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NL888 Posted 18 years ago
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the creme de la cream

0 the creme de la creme = the cream the best cream?02br
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00Other potential cops deemed the NYPD's maximum base salary inadequate. After seven years, it tops out at $59,588, well below the $107,853 offered in San Jose. 02br
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05000 defended the salary, saying the city would still attract the best. 02br
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00"If you want to be a police officer, this is 01b00the 01i00creme de la creme02i02b00," Bloomberg said. 02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00the creme de la creme = the cream the best cream? 02font 00No. 02br 02br 01font 00The idea in your example is 01i 00There are many cities where it is excellent to be a police officer but, of all these excellent cities, New York is the best.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00the creme de la creme = the cream the best cream?
  • 02font 00No.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00The idea in your example is 01i 00There are many cities where it is excellent to be a police officer but, of all these excellent cities, New York is the best.
  • So, police officers want to work in New York even if the salaries are not high.
  • 02i 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Context:02font 02br 02br 01font 00Other potential cops deemed the NYPD's maximum base salary inadequate.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00the creme de la creme = the cream the best cream? 02font00No. It's an idiom meaning 'the best of the best'.02br
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00eg Every player in the orchestra is outstanding, but the cello player is the creme de la creme.02br
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01font00The idea in your
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0Thank you.02br
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00How to pronounce "01b01i01font00creme de la creme?"02font02i02b0-
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00The vowel sound is more or less the same as in the English word 'them'. Say "them de la them". 05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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0 Thanks Clive.02br
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00 De sounds as de in defacto?02br
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00 And la sounds as the la in music as the sixth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio?0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00De sounds as de in defacto?02font00 No. As with the first two letters of the word 01b01u00di02u00p02b00.02br
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01font00 And la sounds as the la in music as the sixth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio?02font
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0Thank you.02br
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00"Cre" in creme sounds as cre in credible? And "me" in creme sounds as m in "cream?"0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes. But use the vowel sound from 'th01font01b00e02b02font00m'. 'cr01font01b00e02b02font00me'.02br
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