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May 3, 2008 5:53 PM | Post #145079—in reply to #145078 |
Nanna Mercer
Expert   Mother tongues: English, DanishPosts: 9024 Joined: February 12, 2005 Location: Denmark | Originally written by Dodo Kaipdodo on May 3, 2008 11:17 PM
... Any ideas?
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I just tried a few and, in fact, they're quite tricky. Take this one: Water Idioms. He was told that the new plan he'd developed just wouldn't hold water — means: .......... My first reaction was to tick a, because I often use the expression, 'that won't float' about something that won't work.  Nanna PS: We could discuss interesting ESL or TOEFL tests here: http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/thread-view.asp?threadid=11061&posts=3
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August 27, 2008 12:58 PM | Post #154299—in reply to #145033 |
Dodo Kaipdodo
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Originally written by Jonathan Downie on May 2, 2008 5:32 PM
But I can't have Laurent beat me, so I will try again tomorrow!
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Hey JD, have you tried yet?
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August 27, 2008 1:05 PM | Post #154301—in reply to #134270 |
Jonathan Downie
Elite Veteran  Mother tongue: EnglishPosts: 845 Joined: March 9, 2008 Location: United Kingdom | Not yet, but I will get back to it.
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August 27, 2008 1:10 PM | Post #154302—in reply to #154301 |
Dodo Kaipdodo
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Originally written by Jonathan Downie on August 27, 2008 1:05 PM
Not yet, but I will get back to it.
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That`s OK, just trying to bring an interesting one back... Cheers!
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August 27, 2008 1:16 PM | Post #154303—in reply to #134270 |
Jonathan Downie
Elite Veteran Mother tongue: EnglishPosts: 845 Joined: March 9, 2008 Location: United Kingdom | Once I get this lovely translation out of the way, I will go an beat everyone! 
Actually, after I do that, I need to get back to learning another language. I started on Russian but I am tempted by berber and Mandarin.
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August 27, 2008 2:48 PM | Post #154320—in reply to #154303 |
Dodo Kaipdodo
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Originally written by Jonathan Downie on August 27, 2008 1:16 PM
I need to get back to learning another language. I started on Russian but I am tempted by berber and Mandarin.
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Any Irish?
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August 27, 2008 3:14 PM | Post #154325—in reply to #154320 |
Jonathan Downie
Elite Veteran Mother tongue: EnglishPosts: 845 Joined: March 9, 2008 Location: United Kingdom |
Originally written by Dodo Kaipdodo on August 27, 2008 2:48 PM
Originally written by Jonathan Downie on August 27, 2008 1:16 PM
I need to get back to learning another language. I started on Russian but I am tempted by berber and Mandarin.
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Any Irish?
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Not really. I was going to make a terrible joke about irish accents or Irish words but I couldn't think of one. I need to go and find one of my university French lecturers (an Irishman) and tap him for a few jokes.
To be honest, Russian attracts me because I have already started it, Berber because I have some friends in Algeria and that is their 2nd language (French their third and English their fourth) and Mandarin because I would have billions of people to practise with!
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August 27, 2008 3:38 PM | Post #154326—in reply to #154325 |
Dodo Kaipdodo
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Originally written by Jonathan Downie on August 27, 2008 3:14 PM
Originally written by Dodo Kaipdodo on August 27, 2008 2:48 PM
Any Irish?
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Not really.
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Thought so... I don`t learn Latvian, either, though I should. One knows Russian or English - one can communicate with Letts. Or Lithuanians. One thing different, still: Irish can come in handy when donating the rice.
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August 28, 2008 6:35 AM | Post #154361—in reply to #154326 |
Jonathan Downie
Elite Veteran Mother tongue: EnglishPosts: 845 Joined: March 9, 2008 Location: United Kingdom |
Originally written by Dodo Kaipdodo on August 27, 2008 3:38 PM
Originally written by Jonathan Downie on August 27, 2008 3:14 PM
Originally written by Dodo Kaipdodo on August 27, 2008 2:48 PM
Any Irish?
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Not really.
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Thought so... I don`t learn Latvian, either, though I should. One knows Russian or English - one can communicate with Letts. Or Lithuanians. One thing different, still: Irish can come in handy when donating the rice.
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Most Irish people in the cities have English as their first language. If it is anything like Welsh then even bilingualism could be contained to small parts of the country.
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