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"From the cover: [P]rovides a clear, easily understood course in statistics for the linguist who works with real linguistic data from real subjects and converts those finding into numbers." | From the cover: [P]rovides a clear course in statistics for the linguist who works with real data and converts those finding into numbers. | 6 |
"It may not be ""cool"" or ""hip"" or ""the thing to do"" in other countries, but the United States and its five confreres all enjoy executing children as young as 16." | "It may not be 'cool' in other countries, but the United States and its five confreres all execute children as young as 16." | 6 |
"(a) Amalthea (e) Edgar (i) Ichor (b) A(u)stringer, (f) Excelsior (j) Meconic Ostringer (g) Fustanella (k) Pone (c) Berceuse (h) Hang Seng (l) Ptolemy (d) Brevier" | Amalthea , Astringer, Berceuse, Brevier, Edgar, Excelsior, Fustanella, Hang Seng, Ichor, Meconic Ostringer, Pone, Ptolemy | 7 |
"...as a singular noun noted in London Stock Market Report , 11 August 1900, is, according to N & Q editor, probably due to ignorance." | "...as a singular noun in London Stock Market Report, 11 August 1900, is probably due to ignorance." | 6 |
"Now, the days of the week are numbered 0 through 6, beginning with Friday: 0 = Friday; 1 = Saturday; 2 = Sunday; 3 = Monday; 4 = Tuesday; 5 = Wednesday; 6 = Thursday." | The days of the week are numbered 0-6 starting with Friday and ending with Thursday. | 6 |
"The first sentence of the LAT anti-abortion web site story mentions that the site featured blood-dripping fetuses, a fact not mentioned by USAT . Nor by the NYT or the WP . Why the silence?" | "The first sentence of the LAT anti-abortion web site mentions that the site featured blood-dripping fetuses, a fact not mentioned by USAT." | 6 |
"(At Wednesday's press conference he claimed that, although the first lady would be campaigning in New York and the first man would be stuck in Washington, what they really wanted was to be together.)" | At the conference Wednesday he said the first lady would campaign in New York and the first man would be in Washington, but they wanted to be together. | 6 |
"On the other hand, the V, au -sound, and x in Vauxhall are satisfactorily represented by the VOKS sequence so that the etymology given by Bryson appears to be preferable." | The V, au -sound, and x in Vauxhall are satisfactorily represented by the VOKS sequence. | 6 |
"Johnny and Luther Htoo, the chain-smoking 12-year-old twins who lead the Christian fundamentalist rebel group God's Army, made a horrible mistake Tuesday." | The chain-smoking 12-year-old Htoo twins who lead the fundamentalist rebel group God's Army, made a horrible mistake. | 6 |
"Persons of a certain age learned by rote that eight furlongs make a mile, and since the 9th century, a furlong has described an eighth part of an English mile, regardless of its agricultural definition." | People learned that eight furlongs make a mile, and that a furlong is the eigth part of an english mile. | 6 |
"Because no other information accompanied the tape, this reviewer was forced to depend on the more than slightly helter-skelter impression it leaves on the chartless listener." | "Because no other information accompanied the tape, this reviewer depended on the helter-skelter impression it leaves on listeners." | 6 |
"The WSJ ""Washington Wire"" notes that at this week's impeachment hearings, the two convicted perjurers who testified were not sworn in." | "WSJ notes that the convicted perjurers who testified were not sworn in at the impeachment hearings." | 6 |
"We remembered the trivial names from the first nine linear dicarboxylic acids ( oxalic, malonic, succinic, glutaric, adipic, pimelic, suberic, azelaic, sebacic ) with the initialized mnemonic, “Oh, my sweet green apple pie sounds absolutely swell." | We remembered the trivial names of the first nine linear dicarboxylic acids (starting with oxalic) with the initialized mnemonic, “Oh, my sweet green apple pie sounds absolutely swell." | 6 |
"Of all the evangelical leaders I have interviewed, LaHaye is capable of some of the most anti-Semitic utterances, which is troublesome, because he is also the most popular author in the evangelical world." | "Of all the evangelical leaders I have interviewed, LaHaye makes the most anti-Semitic comments, a troublesome fact considering his popularity." | 6 |
"Dean: Now, about White House staff and reporters and the like, and, now, the only, the only person that knows--is aware of it--is Mark Felt, and we've talked about Mark Felt, and uh--I guess, uh--" | Dean: Now, about White House staff and reporters, the only person that knows is Mark Felt, and we've talked about him. | 6 |
