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BASKET-BALL IDIOMS

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Words to "speak millennial"

Words to "speak millennial"

You were born after 1980 and have your own "dialect". Same in the U.S. So if you hear one of the following words, you've got a chance to be talking to a "millennial": - adulting is the new word for growing up (less dramatic, I suppose !) - bigly is a...

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CROSSINGS

CROSSINGS

Classified crossings (Fr. passages pour piétons): - zebra crossing : passage piétons traditionnel, la chaussée est zébrée de bandes de peinture blanche (ou jaune); parfois encore appelé "passage clouté" en français; - pelican crossing : passage décalé,...

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ELECTIONS and SURNAMES

I hear very strange things over here about the meaning of presidential candidates' and the winner's surnames. Remember "trump", whether a name or a surname, has nothing to do with the French "trompe". So, let's make a clear list: - a trump is "un atout",...

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What's a snitch ?

What's a snitch ?

That's the name (some would call it an insult) the famous Hollywood film star Sean PENN has been called recently. Remember he was to have an interview with "El Chapo", but the police who made the most of this information managed to track down the Mexican...

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English : Non-Conclusive Verbs

A list of "Non-Conclusive Verbs" in English : These are the most common of the verbs that are not found in the continuous forms (present, or past or perfect): -Non-voluntary perception : feel, hear, see, s mell, sound, taste, -Mental Process : believe,...

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COMPUTER PUNCTUATION (2)

II. Other names are specific to programming } { are braces (or curly brackets) | is a bar (= pipe), while || is a double pipe ] [ are chevrons (= angle brackets) … is an ellipsis / is a slash (or stroke) \ is called antislash (= backlash) ¸ is an obelus...

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COMPUTER PUNCTUATION (1)

What do you call the terms that are used in coding to separate words and phrases ? I. Some names are not typically ASCII and are already found in everyday use: () are parentheses ‘ is an apostrophe : a colon ; a semicolon , a comma ! an exclamation mark...

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SURFERS' WAVES.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_break A surf break (= break / shore break / big wave break) is a permanent obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, etc., that causes a wave to break, forming a wave that can be surfed, before it eventually collapses....

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Need (Verb or auxiliary?)

NEED : VERBE ou AUXILIAIRE MODAL ? Cela pose parfois problème, mais need est à la fois verbe et auxiliaire. C’est donc en fonction de son sens que l’on choisira la façon dont on le construit. 1. Suivi d’un nom ou groupe nominal, need est un verbe ordinaire,...

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