Etiqueta 'origin of phrases'
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Some words usually burst into our lives because of some event of global impact.
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Most of today’s youngsters, enrapt in video games and the social networks, have never even heard of this ancient custom.
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The gastrobar is a Spanish invention and is a cousin of the English ‘gastropub’. And although they are related, they were created for quite distinct reasons.
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All assassinations are murders but not all murders are assassinations.
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Every now and then we lack adjectives that make all the difference when we want a specific meaning.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
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Why are guinea pigs so called: they don’t come from Guinea and they are not pigs.
Andrew Valente17/06/2020 09:53