Sharp Cheese

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dwayne Roberts Dec 15, 2016. 2 Replies 0 Likes

My dictionary hasn't been very helpful.  I want to describe a cheddar as "sharp".  I see an entry "âcre", but I doubt that's what I'm looking for.  Can some sharp cheddar lover help me?Continue

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Bare-naked nouns

Started this discussion. Last reply by Yeli May 8, 2016. 17 Replies 0 Likes

Not as risqué a question as one might first think.Il ne faut pas confondre vitesse et précipitation.  In American English, this would often be translated as "Haste makes waste".  My question isn't…Continue

Illeism

Started this discussion. Last reply by Stevo May 17, 2016. 7 Replies 0 Likes

This interrogator wonders whether the translation of the English word "illeism" is "l'illeisme".  He has done multiple searches of online and print dictionaries to no avail.  Similarly, he supposes…Continue

Vous n'avez pas un renne à traire ?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dwayne Roberts Oct 14, 2015. 6 Replies 1 Like

Is "Vous n'avez pas un renne à traire ?" idiomatic?  It's such a weird question, it seems it must be so.  But I don't find anything about it in a web search.  Perhaps it's not an idiom and is just…Continue