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Also, stumble on. Find by chance, discover or meet with unexpectedly. For example, When we were hiking up the mountain we stumbled across a few abandoned shepherd's huts, or At the flea market Alfred stumbled on a quite valuable old lithograph. This idiom uses stumble in the sense of “accidentally trip.” [Mid-1500s]

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

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Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

their

there

they're

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In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
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Specimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.
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They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
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The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.
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His head fell back limp on MacRae's arm, and the rest of the message went with the game old Dutchman across the big divide.
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WORD GAMES

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stumble across

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”

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