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Re:Idioms
> 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
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Juha-Petri T.
August 10, 2005
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Re:Idioms
Hi Matias!
That someone is sad
They are "blue", "down" or "down in the mouth"
That something or someone is useless
They are "as useless as 'tits' on a boar" (crude)
someone fell in love
they "fell for" someone, they "lell in fove", they are "taken", "smitten", "have a crush on (somebody)"
More later!
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Mark S.
August 9, 2005
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Re:Re:about a Beatles´s song: Musak
> Musak is the trade name for what we often refer to as "elevator music," [...]
> I find it very irritating, and I have great difficulty NOT getting violent when they're forcing me to listen to the stuff.
You are not alone. :-)
Even if the arrangement were tolerable and the circumstances even remotely fit for listening to music, it will probably be interrupted with the shopkeepers' cheerful announcement of their oh-so-cheap products.
Puti
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Juha-Petri T.
August 2, 2005
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Re:about a Beatles´s song: Musak
Hola, Desislava,
Musak is the trade name for what we often refer to as "elevator music," the very mellow insturmental versions of popular songs that they play in department stores, doctor's offices, and, of course, elevators. There was some scientific experimentation that suggested that this kind of soothing music calmed people down and made them less likely to do anything anti-social like steal or behave violently.
Of course, it doesn't affect me that way. I find it very irritating, and I have great difficulty NOT getting violent when they're forcing me to listen to the stuff.
Cheers!
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Mark S.
July 19, 2005
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Re:ciao
Hola.
Soy español.
Yo necesito que alguien me traduzca del eslovaco al español.
¿Te interesa?.
Un saludo.
Javier
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Javier O.
July 13, 2005
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musty m.
June 28, 2005
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Lucia T.
June 26, 2005
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Meeting anyone from Chile...
Hola. I'm a 21yr old Aussie who would love to learn more Spanish. Ive been studying spanish for about 2months, but i want to become fluent eventually.
I'm hopefully coming over to Chile in about 18months, so it'd be cool if I could meet some people before I came. I love surfing, travelling and just basically having fun.
Im not a goldmember so it'd be sweet if you could send me an email and ill get back to you asap.
Thanks, Andrew
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Andrew B.
June 6, 2005
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Re:Whoopsie, I forgot something important.
Hi Shaum: In reply to your suggestion as to help with the use of slang , it would really be wonderful for me to know certain expressions that I need as a foreign language teacher and that are not easily found in a dictionary . I speak spanish but I teach english in high school and for instance , students are always eager to know the meaning of songs which are full of slang.If you or anyone here needs help with spanish expressions I'm ready to help you .
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maria l.
May 24, 2005
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I would like learning english and have friends on Maryland or around!!!
Hi, my name is guadalupe, I will move in to Baltimore on June, i am from Peru. I study english since September 2004. I would like making friends in Baltimore or around.
You can help me in English and I can help you in Spanish, if you think that is a good idea.
I am not gold star member either.
Hola, mi nombre es guadalupe, me mudare a Baltimore en junio, yo soy de Perú. Estudio inglés desde septiembre de 2004. Me gustaria tener amigos en Maryland o alrededor. Ustedes pueden ayudarme en inglés y yo puedo ayudarles en español, si piensas que es una buena idea.
No soy miembro gold star tampoco.
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Guadalupe
May 16, 2005
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