Главная » Файлы » Все материалы домашней страницы » 2012 |
В категории материалов: 70 Показано материалов: 1-10 |
Страницы: 1 2 3 ... 6 7 » |
Сортировать по: Дате · Названию · Рейтингу · Комментариям · Загрузкам · Просмотрам
|
The embattled leader |
Cherchez la femme, pardieu! Cherchez la femme! |
To be able to read is to be able to decode writing. |
Otto von Bismarck is said to have remarked, “God looks out for fools, drunkards, and the United States.” |
We are bad in small talk (at ?) |
There are many terms carrying disapproval to the ways LANGUAGE is being used: academese, bureaucratese, CIA-ese, commercialese, computerese, educationalese, journalese, headlinese, legalese, motherese, New Yorkese, translationese etc. |
Fernweh as wanderlust |
February 27, 2020 What a glaring understatement! Ukrainian police said 24 protesters were detained. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, who personally visited the site to try to calm the crowd, said he was shocked by the aggression. “What we saw was shameful,” he said in televised remarks. “It was one of the biggest disappointments in my life.” |
English is the world’s dominant scientific language, yet it has no word for the distinctive smell of cockroaches. |