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28-01-2009, 10:36 PM   #131

Re: quiz tonight


Quote:
Originally Posted by calismum
I thought lupo was wolf - the rest I had no clue about.
Similar to the greek for wolf, lupus, but I guess both were derived from latin.



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30-01-2009, 11:54 AM   #132

Re: quiz tonight


Now I wonder - did paul anka sing it too? I know he wrote it.

Yes he did-but released 1960



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30-01-2009, 12:05 PM   #133

Re: quiz tonight


` In bocca al lupo` is an idiom so it doesn`t translate directly.

The final scores(as scribbled down)-I did make it to the gym Thursday

CM 18

DM 8

Angie 8

Elaine 5



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30-01-2009, 05:00 PM   #134

Re: quiz tonight


Thanks for the scores, Steph! Some excellent questions; glad I wasn't too far off with Paul Anka! I was beginning to think my memory was going.....



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30-01-2009, 09:20 PM   #135

Re: quiz tonight


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Originally Posted by Stephan
` In bocca al lupo` is an idiom so it doesn`t translate directly.

The final scores(as scribbled down)-I did make it to the gym Thursday

CM 18

DM 8

Angie 8

Elaine 5
Oh hark at you smarty pants, an idiom indeed



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30-01-2009, 09:24 PM   #136

Re: quiz tonight


Just between you and me you understand

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PAkHrk0a1ic



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30-01-2009, 09:29 PM   #137

Re: quiz tonight


an idiom indeed

si e vero

And another kettle of fish roughly translates as a new pair of sleeves



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30-01-2009, 11:46 PM   #138

Re: quiz tonight


I love idioms; wonder how non-English speaking people ever manage to understand some of them!



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