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Mr. President, I'm headed to Mexico
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26/04/2006 13:50:57
 
 
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26/04/2006 13:42:40
Dragan Nedeljkovich (En ligne)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Politics
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Thread ID:
01112837
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>>>>>>Well at least we know the pig pen would be safe! :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>Is the pig ink also in the safe? :)
>>>>
>>>>( GROAN ) - Draaaaa-gaaaan !
>>>
>>>Glad to have achieved the effect I wanted. Even my daughter laughed when she saw your reaction :).
>>
>>What's he like, your dad, Miss Nedelitchyleak? Always coming out with twongue tisters and jad bokes?
>
>He's just old and makes a hellishly good grape brandy. Come taste some.
>
>Um, it's not that much in the family, it's more the country. And being exposed to two foreign languages at age of ten, which soon expanded to a few more. It's a knack that gets developed.
>
>But seriously, you may take a look at http://ndragan.com/langsr/brezbesed.html - though it's in Serbian, you'll find all the words I collected that have two or more separate words in Serbian for their different meanings (in 99% of cases no context needed to get the meaning), yet there aren't any such words in English.
>
>Take the verb "break". Here's the list. The verbs with "se" are reflexive; those with "(se)" are reflexive/transitive, i.e. it can be "pokvario sam ga" (I caused it to malfuncion) and also "radio se pokvario" (it malfunctioned).
>
>break slomiti - break something stiff
>break prekinuti - discontinue (a practice, process, a thread)
>break raskinuti - undo a deal (engagement, contract, commitment to a person)
>break pokidati (se) - break (a thread, net, rope, chain and such)
>break razbiti (se) - break into pieces
>break pokvariti (se) - cause to malfunction
>break prekršiti - break a rule or law
>break ukrotiti - tame
>break razgaziti - break in (shoes)
>break razglasiti - spread the voice (news)
>break razići se - disperse (crowd), go in diverse directions, break apart
>break provaliti - break in (to burgle)
>break probiti - break through (a wall, encirclement)
>
>See what I mean?

Where is:
break xxxxxxx - take a break (rest for a moment)
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