"whip over the ground - A character in Robert Mumford's 1770 play, The Candidate , observed, “You are determined to whip over the ground.”" | A character in the 1770 play, The Candidate, observed, "You are determined to whip over the ground." | 6 |
"Dennis Baron writes with reference to another minority language that ""[c]ultural-loyalty movements like the class in Navajo tend to spring up when cultural preservation is in danger, and their record of success is not impressive.""" | "Dennis Baron writes with reference to another minority language that cultural-loyalty movements tend to show up when cultural preservation is in danger." | 6 |
"Enemy is a combination of the Latin in `not' + amicus `friend,' and is thus a doublet with inimical . That enemy could be related to amiable , is more than a little ironic." | "Enemy is a combination of the Latin in `not' + amicus `friend,' and is thus a doublet with inimical." | 11 |
"To complete the partner exercises, you had to grab your partner, spin him this way and that, and generally come in very close contact." | To complete the exercises, you have to grab your partner, spin him, and come in close contact. | 6 |
"That S.B.C. employs a very different conversion tactic than the straightforward hot lead enema used by the Inquisition to convert Jews, sometimes turning them into ""Maranos,"" or secret Jews, other times into ""pre-Christians,"" or dead Jews." | That S.B.C. employs a different conversion tactic than the hot lead enema used by the Inquisition to convert Jews. | 6 |
"Memorize this sentence, because it is not only meaningful but also useful in that it will enable one to find out the day of any date except in leap years." | Memorize this sentence, because it will enable one to find out the day of any date except in leap years. | 6 |
building tender (before reform) a prisoner designated to maintain order on a cell block; the methods used and building tenders themselves are no longer legal. | Before reform, a prisoner kept order on a cell block; these methods are no longer legal. | 6 |
"4. Perhaps the mystery of the origin of the verb goose might be cleared up by examining the opening chapter of Gargantua , by Rabelais." | Perhaps the origin of the verb goose might be cleared up by examining the opening chapter of Gargantua. | 6 |
"Everybody fronts the news that the head of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Samaranch, apologized Sunday for the site-selection corruption scandal currently swirling around the Olympics, and suspended six IOC members implicated in it." | Juan Samaranch apologized for the site-selection corruption scandal swirling around the Olympics, and suspended six IOC members implicated in it. | 6 |
"Everybody leads with the formal defense of President Clinton before the House Judiciary committee, to be delivered not by him but for him by fourteen academics and lawyers." | Everyone leads with the defense of Clinton before the House committee, to be delivered for him by 14 academics and lawyers. | 6 |
"Yesterday's sideshow--Ken Starr asking a judge to make Monica Lewinsky talk to the House managers--takes center stage at the papers today because the judge agreed, bringing Lewinsky back to the town that knew her when." | "Yesterday's sideshow--Ken Starr asking a judge to make Monica Lewinsky talk to the House managers--takes center stage at the papers today." | 6 |
"Maybe Christmas has always been the most commercial time of year, and it is just our perception of it that has changed." | Maybe Christmas has always been a commercial season, but that our perception has changed. | 6.5 |
1100 hours: Voyage planning; calculating distances and fuel consumption rates to finalize port calls off the northern coast of South America. | Calculating distances and fuel consumption rates to finalize port calls off the coast of South America. | 6 |
"“Dictionary definitions are not always helpful to the court, and slavish adherence to these should be avoided if the result is to frustrate the intention of the legislation,” he said." | "Strict reliance on dictionary definitions should be avoided in legislation as they are not always helpful," he said. | 6 |
"tushes means tusks . But tush , or tushie , is current slang for buttocks , an apparent alteration of the Yiddish tokhes , of like meaning." | Tushes means tusks, but tush or tushie is slang for buttocks, an alteration of the Yiddish Tokhes. | 6 |
"The larger issue, says Kwame Jackson, professor emeritus at Morehouse College, is the culture of communities such as Littleton, Jonesboro, West Paducah, Edenboro, Springfield, Pearl, and Oklahoma City where the white-on-white crime epidemic is the worst." | "The larger issue, says Kwame Jackson of Morehouse College, is the culture of communities like Littleton, Springfield, and Oklahoma City where the white-on-white crime epidemic is worst." | 6 |
