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09:31 Jul 23, 2021 |
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Gabriele Foy United Kingdom Local time: 21:36 | ||||||
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5 | dimwit, nit |
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5 | nincompoop, dunce |
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4 | bukas, arba bukaprotis |
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bukas, arba bukaprotis Explanation: Man atrodo, kad tinka. |
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dimwit, nit Explanation: "Nit" ypač trumpas, o "dimwit" ir žmogaus tamsą apima. Example sentence(s):
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nincompoop, dunce Explanation: nincompoop - known since 1670s http://www.etymonline.com/word/nincompoop - used for centuries http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nincompoop&year... - quite expressive and not terribly offensive. dunce - short. Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nincompoop Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dunce |
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