>>>Just trying to help with your knowledge opf idiomatic English.
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>>As long as the "ma" is in the adjective.
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>DOES NOT COMPUTE

There's only one adjective in the first line. I have bolded the part which makes it acceptable :). As long as that part is not omitted, I'm fine with that.

>>Take "climb" (verb). Does it imply direction? Take "He climbed a mountain" - it seems to imply "up", right? So "climb" means "go up something"... unless it's "climb down".
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>That's right - it means "go up" unless you say "climb down". of course you can always ascend or descend (whereas in French Ascendre and Descendre also mean "to go out (for the night)" and "to go home (after a night out)". So Englsh hasn't ALL the faults.

Nope... it just has some of the best ones :)

>>Here's something you probably took for granted: verb "to sell". Is it transitive, reflexive, neither, or all of that?
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>Back to the old context debate again. I've never been confused with its use.

So you're fine when "he/she/it sells" can mean any of
- sells something
- is being sold / sells itself
- works in retail

"he sells the book, and the book sells well".

>>I've made great progress in my control of reflexes. Nowadays, when someone says "you know what I mean", I don't puke. I just say "No, I don't. But you seem capable of speaking, you can tell me".
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>And even if you say yes, how can they be sure that you do?

They can't, but that's a good way to avoid further listening :).