What do they call French toast in France? (And other similar questions)
Read moreIn English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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(buildings) desmoronarse(leaves/corpse) descomponerse(paper) enmohecersethe report has moldered in a file ever since — desde entonces el informe ha estado juntando polvo / apolillándose en un archivo2moldering present participle
(corpses/leaves) en estado de descomposición
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12 ways to say goodbye in other languages
Find out moreEnglish has borrowed many of the following foreign expressions of parting, so you’ve probably encountered some of these ways to say goodbye in other languages.
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Find out moreMany words formed by the addition of the suffix –ster are now obsolete - which ones are due a resurgence?
