Posts tagged as "places"
World Wide What?
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Про Всемирную Паутину (www, то есть world wide web), думаю, никому из посетителей нашего сайта рассказывать не надо. Но оказывается, не одна она такая "всемирно широкая"! Попалась тут давеча на глаза наклеечка на уличной урне — "world wide waste" (см. фото). Действительно, отходы ведь тоже "всемирны"... [...]
26.09.2011 / Abbreviations, Puns'n'slips
Under The Bridge
0Sometimes I feel Like I don't have a partner Sometimes I feel Like my only friend Is the city I live in The city of angels Lonely as I am Together we cry I drive on her streets 'Cause she's my companion I walk through her hills 'Cause she knows who I am She sees my good deeds And she kisses me windy I never worry Now that is a lie I don't ever want to feel [...]
04.04.2010 / Songs
Hotel California
2On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy, And my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell Then she lit up a candle [...]
26.01.2004 / Songs
Strain Your Brain
0To see an answer please select the hidden text. 1. If a child were born in Boston to parents who were both born in Boston, would it be possible for the child NOT to be an American citizen? [ If the child was born before 1776 (the Declaration of Independence), he would be a British subject. Also, the child could have been born in Boston, England. ] 2. If a clock takes 6 seconds to strike 7 [...]
04.06.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Жилищные вопросы
0Вы когда-нибудь снимали квартиру или искали новую? Затевали переезд? Подбирали район? Думаю, что да. Жилищные вопросы хотя бы раз затронули каждого. Их-то я и предлагаю обсудить... Итак, жилье — dwelling — бывает разное: flat — обычная квартира в многоэтажном доме apartment — квартира, апартаменты house — отдельный жилой дом studio / loft apartment — студия (в другом значении — "ателье, мастерская"). Как правило, это квартира, состоящая из одной большой комнаты, объединяющей в себе кухню, спальню и т.д. [...]
30.05.2003 / Vocabulary
Princess and Tigers
1300 years ago there lived a king of ill heart and much pride. He had a daughter, whom he had promised to a rich neighbor, but she had a different plan: she fell in love with a plain lad, a blacksmith named Kecho. The lovers tried to run to the mountains but were caught. Angered, the king decided to execute Kecho. However, to not appear as a cruel tyrant before his daughter and the people, and to [...]
20.05.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Grass Strip Between Road and Sidewalk
0Это, конечно, не лингвистический феномен, но все-таки весьма интересное "диалектическое" явление. Смотрите сами: газон между проезжей частью и тротуаром называется verge (Великобритания); nature strip (южная Австралия); berm (Новая Зеландия); parkway или planting strip (запад США); parking strip, parking, tree belt, tree lawn, lawn strip, devil strip, boulevard и terrace (восток США); city strip и boulevard strip (Канада); и, наконец, long acre (Ирландия). У большинства из этих слов и словосочетаний есть также и другие значения. [...]
31.03.2003 / Dialects
Traveling
0Try this traveling quiz. Using the information given in the sentences try to make out who is going where, when, what for and by what means of transport. Express to Paris leaves on the 24th of December. Julia is going to marry. Jane and Maggie are going together. The bus to Madrid departs on Friday morning. David booked a return ticket to Congo. The flight 14567 from London to Sidney takes off on Monday. There is a [...]
27.02.2003 / Rack Your Brains
Снова немного о cockney
0Любая разговорная речь часто стремится к краткости. Не обошлось без этого и в сленге кокни. И вот уже вместо mince pies (eyes) мы слышим minces, а butcher's hook (look) становится просто butcher's. Примеры? Пожалуйста! Open your minces! Let's have a butcher's at that magazine. Are you telling porkies? (porkies = pork pies = lies) Are you going to rabbit all night? (rabbit and pork = talk) Jack's me ol' China. (China plate = mate, то есть старый [...]
16.10.2002 / Dialects
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