"9. Humongous is given as “a term for a huge, monstrous person”: it merely means `huge, monstrous' and, as far as I know, has nothing to do with wrestlers or, necessarily, people." | Humongous merely means `huge, monstrous' and, as far as I know, has nothing to do with wrestlers or, necessarily, people. | 6 |
What I have done is translate the last News Quiz from English to German and from German back to English using the Alta Vista translator. | I used Alta Vista to translate the last News Quiz from English to German and vice versa. | 6 |
"I should like to correct three arithmetic errors in the article, “To Abbrev, or not to Abbreviate,” by Don Sharp [XVII,2]." | I'd like to correct three arithmetic errors in “To Abbrev, or not to Abbreviate,” by Sharp. | 6 |
"On the other hand, now that I have provided the reference, I suppose that there is no need to add it to the OCEL ." | "Now that I have provided the reference, there is no need to add it to the OCEL." | 6 |
"7. Frank McCourt feels that Ireland is a great career move and a nice place to visit, but after just three weeks ..." | "Frank McCourt feels that Ireland is a great career move and a nice place to visit." | 6 |
"Went to the Kennedy Center Thursday night to see the Los Angeles Opera's production of The Abduction from the Seraglio , which is nearing the end of a one-month run." | "Saw the Los Angeles Opera's production of 'The Abduction' from the Seraglio, which is near the end of its run." | 6 |
"But there is one group whose persecution will instantaneously get the Shopping Avenger into superhero mode, and that is: wiener dogs." | But wiener dogs will instantaneously get the Shopping Avenger into superhero mode. | 6 |
"To my knowledge, the only timepieces that are truly digital are the atomic “clocks” used as time standards that operate by counting discrete particles emitted by a radioactive substance." | "To my knowledge, only atomic "clocks" are truly digital, and operate by counting discrete particles emitted by a radioactive substance." | 6 |
"Information on American usage is treated inconsistently and, as the book is for the British user, might well have been eliminated altogether." | "Information on American usage is treated inconsistently and might well have been eliminated altogether." | 6 |
"Lawyers for Oviedo, once the army strongman behind Paraguay's disgraced President Raúl Cubas, said that Oviedo's plastic surgeon doesn't want the general's scalp exposed to sun or wind for several months." | Lawyers for Oviedo said Oviedo's plastic surgeon doesn't want the general's scalp exposed to sun or wind for several months. | 6 |
"No, I am not referring to the Extra-Terrestrial but to Errors Typographical (also called typos, for short, or, in Britain, literals)." | I refer to Errors Typographical, not Extra-terrestrials. | 6 |
"Lacking the authority of either Isaiah or Matthew, most of us might well remember that while the goal in writing is to avoid ambiguity, the goal in translation should be to replicate it." | Although not Isaiah or Matthew, we know the goal in writing is to avoid ambiguity while the goal in translation is to replicate it. | 6 |
0730 hours: A second collision-avoidance report from the conning officer; another large merchant ship trying to occupy the same piece of ocean. | A second collision-avoidance report from the officer; large ship trying to occupy the same piece of ocean. | 6 |
"Smith does not necessarily refer to a blacksmith but to a worker, possibly in metal ( smite , as in beating with a hammer or such?)." | Smith does not necessarily refer to a blacksmith but to a worker, possibly in metal. | 6 |
"1. Tonya Harding is back on ice, this time as a pro, after a five-and-a-half year layoff for that whole clubbing Nancy Kerrigan thing." | "Harding is back on ice, after a five and a half year layoff for that whole clubbing Kerrigan thing." | 6 |
"A story reefered on the WP front quotes ""several knowledgeable Democrats"" as saying that Hillary Clinton will seriously consider whether to run for the Senate from New York in 2000 once the impeachment trial is over." | A story referred on the WP front quotes "several knowledgeable Democrats" as saying that Hillary Clinton will seriously consider whether to run for the Senate. | 6 |
"...photographs of the very, very, young girls with which Peter Altenberg, poet in prose, lined the walls of his room at the Graben Hotel." | "...photos of the very young girls with which Peter Altenberg, poet, hung in his Graben Hotel room." | 6 |
It is not unusual for a single novel to have fifty or more newly created words; in The Face there are almost a hundred. | Sometimes a novel can have more than fifty new words. The Face has close to a hundred. | 6 |
cell warrior a prisoner who talks tough when he is safely in his cell but who is meek when out of it. | Cell Warrior: a prisoner who only acts tough from within his cell. | 6 |
