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23 February
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What does Do you have any equivalents for these words? Are they popular now? Do you use them in daily life?
1. You say Jack Robinson
2. Merely a trifle
3. Sharp’s the word
4. Make it Pax
5. Why, you goose
6. Quite batty
7. Ten to one
8. There will be a row mean?
What does Do you have any equivalents for these words? Are they popular now? Do you use them in daily life?
1. You say Jack Robinson
2. Merely a trifle
3. Sharp’s the word
4. Make it Pax
5. Why, you goose
6. Quite batty
7. Ten to one
8. There will be a row mean?
1. You say Jack Robinson
2. Merely a trifle
3. Sharp’s the word
4. Make it Pax
5. Why, you goose
6. Quite batty
7. Ten to one
8. There will be a row mean?
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- English (US)
"Rate it on a scale from ten to one" is something people say, the others are very rare.
"It's merely a trifle" and "there will be a row" are said sometimes in British English.
Are these phrases from a book?
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- English (US)
- French (France)
1) very quickly
2) a tiny bit
3) sharp is the word which can say it all, which can summarise all.
4) ? i’m not sure
5) “you goose” is a nickname given to the person
6) quite stupid
7) 12:50
8) row = fight
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- Russian
@htk888 yes, they are from "The Chronicles of Narnia"
- English (US)
@viktoria001972 Haha, I thought it sounded something like that.
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