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vijayjohn wrote:He also taught me the word വസീകരിക്കുക [ʋəˈsiːgəɾikʲʊga] 'to influence'.
—Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 9It so fell out that Mrs Squeers’s journey to some distance, to fetch three new boys, and dun the relations of two old ones for the balance of a small account, was fixed that very afternoon for the next day but one ….
Olinguito wrote:dun
(v)
to press or importune (a debtor) for the payment of a debt
mōdgethanc wrote:graupel ice pellets that form from a mixture of snow and freezing rain
mōdgethanc wrote:graupel ice pellets that form from a mixture of snow and freezing rain
Osias wrote:Portuguese Wikipedia says it's the same word in my language!
Osias wrote:2
dEhiN wrote:Osias wrote:2
Does that mean the last word of your mother tongue you learnt was 2?
vijayjohn wrote:dEhiN wrote:Osias wrote:2
Does that mean the last word of your mother tongue you learnt was 2?
I understand it to mean that he's seconding linguoboy's comment.
vijayjohn wrote:I've seen this usage on UniLang before.
dEhiN wrote:Osias wrote:2
Does that mean the last word of your mother tongue you learnt was 2?
Osias wrote:Does this forum have emojis? I thought they were emoticons.
I mean, emojis are kind of standardized and/or included on fonts and/or Unicode, right?
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