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Ok, that's helpful. But supposing I want to say "My friend Susan..." and I'm still talking about the same person ie we've been close friends for...
Yes, I realise that but unfortunately the common etymology kills it for me..... So how would you say "we have been friends for 50 years" where...
[ Or, if you prefer an one-time solution: http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/czech.htm What a brilliant site! Not just the keyboard.....thanks...
I don't think there is a true equivalent of the English word "friend". To me neither kameradka, pritelykne nor znami fit the bill. Or maybe I...
In the end we settled for meeting at the Park and Ride at Letnany Metro station. It worked brilliantly. 10kc for whole day parking, a very...
Does the free bus go from Kika to the metro as well - Kika seems to be in a slightly different place from the main shopping centre?
Thanks, that's very helpful. I had realised that Cerny Most was not on that motorway but I thought there was a motorway link from one to the...
Letnany would be fine but someone was saying it wasn't too easy to find off the Dresden motorway......and where would you suggest as a good...
Timing may be an issue - I can see us all converging at slightly different times - I take it that Globus has the usual cafeteria? Or does it...
If someone is driving in from Dresden would Ikea at Cerny Most be a good place to meet a group of people coming from various directions, both by...
Well unsatisfactory though the rhymes are I would have to go with Stonehenge and impinge :D I'd have to mangle o-ringe though and stress the...
I've been sitting here for the past ten minutes, as a British English speaker, who generally uses received pronunciation, trying to produce a...
Certainly bring a present/s, something for the garden sounds good but don't be surprised or upset if the manner of receiving it is different from...
It is certainly true that one can eat well in London, especially Chinese, for a reasonable price. It is not just the cost of London, apart from...
And it is not only one of the most expensive but it is rapidly becoming the dirtiest, tattiest, most unpleasant place to be. I have resolved...
I think you'll find it's both: http://www.staff.uni-marburg.de/~naeser/daumen.htm :)
Ah now, that's interesting. We use it in my family but I googled it just now and although it does come up a few times they are either nordic...
It depends on what the tin foil is like in Spain. I have hunted and hunted for decent tin foil in the CR, without success. Everything I have...
Hold your thumbs is used in UK English as well....
Separate names with a comma.