The tassel was worth the hassle - WordReference Forums
...Tassel = Nappa, come quella che pende dal tocco (mortar-board) delle cerimonie di laurea. Hassle = Fatica, sforzo. Avresti trovato questi nel Dizionario WR. The Tassel was worth the Hassle = la laurea è valsa lo sforzo/la fatica. Si usa Tassel come "sinonimo" di laurea perché fa rima con Hassle. PS Vedo che max63 concorda....
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/the-tassel-was-worth-the-hassle.1452616/
The 'spike' on a beret - WordReference Forums
...Does anyone know if there is a name for the little spike of material which sticks up in the centre of many styles of beret? I sat behind yet another beret wearer this morning and as I stared at the little spike I began to need to know about it. Has it a name? Why is it there? Why is it......
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/the-spike-on-a-beret.354653/
plump as a partridge - WordReference Forums
...Hi everybody. I'd like to ask you guys about this excerpt from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving, 1820): (...)Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and only child of a substantial Dutch farmer. She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; (...) Does that mean......
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/plump-as-a-partridge.3424929/
zitful - WordReference Forums
...Hello! This word comes from the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Context please see below: Mama made her wear her zitful cap (Katie?s own name for a wool stocking cap) over her headgear because it was a cold day. What's the meaning of zitful? Does it mean cozy? Looking forward to your......
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/zitful.4011512/
quilting frolic | WordReference Forums
...He came clattering up to the school door, with an invitation to Ichabod to attend a merry-making or ?quilting frolic,? to be held that evening at Mynheer Van Tassel?s. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving Thanks a lot!...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/quilting-frolic.3078717/
Borravino - WordReference Forums
..."El paraíso existe", titularon el aviso, con tipografía destacada, más grande y en colores, lo que lo diferencia del resto excepto del pie de página, donde con la misma letra color borravino dice: "Arquitecto Borla". "Paradise exists" was the title of the advertisement, (laid out) in a bold......
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/borravino.1548880/
up the ante - WordReference Forums
...Hi everybody. Can anybody please explain what the bold sentence means? Thank you. Text: The first in this campaign was Absolut LA, which showed a swimming pool in the shape of the bottle; others included Absolut New Orleans, where the keys of a trumpet assumed the bottle shape, and Absolut DC......
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/up-the-ante.3582284/
corn / maize detasseling - WordReference Forums
...Hi there! I'm looking for the French equivalent of the verb "to detassel." For those of you who don't know, detasseling is the process of removing corn tassels to produce a hybrid seed. Thanks in advance!...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/corn-maize-detasseling.23915/
Poplollies and Bellibones | WordReference Forums
...Today I made the three mile trek into the village for provisions, and also visited the town dump. Feeling virtuous that I recycle nearly everything that said establishment will take, and because the sun has finally become visible after weeks of rain, I visited the Skidompha Library's used book......
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/poplollies-and-bellibones.35258/
Romanian: "arbore", "copac" and "pom" | WordReference Forums
...Hi! The word "tree" can be expressed by using three different words in Romanian: copac (a Dacian word), arbore (< Latin arbor) and pom (< Latin pomus). They don't have any major semantic differences (pom is most often used to describe a fruit bearing tree). My question is why and how come......
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/romanian-arbore-copac-and-pom.802318/