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Antonija Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

breath

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001) How do we call bad breath called by drinking02br
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002) should I use traces or marks of lipstic02br
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003) can I write 01i00squeal of the cell phone02i00? Is it cell or mobile phone? Which one is BE?02br
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01i01font00Alcocholic breath, traces/marks of a 02font01font00lipstick02font00, suspicious01font00 02font01font00squeal02font00 00of the cell phone, are all the signs that will make that your husband is cheating on you.02i02br
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02i 02br 003-- 01i 00cell phones02i 00 or 01i 00mobile phones02i 00-- both are fine. Although they are programmed with a wide variety of sounds these days, 01i 00squeal02i 00 is not the expected-- why not 01i 00ring,02i 00 as most phones traditionally behave? 0-

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  • 02i 02br 003-- 01i 00cell phones02i 00 or 01i 00mobile phones02i 00-- both are fine.
  • Although they are programmed with a wide variety of sounds these days, 01i 00squeal02i 00 is not the expected-- why not 01i 00ring,02i 00 as most phones traditionally behave?
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01-- 01i00halitosis02i00 is a good word, but it is non-specific.02br
002-- I like01i00 traces,02i00 but lipstick is uncountable: 01i00 traces of lipstick.02i02br
003-- 01i00cell phones02i00 or 01i00mobile phones02i00-- both are fine. Although they are programmed
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0 Hi Antonija,02br
001) Hm, I heard "reek of the bottle" as colloquial term. Maybe some native can confirm this? Halitosis is a good term but not specifically related to alcohol-induced breath odor.02br
002) "traces of lipstick" sounds more like what you want to say02br
003) the term 01i00cell phone02i00 is used more in US and Canada and
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0Thank you Kajjo and Mr Micawber. 02br
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00p.s. MM., my question was which one is used in British English-cell phone or mobile phone.0-
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0Mister Micawber,02br
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00I was thinking about the squeal of the mobile phone because it refers more to the sound that is heard when you receive a sms, not the regular ringing. And the author is trying to be ironic here. In Croatian she uses the verb which is used for sounds uttered by mice. Can you think of a more appropriate verb if squeal is not fine?0-
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0I am constricted by the fact that I don't have a cellphone, Antonia, so I don't know what an 01i00sms02i00 is either. Unfortunately, everyone else in Japan carries a mobile phone, so I am well aware that they make a wide variety of noises when they are announcing a phone call or an email message. Although most play music of the owner's selection, others croak like frogs
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Thank you Mister Micawber. I will study the difference among the words that you havev offered.
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Maybe:

"The smell of alcohol on his breath, traces of lipstick, a suspicious beeping from his mobile – these are all signs that your husband is playing away from home."

(It's an odd trio of signs. I would have thought that lipstick traces were considerably more incriminating than the smell of liquor or a bleeping mobile.)

MrP
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I see your point Mr Pedantic... I think all three things come together, as we say in my country, in one package.
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Hmm. I will have to be more careful.

MrP
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