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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Trouser?

Hello.
Is there another explanation of the word "trouser" apart from "a type of clothing"? Emotion: wink
It can be singular, like a noun and also like a verb.
Thank you Emotion: smile
  

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  • Maybe you misheard another word?
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Did you hear it used in a certain way? Maybe you misheard another word? If you can write the context you heard it in, that would help.
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It is in a movie I'm translating in my language. It's used in this situation:
AGENT 2: Have they rumbled our position?
AGENT 1 : I think they've rumbled our position.
AGENT 2: Well, pull out, pull out. All units, trouser, trouser, trouser. All units, trouser, trouser, trouser. Pull out.

And also here:
And, on the other hand, they were trying to present themselves as viable
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That's me up there Emotion: smile

Yes, it's a comedy.
The pilot of "A bit of Fry and Laurie".
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Ah...now it makes sense! They are being very silly upper-class war-time pilot types, it's just nonsense language really.
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ok then. Thank you.
I'll think of something Emotion: smile
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Just bung in a random word that'll make people giggle a bit in your native language.
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Is that Hugh Laurie? He's brilliant! What about "pie crust." That's a pretty silly word.
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Yeah, he surely is brilliant Emotion: wink
And he and Stephen Fry made sure their work won't be easy to translate
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