query: What’s the origin of the phrase “pay attention”? Did one have to pay monies for this historically?
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positive_passages.text: What is the origin of the phrase "pay attention"?
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negative_passages.text: Origins of Tension
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negative_passages.text: Where does the phrase "doctored" originate?
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negative_passages.text: Where does the word "News" come from?
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negative_passages.text: Short expression to convey "but consider the source"
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negative_passages.text: Why do you write "occurred" but "listened"?
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negative_passages.text: What is the origin of "to lie through one's teeth"?
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negative_passages.text: Why should I be interested in ConTeXt?
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negative_passages.text: How did 'consideration' semantically shift to mean 'something given in payment'?
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negative_passages.text: Where does "pay through the nose" originate?
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negative_passages.text: What is the difference between "look", "see", and "watch"?
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negative_passages.text: Why and when did "crack" come to mean "tell"?
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negative_passages.text: What's the meaning of "tip" in this context?
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negative_passages.text: Where does the term "cold calling" originate from?
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negative_passages.text: What is the origin of the word “optics” that's prevalently used now in politics?
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negative_passages.text: Where does the expression "long odds" come from?
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negative_passages.text: "Come over" and etymology of other idioms