>>>I watched "A Very Long Engagement" a few weeks ago and it's really good.
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>>I assume that means military engagement, as opposed to two lovers vascillating about actually tying the knot? (one for Dragan) :-)
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>Duly added at http://www.ndragan.com/langsr/brezbesed.html (not that you can read it all, but just look at all the different ways an English word can be translated, depending on context - translator's nightmare).

to make matters worse, that BBC radio show Terry and i were talking about a few days ago has a section where the panel (of comedians) are invited to give new meaning to existing words and make them more applicable to modern life.

Two of my favourites were;

Pokemon - a Jamaican proctologist
Countryside - to murder Piers Morgan (a tabloid newspaper editor)



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