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A collection of useful phrases in British English, a variety of English spoken in the UK, recorded by Simon Ager, the author of this site. Although I grew up in Lancashire in the northwest of England, my accent is closer toRP (Received Pronunciation), with some regional influences. ...
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Monkey pride. This has nothing whatsoever to do with monkeys, and simply means you are prouder than you should be according to Dutch social code, which would tell you to be humble and not outspoken at all times, unless you want your head to be lopped off as you stick it taller than th...
A ‘Scut’ is someone that’s perceived to be a waster or someone with a lower than average intelligence. 20. Sh*tehawk The term ‘Sh*tehawk’ has a number of meanings. The word was actually given to describe birds that ‘Exhibit scavenging behaviour’. In Ireland, it’s used in the...
Dutch Imperial family Phillips Electron Company is one “the health is comfortable, high quality life” the multiplex company, devotes to through promotes promptly has the significance innovation to improve people's quality of life.[translate] ...
Section 3.2 is concerned with the classification of nouns in English and Dutch and with the ways in which the two languages express number, case and gender distinctions. The structure of the noun phrase in English and Dutch is compared in section 3.3. It is in this area that some of the ...
The Dutch love expressions and will litter their everyday conversations with them. Just when you think you’ve learned them all, all of a sudden you hear about someone ‘having butter on their head’ or ‘falling into the house with a door’. ...
22. To fuck with someone To treat someone poorly, in a way that may cause anger or violence. Also used in a more friendly context meaning to tease someone or play around with them. Example:“I was just fucking with you – I didn’t really produce the Pixar film Ratatouille.” ...
A collection of useful phrases suitable for a variety of situations in 408 languages with sound files for some of them. The main index includes natural languages, and language used or intended to be used as International Auxiliary Languages. Phrases inconstructed languagescan be found at the botto...