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  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Al Burj Tower in the Middle East Branch

    It seems clear the OP is talking about the Burj Al Khalifa....
    about 11 hours ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Records store in LA? in the Americas - United States of America Branch

    That link, as well as Rhino Record's website (http://www.rhino.com/article/rhino-records-store-returns-may-17-31) both say that the store...
    1 day ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Girt. in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    Girth - a strap which goes round a horse's stomach. Or the distance around your own stomach, for that matter.
    2 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Saudi Road Trip in the Middle East Branch

    Last I checked, in English the phrasal verb "to freeze over" means "to cover completely in a thin layer of ice," not "to reach zero degrees...
    3 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Girt. in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    circled, compassed, embraced, enclosed, encompassed, girdled, ringed, wreathed (Handy thing, a thesaurus.)
    4 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called My tour to Georgia in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch

    As above, your transfers are going to be far more complicated than you've imagined. Both Uplitsikhe and Vardzia are accessible by public...
    4 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Question about German in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    the long version in english is: spiders make a thread which can form a net (a cocoon)...
    5 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Flight to Mestia in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch

    bristolnewbie's posts in this thread are some of the most mutton-headed nonsense I've read in this branch in awhile. Mestia's terminal,...
    5 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Safety in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch

    Isn't that exactly the purpose of this forum? To ask people's experience (and not statistical data, you can find them at other places on...
    5 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called More English Weirdness in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    No problem. Of course, there are Russian words that exist only in the plural: e.g. ворота (gate/s), брюки (trousers), ножницы (scissors),...
    6 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called More English Weirdness in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    In Russian, "onion" (for eating/cooking) exists only in the plural: you usually see it in the genitive plural form, luk, the feminine...
    6 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Safety in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch

    For some prospective tourists, this experience falls into a safety category. ...
    6 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called So What is the Latest on Russia-Georgia Border? in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch

    This is the Georgian Military Highway and foreign visitors can now travel on what is reputed to be a very scenic road, for the first time...
    7 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Safety in the Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus Branch

    I've lived in Georgia now for several months and I feel safe and I've been safe. But robberies and assaults of tourists do occur....
    7 days ago
  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called More English Weirdness in the Speaking in Tongues Branch

    I think Homer Simpson wears "Y fronts", I myself wear "jocks". ...
    11 days ago

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