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Le Figaro wrote:Évasion de deux détenus de la prison de Bourges
Two inmates escape Bourges Jail
Univision wrote:Nueva York tiene una semana de suministros, dice el alcalde, Bill de Blasio.
New York has one week of supplies, says the mayor, Bill de Blasio.
OldBoring wrote:What's the difference between vice and deputy in English?
linguoboy wrote: Hirnfurz
brain fart
The literal meaning of both compounds is the same, but they denote different sorts of mental failures. A "Hirnfurz" is just a stupid idea, one that your brain "farted out" without any quality control. But a "brain fart" is a kind of temporary malfunction, like when you call someone by the wrong name or start frantically looking for your keys because you forget they're already in your pocket. Apparently the true German equivalent would be Aussetzer (which can also refer to a engine cutting out or misfiring).
Saim wrote:This is quite a big one since the French term has been borrowed into a lot of other European languages (sr. dèbil, pl. debil, de. debil, ru. деби́л [debíl], hu. debil, ro. debíl), whereas most other Romance languages are like Spanish here (ca. dèbil, pt. débil, it. debole).
OldBoring wrote:There is right now in Italy a confusion between the official and the common meaning of the word quarantena.
Officially, it means the obligation to stay at home or in a dedicated structure for people who are already sick/positive.
But in colloquial language, people are using quarantena to mean "lockdown", so including healthy people who stay at home to avoid contagion.
OldBoring wrote:There is right now in Italy a confusion between the official and the common meaning of the word quarantena.
Officially, it means the obligation to stay at home or in a dedicated structure for people who are already sick/positive.
But in colloquial language, people are using quarantena to mean "lockdown", so including healthy people who stay at home to avoid contagion.
quarantine
quarantena - lockdown
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