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Stara je lingvistiฤka dosetka kako u dijalektima severnoameriฤkih Eskima postoji preko pedest razliฤitih reฤi za sneg. Sve i da je taฤna, zapravo i ne bi bila tako neobiฤna - ukoliko ukljuฤimo sve regionalne govore i dijalekte, po ukupnom broju termina ni engleski ne zaostaje. Bez panike od mnoลกtva novih i nepoznatih reฤi: ovde ฤemo se …
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There are many words in English that we can use to say that something looks attractive: from 'pretty' and 'beautiful' to strong adjectives such as 'stunning', 'fascinating' or 'captivating'. In this post we'll look at the interesting background of another one of those, namely 'mesmerizing'. Firstly, what exactly does this adjective mean? The Cambridge Dictionary …
Postoji mnogo reฤi kojima na engleskom moลพe da se izrazi da neลกto izgleda lepo i privlaฤno: od jednostavnih prideva kao ลกto su โprettyโ i โbeautifulโ do onih sa znatno intenzivnijim znaฤenjem poput โstunningโ, โfascinatingโ ili โcaptivatingโ. Svi imaju interesantnu etimologiju, ali u ovom tekstu osvrnuฤemo se na jedan drugi primer sa sliฤnim znaฤenjem: โmesmerizingโ. Najpre, …
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As Iโm writing this post, itโs typical November weather in my part of the world: gray and rainy. I actually happen to love it, and so Iโve been thinking - what better vocabulary topic for this week than - rain! Letโs start from the beginning. When the weather is very cloudy and dark you can …
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