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It's been claimed that the Inuit languages of North America have over 50 different words for snow. You may be surprised to learn that English comes pretty close: if we include all the regional variants and dialects, the list gets pretty long! But don't worry, in this post we'll only look at the most common …
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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