The 51st U.S. Congress was responsible for numerous pieces of important legislation. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the McKinley tariff, and the Land Revision act were just a few of those. It was called the "Billion-Dollar Congress" because of its lavish spending.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant a penny. The implication was that money was worth less back East in Boston.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This meant greenbacks or paper money. American five dollar bills had a picture of Abraham Lincoln on them.
Seventeen billion since there is no such number as fifiteen! But if you meant fifteen thousand billion, then that is bigger.
It's from a game show. Originally, it was "the 64,000 dollar question" because that was the ultimate prize if a contestant answered the hardest question on the show. Nowadays, the phrase just means "the most important question" about a situation.
The phrase trans ocean is meant to mean across the ocean. Trans ocean is meant to be the same as transocean, which is not a word but a shorter version of transoceanic, to which it is meant to have a similar meaning.
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The phrase a wallpaper on your desktop can mean that your desktop is covered in papers. This can be meant on your computer or your actual desk.
The limited powers of Congress meant it could not deal effectively with the country's economic problems and trade problems.
The phrase means that the question is difficult to answer. Like this one.
You smell heavenly or you smell very good :) Is this what you meant?
not much.
spatial relations