"In 1958, I was summarily dismissed as a troublemaker for asking seditiously, ""What's with all those footballs, basketballs, tetherballs, and volleyballs, why do we have to play 'duck-duck-goose' every day?""" | In 1958 I was dismissed as a troublemaker for asking," What's with all those sports balls and why do we have to play duck-duck-goose every day?" | 6 |
"I should have thought that `innovative' might have been a better gloss, and one must take account, too, that it was originally (and still is for those who have any sensitivity for the word) cynically facetious." | I should have thought that `innovative' might have been a better gloss and that it was originally cynically facetious. | 6 |
"Nehring predicted the issue could unite a block of Internet voters: ""It's a galvanizing force that will serve to activate Internet users on a political issue.""" | "Nehring predicted the issue could unite Internet voters: ""It's a force that will activate Internet users on an issue.""" | 6 |
"The “lowing herd” (“Onomatoplazia”) wound slowly in the first verse of “Elegy in a Country Churchyard,” by Thomas Gray, not Oliver Goldsmith." | "The "lowing herd" wound slowly in the first verse of "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," by Thomas Gray." | 6 |
"They're just a lot easier to see, says Lou Gerard, highway superintendent of Clifton Park, N.Y., where they've begun switching to the new signs at $50 a pop each time an old one must be replaced." | They're just a lot easier to see, says Gerard, highway superintendent of Clifton Park, N.Y., where they've begun switching to the new signs. | 6 |
"As further ammunition to support my bulletproof contention that our language is loaded with guns and cannons, I'll conclude by gunning for items that have the word gun in them." | To support my bulletproof contention our language is loaded with guns and cannons, I'll conclude by gunning for words that use gun. | 6 |
"Most tedious ""World Exclusive"": The Star 's six-page spread on Tanya Tucker and her 2-week-old daughter, Layla, which basically consisted of frame after frame of the singer's head in varying proximity to the sleeping newborn." | "The Star 's six-page on Tanya Tucker and her 2-week-old daughter, Layla, consisted of frame after frame of the singer's head in varying proximity to the sleeping newborn." | 6 |
Participants were asked to eliminate the bad news that fills our front pages and create a happier world by swapping subjects and objects from a pair of actual headlines. | Participants were asked to swap subjects and objects from a pair of real front-page headlines so as to create a happier world. | 6 |
"A cheese head; an easily confused or misled individual; one “short on the dollar”; scatterbrained; [pejorative, not hostile, implication]: He'd be just fxxxhead enough to buy that line of who-shot john." | A cheese head; an easily confused or misled individual; one “short on the dollar”; scatterbrained; [pejorative, not hostile, implication]. | 6 |
"Some areas of the world are particularly rich in strange names, and my own--the Banff and Buchan district in Grampian, Scotland--must be one of the best." | Some parts of the world have many strange names, and the Banff and Buchan district in Grampian is one of the best. | 6 |
"Your article that posted late yesterday about the Bible code would not have been published if your reporter, or your editors, had taken the time to check out the facts." | "Your article about the Bible code would not have been published if your reporter or editors had checked out the facts." | 6 |
"If the chief use of language is to communicate, it might come as a surprise to note a few of the times when language is used specially to confuse and alienate." | "If the chief use of language is to communicate, [it can also be] used specially to confuse and alienate." | 6.5 |
"[It is with the deepest regret that we announce the sudden death, on 28 May 1996, of our friend Professor Greenbaum, while on a speaking engagement in Moscow.]" | "It is with the deepest regret that we announce the sudden death of our friend Professor Greenbaum. | 6 |
"Perhaps the original was most of the populous island's inhabitants and was deformed through some editorial glitch—but even Homer, it is said, sometimes nodded." | "Perhaps the original was most of the island's inhabitants, and was deformed through some glitch, but even Homer nodded." | 6 |
"Best line from Andrew Revkin's New York Times coverage of the event: ""During a break, the children rested on the grass, their guns around them, drinking from cartons of fruit punch and talking about Harry Potter.""" | "Best line from the New York Times coverage: "During a break, the children rested with their guns, drinking fruit punch and talking about Harry Potter." | 6 |
