Perhaps we could start from my personal favourite; favourite words?
I have become enamoured to words with the end -id. These include; tepid, fetid, lurid, putrid, stupid, arid, pellucid, vivid and timid.
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Perhaps we could start from my personal favourite; favourite words?
I have become enamoured to words with the end -id. These include; tepid, fetid, lurid, putrid, stupid, arid, pellucid, vivid and timid.
Perhaps we could start from my personal favourite; favourite words?
I have become enamoured to words with the end -id. These include; tepid, fetid, lurid, putrid, stupid, arid, pellucid, vivid and timid.
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"We didn't leave the Stone Age, because we ran out of stones."
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My favourite English words are as follows:
nay
thine
art
revelation
British
mate
explicit
quite
That is all.
nay
thine
art
revelation
British
mate
explicit
quite
That is all.
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As in "a piece of art", or as in "thou art my paramour"?azareus wrote:art
EDIT: I will now continue my list of words ending in *id.
Morbid, flaccid, livid, turbid, rancid, rapid, rabid, placid, staid, viscid, acrid, marcid, tabid...
"We didn't leave the Stone Age, because we ran out of stones."
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borys610
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Central railway station.
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As in "Thou art quite handsome indeed."Anteroinen wrote:As in "a piece of art", or as in "thou art my paramour"?azareus wrote:art
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My favourite words in English include: iridescent, refulgent, immanent, trascendental, impeccable, frailty, arid, pellucid, altar, brethren, subjugate, worship, veneration, luminescent, shimmering, glistening, oscillation, contempt, disdain, hatred, deity, compund, sceptre, iconoclasm, omnivore.
And also I heard the official language of Hell is German.. written using the Cyrillic alphabet.
And also I heard the official language of Hell is German.. written using the Cyrillic alphabet.
TT: I guess one could use those words to describe it.
TT: If armed with a predilection for the inapt.
TT: If armed with a predilection for the inapt.
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Perhaps Hell is in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volga_Germ ... t_Republic?Vurn wrote:And also I heard the official language of Hell is German.. written using the Cyrillic alphabet.
"We didn't leave the Stone Age, because we ran out of stones."
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This is my kind of topic :3
As you guys know, I do lots of language learning. As a matter of fact, I've gotten quite good at Polish!
As you guys know, I do lots of language learning. As a matter of fact, I've gotten quite good at Polish!
Your reign is ever growing
Spreading like a moss
across rock, under sky, over roots and the thorns
your reach is ever growing, spreading like a moss
Spreading like a moss
across rock, under sky, over roots and the thorns
your reach is ever growing, spreading like a moss
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hmmm... czy rozumiesz mie?
I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.