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Dormouse559 wrote:straiten v - narrow; restrict (financially)
An article in my local paper talked about the straitened environment for arts while talking about a theater piece produced on a low budget.
Ciarán12 wrote:Dormouse559 wrote:straiten v - narrow; restrict (financially)
An article in my local paper talked about the straitened environment for arts while talking about a theater piece produced on a low budget.
I wonder if this is in someway related to the phrase "in dire straits"... 🤔
Dormouse559 wrote:It is. "Straiten" and the noun "strait" both come from the archaic adjective "strait", which meant "narrow" or "tight" (cf. "straitjacket"). And "strait" was borrowed from Old French estreit (Modern étroit).
Gormur wrote:English: carpark
Actually I already knew this word. However I didn't realize it refers exclusively to a parking lot; not parking garage as well. I still don't know what that's called
Definition of car park
chiefly British
: a lot or garage for parking
also carpark
A car park is an area or building where people can leave their cars.
[British]
REGIONAL NOTE:
in AM, use parking lot
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