"Explainer was humming along just great, hitting the nails on the head, until the last sentence: ""And a browser's source code is only a fraction of the size of that of an operating system.""" | "Explainer was doing great until the last sentence: 'And a browser's source code is only a fraction of the size of that of an operating system.' | 6 |
"French, being a Latin-derived language, is also very rich in digraphs, which are often still retained today in France, but are dying out in Quebec: cœur and œuvre are common examples." | "French, being a Latin-derived language, is very rich in digraphs which are still in France, but are dying out in Quebec." | 6 |
"Using the same constituent-specifying numbers as above (to make it easier to verify my analysis), I offer the following, which would disprove Lederer's claim that eleven words is the minimum:" | "Using the same numbers as above, I offer the following, which would disprove Lederer's claim that 11 words is the minimum:" | 6 |
"Though the critic Adorno admonished that poetry was impossible in the wake of Auschwitz, in a different context he also argued that art was more effectively political the less overt its politics-- pace Brecht." | "Though Adorno admonished poetry was impossible in the wake of Auschwitz, he also argued that art was more effectively political the less overt its politics." | 6 |
"This review is not the place to take up the cudgel against purism or spelling reform, but I could not resist adducing such apt comments as can be found in this work." | This review is not the place to argue against spelling reform, but I could not resist citing apt comments found in the work. | 6 |
"[As far as the English quotation is concerned, one would expect it to be traceable to the Tyndale or King James Version, not scripture of a date nearly a millennium earlier." | "Concerning the English quotation, it should be traceable to Tyndale or King James Versions, not scripture from a millennium ago." | 6 |
"As for me, I hope that my nitpicking through the articles you publish in VERBATIM demonstrates the consideration I think due these articles rather than envy and pedantry." | "I hope that my nitpicking through your VERBATIM articles demonstrates the consideration I think due these articles." | 6 |
"Perhaps this explains why, as adults, we still say impossible things: we surely heard enough of them when we were young and impressionable." | "As adults, we still say impossible things because we heard enough of them when we were young and naive." | 6 |
"This note concerns your remarks anent AWOL . My long-past military duty leads me to recall that the O stands for Official , and is not meant to be a part of without ." | Concerning your remarks about "AWOL": I recall from my long-past military duty that the O stands for "Official." | 6 |
"pretzel the position of a prisoner immobilized by being handcuffed behind and, with his knees bent, having his crossed ankles shackled; used in subduing particularly unruly prisoners." | The pretzel position can immobilize unruly prisoners by being handcuffed behind, with his knees bent, and crossed ankles shackled. | 6 |
A furlong was an eighth of a mile and a rod four and a half yards in pre-metric times when I started school. | A furlong was an eighth of a mile and a rod four and a half when I was I school. | 12 |
I was unable to find any comment by the author justifying the use and application of the (million-word British) International Corpus of English (ICE-GB). | I couldn't find a comment by the author justifying the use of International Corpus of English. | 6 |
"ARTHUR: Revenons à nos moutons, if it's punchlines you're after, look no further than that quiff on Picasso's La Femme dans le jardin or the sculptures in --" | If it's punchlines you're after, look no further than Picasso's La Femme dans le jardin. | 6 |
"Some of these shortcomings can be laid at the door of the author, some at the door of the book designer, most in the lap of the editor (if there was one)." | Some of these shortcomings can be laid before the author, the book designer, and mostly laid with the editor. | 6 |
"singarette one of a number of lit cigarettes used in torturing a prisoner to make him confess (that is, sing ); dozens of cigarettes so used constitute an air raid." | "Singarette: one of the lit cigarettes used in torturing a prisoner to make him confess; dozens of them used is an air raid." | 6 |
"The Old English hlāf , `loaf' + dige or diīge , variants of dæge `kneader,' combine to make lady . Apparently, the first kneaders of bread were ladies." | The Old English hlāf `loaf' + dige or diīge combine to make ladies, apparently the first kneaders of bread. | 6 |
