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Re:Re:Re:Slang
Maybe the word was meant to be 'wedges'. Shoes with a sloping platform on the base which is higher towards the heel are sometimes called wedges.
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Kathryn C.
November 14, 2005
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Re:Hello guys
hi vie i forget my danish long time ago but i know that you can go to:freelang.net/espanol/diccionario/danes.html , es un lugar en español en el que puedes bajarte un diccionario español-danes y tambien un carchivo conmuchas frases comunes.
bye!
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Language pair: Spanish; Arabic, other
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Enav A.
November 1, 2005
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Re:Re:quiero practicar ingles
Hola,
Yo hablo "ingles". Hablo muy poco español. Si usted desea ayuda en inglés, le ayudaré.
I can provide competent english, for spanish.
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Jesse P.
October 19, 2005
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Niz
October 8, 2005
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Latest: October 8, 2005
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I wanna learn >.<
Jeje, ahm, I speak spanish, and i want to improve my english.
I will be glad to teach spanish to everyone who ask, in return i acept any lenguage you may know (but you have to be pacient with me,'cause maybe i'm not to fast for the learning part...). I'ma regular member, so plz plz contact me ^^
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Niz
October 5, 2005
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Latest: October 8, 2005
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Re:HELLO EVERYONE
Hello, I can help you with spanish (I'm from Spain) and I'm studying english. Send me a message
--Cristina
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Cristina
September 26, 2005
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Re:Hi can you teach me
Hi, I'm Cristina. I'm spanish, so I can "teach" you. More or less I speak spanish and english, and a bit of french and italian. I'm 18, if you want, email-me :)
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Cristina
September 26, 2005
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Re:Writing skills in English
You're off to a great start, Blue!
How can we help?
Mark
Reply to message # 59252
Writing skills in English Blue Moon
Hi, I want to gain good writing skills in English. Pls help..thnx
Language pair: English; Spanish
Category: Slang/Expressions
Post date: August 24, 2005
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Mark S.
August 24, 2005
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Notes on "have a crush on...."
By the way, it should be clear that there is a sense to "having a crush" of not being a very serious affair. We usually talk about school children having a crush on somebody, or experiencing "puppy love," something we consider to be a very naive, shallow sort of love. If I, as an adult, falling in love with a woman whom I was having serious feelings for, I would not say that I had a crush on her unless I was intentionally trying to downplay (minimize) my feelings.
Mark
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Mark S.
August 10, 2005
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Latest: August 10, 2005
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Re:Re:Idioms
I wish I had a clue, Puti. The Oxford English Dictionary has nothing to say on the subject.
If I had to hazard a guess, it would have something to do with the nervous awkwardness we experience when we have a crush on somebody. We might be more likely to "crush" the flowers or whatever gift we've brought along for our lover, being so distracted by our passion. I guess perhaps the use of "on" here is idiomatic, we use it often to describe something happening "on one's watch" or "in one's presence," as in the expression, "Now, don't go getting all sentimental on me!" Or, more likely, the "on" could be in the sense of being focused on a particular object of desire. If I'm having amorous feelings, and they are focused on a particular person, then I have a crush "directed at" or "focused on" that person, which would make the idea of "a crush on" them somewhat more reasonable.
But I'm just grasping at straws here. I'm pretty much as clueless as you are.
Anyway, I put a question into the Word Detective, Evan Morris, who answers questions like these on line. I'll let you know if I find an answer from him on the subject.
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Re:Idioms Juha-Petri Tyrkkö
> have a crush on (somebody)
This is an interesting idiom. Can you tell us how it came into existence? Why does it have the preposition "on"?
Puti
This is a reply to message # 58147
Language pair: Spanish; English
Category: Slang/Expressions
Post date: August 10, 2005
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Language pair: Spanish; English
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Mark S.
August 10, 2005
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Latest: August 10, 2005
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