention

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Can I say "he fell short of something" when he tried very little or not a lot?

Does 'get hyped' carry a meaning of 'get recognized/appreciated'?

Until recently, we've/we'd been going to the beach

The figure jumped from X in 2000 to Y six years later/after six years. => Are "six years later" and "after six years" bad here?

Is "at a position" incorrect?

Is the usage of "for" here absolutely necessary, or is the sentence fine without it?

Once [the] evening starts, [the] afternoon is considered to have ended

Formula One drivers lose up to 10 pounds "during" vs "over" vs "in" the race in Singapore

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Is this question correct without that?

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