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Asked on December 23, 2021 in Single word requests.
How do I know if my friend can be described as a fair weather friend? I suggest that any friendship extended by a fair-weather friend is merely superficial and ceases to be even that when any sincere friendship is tested and found to be wanting in times of trouble.
Fair-weather Friends: (BrE) A good friend when it is easy to be one but who stops being one when you are having problems (Cambridge Dictionary).
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Asked on December 23, 2021 in Single word requests.
How do I know if my friend can be described as a fair weather friend? I suggest that any friendship extended by a fair-weather friend is merely superficial and ceases to be even that when any sincere friendship is tested and found to be wanting in times of trouble.
Fair-weather Friends: (BrE) A good friend when it is easy to be one but who stops being one when you are having problems (Cambridge Dictionary).
- 263353 views
- 12 answers
- 97082 votes
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Asked on December 23, 2021 in Single word requests.
How do I know if my friend can be described as a fair weather friend? I suggest that any friendship extended by a fair-weather friend is merely superficial and ceases to be even that when any sincere friendship is tested and found to be wanting in times of trouble.
Fair-weather Friends: (BrE) A good friend when it is easy to be one but who stops being one when you are having problems (Cambridge Dictionary).
- 263353 views
- 12 answers
- 97082 votes
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Asked on December 22, 2021 in Meaning.
In English, the exclamation “you stinker” was adopted by the high classes. The use of this exclamation was to make sure others were paid to be punished if they had done something wrong. The same social class is spoken about in the United Kingdom between the War and the post-war period leading up to the 1960’s. The music is very good, especially the
intro to The Purple Emperor.
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Asked on December 22, 2021 in Meaning.
In English, the exclamation “you stinker” was adopted by the high classes. The use of this exclamation was to make sure others were paid to be punished if they had done something wrong. The same social class is spoken about in the United Kingdom between the War and the post-war period leading up to the 1960’s. The music is very good, especially the
intro to The Purple Emperor.
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- 8 answers
- 98721 votes
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Asked on December 19, 2021 in Meaning.
Yes, you can become a Polyglot. After 5 years, why not do it? What an interesting job you have done and deserved it! What you’re learning is the second language which is the most relevant to your first language (e.g. Spanish) so you might also have some second language for research purposes, but at least a basic concept. It’s not what happens if trilingual people have basic language skills but someone who is bilingual/trilingual has. I think tallying our stock of languages numerically is apt to mislead for it ignores the likelihood that most polyglots posses different levels of proficiency in each language. In my native language, I refer to French as my second language but I’m a native English speaker by birth. I’m 98 year old and I like to use English because it is my second language. “I’m 73 years old but I think I’m a native French speaker” “Otherwise, I can use English as my second language.” I speak two other languages and wish I had a voice and all the grammars of one for a year. I
speak another language of a different version of a language than my first. The fourth.
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Asked on December 9, 2021 in Meaning.
Yes, you can become a Polyglot. After 5 years, why not do it? What an interesting job you have done and deserved it! What you’re learning is the second language which is the most relevant to your first language (e.g. Spanish) so you might also have some second language for research purposes, but at least a basic concept. It’s not what happens if trilingual people have basic language skills but someone who is bilingual/trilingual has. I think tallying our stock of languages numerically is apt to mislead for it ignores the likelihood that most polyglots posses different levels of proficiency in each language. In my native language, I refer to French as my second language but I’m a native English speaker by birth. I’m 98 year old and I like to use English because it is my second language. “I’m 73 years old but I think I’m a native French speaker” “Otherwise, I can use English as my second language.” I speak two other languages and wish I had a voice and all the grammars of one for a year. I
speak another language of a different version of a language than my first. The fourth.
- 278426 views
- 11 answers
- 102371 votes
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Asked on December 7, 2021 in Meaning.
Yes, you can become a Polyglot. After 5 years, why not do it? What an interesting job you have done and deserved it! What you’re learning is the second language which is the most relevant to your first language (e.g. Spanish) so you might also have some second language for research purposes, but at least a basic concept. It’s not what happens if trilingual people have basic language skills but someone who is bilingual/trilingual has. I think tallying our stock of languages numerically is apt to mislead for it ignores the likelihood that most polyglots posses different levels of proficiency in each language. In my native language, I refer to French as my second language but I’m a native English speaker by birth. I’m 98 year old and I like to use English because it is my second language. “I’m 73 years old but I think I’m a native French speaker” “Otherwise, I can use English as my second language.” I speak two other languages and wish I had a voice and all the grammars of one for a year. I
speak another language of a different version of a language than my first. The fourth.
- 278426 views
- 11 answers
- 102371 votes
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Asked on December 7, 2021 in Meaning.
Yes, you can become a Polyglot. After 5 years, why not do it? What an interesting job you have done and deserved it! What you’re learning is the second language which is the most relevant to your first language (e.g. Spanish) so you might also have some second language for research purposes, but at least a basic concept. It’s not what happens if trilingual people have basic language skills but someone who is bilingual/trilingual has. I think tallying our stock of languages numerically is apt to mislead for it ignores the likelihood that most polyglots posses different levels of proficiency in each language. In my native language, I refer to French as my second language but I’m a native English speaker by birth. I’m 98 year old and I like to use English because it is my second language. “I’m 73 years old but I think I’m a native French speaker” “Otherwise, I can use English as my second language.” I speak two other languages and wish I had a voice and all the grammars of one for a year. I
speak another language of a different version of a language than my first. The fourth.
- 278426 views
- 11 answers
- 102371 votes
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Asked on December 6, 2021 in Meaning.
Yes, you can become a Polyglot. After 5 years, why not do it? What an interesting job you have done and deserved it! What you’re learning is the second language which is the most relevant to your first language (e.g. Spanish) so you might also have some second language for research purposes, but at least a basic concept. It’s not what happens if trilingual people have basic language skills but someone who is bilingual/trilingual has. I think tallying our stock of languages numerically is apt to mislead for it ignores the likelihood that most polyglots posses different levels of proficiency in each language. In my native language, I refer to French as my second language but I’m a native English speaker by birth. I’m 98 year old and I like to use English because it is my second language. “I’m 73 years old but I think I’m a native French speaker” “Otherwise, I can use English as my second language.” I speak two other languages and wish I had a voice and all the grammars of one for a year. I
speak another language of a different version of a language than my first. The fourth.
- 278426 views
- 11 answers
- 102371 votes