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a) When someone loses their job because their position is no longer needed i) X has been made redundant ii) X has been laid off iii) X's department has been downsized / reorganized / rationalized b) When someone loses their job because of something they did wrong i) X has been given their marching ...

I'm with Bob on this one. We like to be equally rude to everybody, especially Phil .

It means "The regulatory environment is different in each country, with the consequence that it is not possible to put together two equities-dealing operations on the same platform". Note also my addition of a hyphen to "equities dealing" in order to clarify the fact that this phrase is a compound a...

In c) and d) the subject first appears to be "she", but in the next mention "she" has inexplicably become "he". Is this what you meant to write? There is no elegant way of conveying the ideas in a) and b) without recasting how they are structured. I suggest: He was the scientist who had published an...

You also have the option of compared against:

In her class she's tall for a girl, but not compared against the boys.

There are several proverbs or sayings which express the general idea that people of similar character, etc. tend to associate. The first of the ones I've listed relates specifically to people of bad character: If you lie down with dogs, you will rise with fleas Birds of a feather [i.e. which resembl...

I think 'associates' or 'associations' would be better than 'communications' in this context. The issue here isn't the communication of information, but character. 'Manners' is also an unsuitable word choice, because it implies that there is a problem of etiquette rather than of morals. However, cha...

In her class she's tall for a girl, but not compared to the boys.

You could do that in multiple places for additional nuances of meaning, e.g.

Only she told only him she loved him only.

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One day, the English professor told his class the following: "Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. You will form into pairs. As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short story. You will e-mail your partner that paragrap...

It seems plausible: according to Wiktionary, the very similar Latin word solaris means

1) Of or pertaining to the sun, solar.
2) (figuratively) sunny

However, mere plausibility is not the same as evidence. I couldn't find any; maybe someone else can.