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“I wake up dreaming” - possible meaning

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.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty{ margin-bottom:0; } -1 I found an example in that particular structure which is: During a night-terror episode, the person will partially wake up screaming, moaning, or gasping for air. It is clear that it means the first thing the person will do after waking up is screaming, moaning, or grasping for air. I want to use the same structure but with the verb (dream): I wake up dreaming of ... As the process of dreaming is known as a fact that it happens during the person's sleep and stops the moment the person wakes up, would my sentence mean that the dream stopped immediately after waking up, or would it mean, like in the first example, the moment I wake up, I...

Word for sibling's sibling-in-law?

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.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty{ margin-bottom:0; } 0 Imagine this scenario: Amy and Brent are sister and brother. Clive and Derek are brothers. Amy marries Clive. Derek is therefore Amy's brother-in-law. Brent is also Clive's brother-in-law. Derek and Brent are _________? Are they also brothers-in-law? Is there a term for this? If there is no specific term, how could I describe their relationship? kinship-terms interpersonal-relations share | improve this question asked 29 mins ago Bradley Mar...