
cracked pepper - WordReference Forums
2009年6月23日 · Cracked Pepper = Pimienta Triturada (los granos no estan molidos sino machacados, triturados) S. Soledad ...
crack some black pepper and put the peppercorns
2008年12月21日 · Cracked pepper is pepper that has been crushed into pieces and not into a very fine powder. This can be done in a variety of ways such as using a pepper mill, using a mortar and pestle or even putting them in a pan and then putting a smaller pan on top of them and pushing down firmly.
mémère , pépère - WordReference Forums
2010年12月6日 · Hello "mémé" and "pépé" are the names I call my grandparents and "mémère" and "pépère" are indeed quite insulting, we use those to talk about old people, stay-at-home people.
Torta Sbrisolona - WordReference Forums
2012年11月4日 · Brittle refers to something being easily cracked, or snapped. At least, this is my understanding of brittle. Your 'brittle candy' appears to be both brittle and croccante. There are a number of things, though, that can be brittle but not croccanti; like toenails, clay statues, etc. E.
Is there some/any/...milk in the fridge? | WordReference Forums
2013年7月20日 · Hello, If you ask a question as below in the morning before breakfast in everyday life, which sentence is grammatical? 1."Is there some milk in the fridge?" 2."Is there any milk in the fridge?" 3."Is there milk in the fridge?" Thank you.
My favourite food is/are... - WordReference Forums
2012年2月9日 · The rule in English is simple: the subject must agree with the verb in number. That rule also applies when we switch the subject and object: Sandwiches are my favorite food.
she felt the prick of tears = welled up? | WordReference Forums
2011年8月16日 · The verb prick has a particular usage in respect to tears; one which is quite old. The OED definition is: To affect (esp. the eyes) with a sensation as of pricking.
Freaking, frigging and fucking | WordReference Forums
2014年3月15日 · It's very difficult to answer this because BE speakers who use "bloody" don't use "freaking" and vice versa! I can comment on "bloody" - where I live it is fairly strong-ish, to the surprise of many English speakers from other regions - after all why should a noun refering to blood be offensive even if it does have religious origins (the perhaps apocryphal "by our lady").
English Expression Origin: Nutty as a Fruitcake
2006年1月28日 · Nuts are cracked to be eaten. Hence, a crazy person is also called "cracked". nuts "crazy," 1846, from ...
What do you call a small quantity of butter? - WordReference …
2008年3月20日 · If I were served butter at a dinner table, and the butter had been divided into very small, flat squares (or perhaps small molded shapes) so that one of them would be the appropriate amount to spread on a slice of bread, I would call …