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What does 'Dipper' mean here?

What does 'Dipper' mean here?

I just began this book and already got stuck on the first page. I assumed at first it meant something like 'laddle', related to 'dipping' but it starts with capital D so idk. Thanks in advance

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"Not gonna fly" in the Present Tense?

Can this idiom - it's not going to fly - ever be used in the Present Tense? For example in a silly rhyme like this: *He bakes a pie,* *Pie in the sky.* *It doesn't fly.* *He starts to cry.* Is it correct to use it here in the sense that an inexperienced but overconfident someone bakes an awful pie that doesn't win a prize in a baking competition? Is it gonna fly?

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is there any difference between 'told him' and 'told them' in American accent?

I think I hear ['told them'](https://youtube.com/shorts/I17KjDS60As?si=h8ECDnxERfG9kV3t)(about 12 second ) but it actually is 'told him' from context.

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Can “partial to” and “vulnerable to” mean the same thing?

I’m writing an essay, and if I said “his insecurities made him partial to her lies” is that the same as saying “his insecurities made him vulnerable to her lies”?

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I've got the flu. So don't come today. I don't want to give it to you.

Is it common and natural to say "I don't want to give it to you" in the context of infectious diseases?

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What’s this food called?

What’s this food called?

https://i.redd.it/qwrlntpgcjke1.jpeg

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How to say to a 4-year-old kid when he’s peeing for a very long time? Is it “you have a long pee”?

https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1itm2k5/how_to_say_to_a_4yearold_kid_when_hes_peeing_for/

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Why so people pronounce picture as pitcher in Canada?

???

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Do British people use phrasal verbs more often than Americans?

I've noticed that when I read novels by British authors, I come across more phrasal verbs than in American ones.

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“I gapped in 2023.” Does this sound natural to mean I didn’t take any courses in 2023? Thanks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EnglishLearning/comments/1i3k3vk/i_gapped_in_2023_does_this_sound_natural_to_mean/

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