
cinnamon-skinned?? - WordReference Forums
2008年9月14日 · Cinnamon in reference to skin color may have the history Mole suggests. However, while they are often referred to as "black", in reality African Americans have a wide …
coffee coloured eyes and dark skin which smelt of cinnamon
2014年1月3日 · Hola me gustaría decir "He had coffee coloured eyes and dark skin which smelt of cinnamon" Mi intento es: Tenía ojos el color de café y piel morena que olía de canela I think …
buttonhole tunes - WordReference Forums
2012年10月18日 · Hello, any idea what "buttonhole tunes" might mean and how it could be translated? It's from the song "No more I love you's" by Annie Lennox The context would be: "I …
which I've commandeered because it has a whiteboard
2025年1月7日 · If you read this thread from the beginning, you will discover that the OP found the word 'commandeer', perhaps in a dictionary or thesaurus, and attempted to use it in wildly …
The function of colons in William Wordsworth's poem
2016年5月12日 · As I'm not allowed to quote anything longer than four sentences/lines, here is the link to William Wordsworth's poem I wondered lonely as a cloud. I Wandered Lonely as a …
slipped/missed/skipped someone's attention - WordReference …
2013年5月2日 · Hello, I wouldn't use "slipped", "missed" or "skipped". None of them sounds right to me when followed by "your attention". ".... that might have escaped your attention" sounds …
vexed at/with/by/about | WordReference Forums
2023年5月20日 · vexed = annoyed or irritated 1) The teacher was vexed at/with/by/about the student for coming late to the class. The teacher was delivering an important lecture. The …
En clave de - WordReference Forums
2007年1月28日 · Hola, He encontrado dos hilos con esta misma expresión, pero hacían referencia sólo a la expresión "en clave de humor". Llevo días devanándome los sesos para …
'fin (enfin) - WordReference Forums
2008年8月2日 · 'fin = enfin = sometimes used to correct what we just said because it was not exactly what we meant. La terre est ronde, 'fin, ce n'est pas une sphère parfaite mais...
skin, zest, peel, rind [covering of fruit] - WordReference Forums
2006年9月20日 · Skin works for all fruit. Zest is the grated skin of a citrus fruit. Peel is any skin that has been cut from the fruit in strips. Rind is on hard fruits like watermelon. An apple has a …