"From this point on, anything goes: Smell the wines first, smell the standards, start to see which terms describe which wine, writes Noble." | "Smell the wines first, start to see which terms describe which wine, writes Noble." | 6 |
"The o in reliHion ought to carry a written accent, as does the i of aquí , and poco ought to be poca." | "The o in reliHion should have a written accent, like the i in aquí." | 6 |
"It should be added, however, that four figures can be used in connection with the phrase ein Gesicht wie 3/7/10/14 Tage Regenwetter haben ." | "Four figures can be used in connection with the phrase ein Gesicht wie 3/7/10/14 Tage Regenwetter haben." | 6 |
"The connection is also mentioned in other works, such as Everyman's Encyclopaedia (1978): Its name is said to be detived from Botolph's Town, St. Botolph having founded a monastery here in 654." | The connection is mention in Everyman's Encyclopaedia (1978): Its name derived from Botolph's Town, St. Botolph founding a monastery here in 654." | 6 |
"banker a prisoner who runs The United Stakes of America or the property pooling system, on a cell block or in a tank." | bank prisoner who runs US or the property pooling system, on a cell block or in a tank. | 7 |
"The scholarship that has gone into this book is exemplary, and the book will appeal to the general reader as much as to the lexicographer." | This meticulously researched book will appeal to both the general reader and lexicographer alike. | 6 |
"“Here along Oil Creek, Indians skimmed the surface oil off the water for domestic uses, and white settlers bottled it for medicinal purposes and called it Seneca Oil.”" | Along Oil Creek, Indians skimmed the surface oil off the water and white settlers bottled it and called it Seneca Oil. | 6 |
"trustings - A Connecticut law of 1676 regulating the cost of provisions provided, “Trustings and trifles under a shilling being left to each man's agreement.”" | "trustings - A Connecticut law of 1676 regulating the cost of provisions provided." | 6 |
"In my opinion, he told me, ""the Antichrist will be a counterfeit of the true Christ, which means that he will be male and Jewish, since Jesus was male and Jewish.""" | The Antichrist will be a counterfeit of the true Christ, which means he will be male and Jewish. | 6 |
"The New York Times attributes the increasing number of A plusses and the decrease in C's and D's to ""lenient professors and students who badger them for higher grades.""" | The NYT attributes increasing numbers of A plusses to "lenient professors and students who badger them for higher grades." | 6 |
"The LAT reports on a minor variant of the Y2K problem: pre-paid headstones with precarved year-of-death prefixes reading 19--, owned by folks who are living longer than they expected to." | Due to Y2K, there are “Pre-paid headstones with year-of-death 19—prefixes owned by those living longer than they expected,” the LAT reports. | 6 |
"A friend of Culturebox's (independent filmmaker Allison ""Gas, Food, Lodging "" Anders, if you have to know) feels moved to make a few obvious points about Frank Sinatra:" | "Allison Anders, a friend of Culturebox's, feels moved to make a few obvious points about Frank Sinatra." | 7 |
I think it is equally clear that we must dismiss all thoughts of connecting its origin with the Italian Dio . | Clearly, we must dismiss thoughts of connecting its origin with the Italian Dio. | 6 |
"My ears (or should I say my eyes) pricked up upon reading Robert M. Sebastian's “Red Pants” [XV, 3] wherein he cites, inter alia , Ezra Pound's Mr. Nixon: Don't kick against the pricks." | My ears pricked up upon reading Robert M. Sebastian's “Red Pants” wherein he cites, Ezra Pound's Mr. Nixon: Don't kick against the pricks. | 6 |
"The way rock & roll has been selling this year--as in, Not At All--Tibet may need to stage a raising-awareness benefit for the plight of the electric guitar." | Rock & roll hasn't been selling this year, Tibet needs a raising-awareness benefit for the electric guitar. | 6 |
"Far from being a voice of common sense, Q is a sophist who tries to make confused thinking look like common sense." | "Q is a sophist who tries to make confused thinking look like common sense." | 6 |
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. | Preparest a table before me: Thou anointest my head; my cup runneth over. | 6 |
"tithe, v . (rhymes with Smith ) to pay off another prisoner or a phony religion or shaman under coercion or threat of coercion." | Tithe,v. (rhymes with Smith): to pay off a prisoner or phony religion under coercion or threat. | 6 |
"We have borrowed simpático , but I somehow do not get the same pleasant glow from the word in an English context that it arouses in Spanish speech." | We have borrowed simpático , but it doesn't sound as good in an English context as it does in Spanish. | 6 |
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