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		DoingIsLearning on March 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Piece of paper quiets Intel Alder Lake stock coole... > cooks off or crisps up Off-topic but as a non-native speaker, English language phrasal verbs are one of the most bewildering things in the language.

SturgeonsLaw on March 30, 2022 [–]

Honestly I don't even know how you'd go about learning that stuff. English is such a mishmash of words, phrases and rules that I consider myself lucky I grew up with it and don't have to try and make sense of this nonsense.

NickNameNick on March 30, 2022 | [–]

Other languages have "borrow words".

English mugs other languages for loose grammar.

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