It is definitely "something". Empty space has no matter, but it turns out that the structure of empty space itself is extremely complicated.
No one knows. Standard astrophysics regards the Big Bang as a sponteous (i.e., uncaused) quantum event, but there is no proof either way.
It can either mean that something is literally only partially cooked, or it can be slang for an idea (or something else) that is only partially formed or produced.
It means that you are heading in the correct direction, either literally as though you were tracking someone or something down, or figuratively.
Socrates believed that death was not something to be feared, as it represented the separation of the soul from the body and the beginning of a journey towards enlightenment and the understanding of truth. He saw death as an opportunity for the soul to be free from the limitations of the physical world and to reach a higher state of being.
Whenever you go shopping you either buy something, in which case you waste money, or youdo not buy something, in which case you waste time.You must either buy something or not buy something.You will either waste money or waste time.
no, as a flower is either for example blue or white, and cannot be something in between, thus its discontinuous variation.
The act of rising to an important position or a higher level or in religious terms, the ascent of Christ into heaven on the fortieth day after the Resurrection.
To "paraphrase" something is to convey the general meaning or thought, to get the "gist" of what is being said. A paraphrase translation can either be literally, the translation of a paraphrase or could mean a non literal translation.
It means that the person has no weapons, either literally or figuratively.
To fight something back is to fight it until it backs off or lessens. This idiom means that you are defeating the thing, or making it retreat partially. You usually see this used in situations where something is encroaching and you are trying to make more space (either literally or figuratively).
Well, either you were made that way, or its a side effect of something. (For example) Steroids can cause the testicles to shrink.
A backstep is a step backwards, either literally or figuratively to a previous position.