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1. My first International word in English (and many languages)
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taxi
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1. When I take it, I don't want to come. I want to go.
2. car with a driver
3. bus, subway, streetcar / tram(way), shuttle, limousine and ....
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| Equivalents:
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1. a cab
2. a hired car
3. a limousine
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| Explanation:
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What an international word...
taxi - English;
taksi - Albanian
tāksī - Arabic;
dīksí - Cantonese;
出租汽车 - Chinese (Thanks to Babelfish)
taksi - Croatian;
ﻰﺴﻜﺎﺘ - taaksi - Farsi (Persian)
(un) taxi - French;
(ein) Taxi - German;
ταξί - Greek;
(autó)taxi - Hungarian
tacsaí - Irish;
tassi - Italian;
タクシー -takushii - Japanese
t'aek-si - Korean (택시 - Thanks to Babelfish)
taksówka - Polish;
táxi - Portuguese;
(auto)taxi - Romanian
такси (last letter has accent aïgu) - Russian
taksi - Somali;
taxi - Spanish;
teksi - Swahili;
taxi - Swedish;
taksi - Tagalog;
taxi / Tuk Tuk - Thai
taksi - Turkish;
taxi/ xe tắc xi / đi tắc xi - Vietnamese
Enjoy your taxi rides!!
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Siegfried V.
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Rating: 3
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December 29, 2003
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a easy one (with the second hint)
Instead of "taxi", in Dutch we say "taxi"
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Rating: 3
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December 22, 2003
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diana r.
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Rating: 5
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December 20, 2003
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Instead of "taxi", in Spanish we say "taxi"
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Rating: 3
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December 19, 2003
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Guest
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Rating: 2
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December 14, 2003
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Instead of "taxi", in Russian we say "Такси"
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Rating: 4
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December 12, 2003
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Rating: 4
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December 6, 2003
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Instead of "taxi", in Japanese we say "タクシー"
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Rating: 5
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December 4, 2003
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Only the second hint enlightened me! I was so sure the word can only be "shit" because that's a very international word...
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Rating: 0
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December 3, 2003
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Rating: 5
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November 16, 2003
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