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Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

I can not connect the meaning of 'lumber' here

A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across
  

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Every English sentence ends with a punctuation mark. I have never heard this proverb, and it seems to me that the "fool" probably has that scrap of wood you need.

  • Every English sentence ends with a punctuation mark.
  • I have never heard this proverb, and it seems to me that the "fool" probably has that scrap of wood you need.
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Every English sentence ends with a punctuation mark.

I have never heard this proverb, and it seems to me that the "fool" probably has that scrap of wood you need.

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Hasibul AlamA fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across.

Synonyms of lumber (British):

jumble, clutter, odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs, rummage, bric-a-brac, oddments, miscellanea, sundries, knick-knacks, flotsam and jetsam, cast-offs, white elephants, stuff, things

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