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V.V.
V.V.
04:34
My humble understanding is "no matter what you call it if you understand it correctly ".
V.V.
V.V.
05:08
What is "a bread-cake"?Can't find it anywhere.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@V.V. "bread cake". Not hyphenated, I think
Unless-we-talk-like-this
And well, that would be obvious-ish: Bread made from a cake
 
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Alexander Madyuskin
Alexander Madyuskin
07:17
Hi, could somebody help me put a percentage in the right position in the sentence "I believe that a child on more than ninety percent depends on the parents than on himself" ?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
07:47
@AlexanderMadyuskin "I believe that the parental dependence of a child exceeds 90%" (hmm.. no.. poorly constructed)
Alexander Madyuskin
Alexander Madyuskin
08:03
@CowperKettle Thank you)
 
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userr2684291
userr2684291
10:03
@AlexanderMadyuskin "Children depend on their parents more than 90% of the time." How about that? It's not clear what the percentage refers to; your sentence would be correct otherwise.
Alexander Madyuskin
Alexander Madyuskin
10:20
@userr268429 Ok, thanks
 
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V.V.
V.V.
17:10
"Then he is naturally so full of little alarms, that it is pleasant to find him free of these, as to Julian and myself. " I don't understand the last part after "as". Can anybody explain it, please? Is it pleasant to J and myself to find him(a rabbit )free of these alarms? Or something else?
invisiblepencil
invisiblepencil
17:45
hi everyone
can anybody give me any advice about able and reachable English dictionary ??
V.V.
V.V.
18:06
Dictionary.Cambridge.org., thefreedictionary.com., oxforddictionaries.com, onelook.com
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@V.V. yes, exactly. It is pleasant to myself and Julian.
@invisiblepencil wiktionary, century dictionary, etc.
V.V.
V.V.
I had some doubts, perhaps as free as myself and J, no?
Why "as to"?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
No, because to would prohibit your reading.
I mean, the preposition "to" makes it clear that the meaning is "it is pleasant to Julian and myself"
V.V.
V.V.
Thanks, can you tell me about bread-cake?
It's. Hawthorne.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
breadcake
Noun: breadcake (plural breadcakes)
  1. (Britain, Northern England) A bread roll....
Bob's your uncle!
Bread roll
A roll is a small, often round loaf of bread served as a meal accompaniment (eaten plain or with butter). A roll can be served and eaten whole or cut transversely and dressed with filling between the two halves. Rolls are also commonly used to make sandwiches similar to those produced using slices of bread. == Europe == Rolls are common in Europe, especially in Germany, Scandinavia, Italy (where they are called panino or panini) and Austria. They are equally common in both Australia and New Zealand, and very common in Canada and Brazil. Just like English, the German language has many local and...
булочка, сайка
Can you tell me about CD4+ T cells?
> However, in the recent years it was discovered that a portion of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes isolated from psoriatic lesions are characterized by pronounced expression of IL-17 that does not depend on the production of IFNγ and IL-4.
Ha ha
> Furthermore, the expression of IL-17 is detected only in biological samples obtained from psoriasis patients, and Th-17 cells are present in the inflammatory infiltrate present in psoriatic plaques, which is never seen in healthy persons.
Of course!
Healthy persons don't have psoriatic plaques!
V.V.
V.V.
18:23
multitran.ru/c/…
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
I added inflammation site to Multitran today
It's no worse than the inflammation area already indexed there for очаг воспаления
V.V.
V.V.
Good!
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Good night! (0:
V.V.
V.V.
Night!
userr2684291
userr2684291
19:22
"People who dote on every word will find it unbearable. And people who aren't so fastidious, may not care." Does dote on imply fastidiousness? From TheFreeDictionary.com: "To show excessive fondness or love."
James K
James K
well if you are showing love for every word, then you probably are being fastidious. But normally, no if you dote on a person that doesn't imply that you are fastidious.
userr2684291
userr2684291
@JamesK Hello. They're talking about a podcast where the guest (a non-native speaker of English) uses "you know" a lot. The above is a reply to "I don't understand how this is such an issue to so many people. Even knowing about it before I listened I didn't find it the least bit irritating."
I guess I just don't see why they'd imply love for every word, it seems unnecessary when they only wanted to suggest attentiveness.
James K
James K
20:17
It's hyperbole
userr2684291
userr2684291
20:48
Hmm...
I looked it up at merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dote and M-W's dictionary lists: "to be lavish or excessive in one's attention, fondness, or affection".
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
It seems to me you're discussion something someone said on the main site
userr2684291
userr2684291
@M.A.R. It may seem that way.
(:
It was a Reddit discussion, but I've noticed this use of dote on often.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
discussing
userr2684291
userr2684291
reddit.com/r/samharris/comments/5ky43e/…
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Well okay, reddit is blocked here
userr2684291
userr2684291
20:56
@M.A.R. Oh, great.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Funny thing is, Twitter is blocked as well, but Zarif can play with Twitter and they can show it off in the news
userr2684291
userr2684291
@M.A.R. L'dol.
@M.A.R. I don't really follow politics or anything, though.
I don't know who our PM is.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Well, it's too depressing for me
I always end up in an existential crisis
@userr2684291 well, I only know the president, and a couple of more famous/notorious ministers
Probably less than 10 people
Fewer, whatever
And fewer than 25 among the people that don't come and go with government changes, like the supreme court et al.
And I'd know those from the books they've written and stuff, so not that interested in politics myself
userr2684291
userr2684291
21:14
@M.A.R. I don't follow it because I can't influence it, and there's nothing to learn from it, except for perfidity of certain persons. On election day(s), I vote for the candidate whose name I don't recognize.
Candidate/party.
Dunno why my spellchecker underlines perfidity.
Ah, apparently that's rare and perfidy or perfidiousness is what I should've said.
Expression of the day: keep your head on a swivel
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It's a slangy expression, but I think it's fun and appropriate. (:
userr2684291
userr2684291
22:23
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Q: "Yes" in the middle of the sentence

RompeyHere follows a passage from Jeffery Deaver's Copycat short story: "Relax, Wallace. Investigations take time. Sit back, take your jacket off. Enjoy our wonderful coffee." Wallace glanced at the closet that served as the police station's canteen. He rolled his eyes and the ominous tone of...

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Take a look at the tags. Three new misspelled tags, and an unrelated one – that must be some kind of record.
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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] No whitespace in answer: “reinstall” or “re-install” by Raj y on ell.SE

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