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This word is shared with British English. Course [18] — Academic degree. Shared with British English partly due to the Spanish word curso and its borrowed form in many Philippine languages. Cutex [10] — Nail polish. Dean's lister [39] — A person awarded a dean's list; Despedida party [7] [5] — A farewell party. The word despedida is a ...
The Filipino language incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang Pilipino-Ingles (Pilipino-English dictionary), Llamzon and Thorpe (1972) pointed out that 33% of word root entries are of Spanish origin.
In this sense the term is synonymous with the English expression of "keeping one's finger on the pulse", and was expressed in the 18th and 19th centuries as "having a feel for combat". The term is only figurative , and cannot in itself give a realistic picture of the ability being described.
Grok (/ ˈ ɡ r ɒ k /) is a neologism coined by American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land.While the Oxford English Dictionary summarizes the meaning of grok as "to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with" and "to empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment", [1] Heinlein's concept ...
The English verb drive can be changed to the Tagalog word magda-drive meaning will drive (used in place of the Tagalog word magmamaneho). The English noun Internet can also be changed to the Tagalog word nag-Internet meaning have used the Internet. Taglish also uses sentences of mixed English or Tagalog words and phrases.
Nearly 10,000 pounds of raw pork sausage and bologna were included in two separate recalls, federal officials announced. Meat from Baltimore-based Impero Foods & Meats and Oklahoma-based Ralph's ...
[4] [5] Intuitive knowledge tends to be approximate. [6] The word intuition comes from the Latin verb intueri translated as "consider" or from the late middle English word intuit, "to contemplate". [2] [7] Use of intuition is sometimes referred to as responding to a "gut feeling" or "trusting your gut". [8]
A Canadian woman allegedly attempted to smuggle 22 pounds of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents through a New Zealand airport on Sunday, Dec. 8.