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11:40 Jan 19, 2020 |
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5 | to butcher the language |
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3 +2 | to mangle (words) the language; (coll.) butchering of the language |
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to butcher the language Explanation: A better version. As an alternative - mutilate, massacre. As for the other one - „give them a personal touch”. |
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to mangle (words) the language; (coll.) butchering of the language Explanation: I may be out on a British limb(a) here, but think mangle might be the right linguistic register. I don't think botch works here, but that butchering works stylistically better as a gerundive, whilst massacre vs. slaughter is arguably within acceptable idiomatic UK (US/ Can?) parameters, BTW, when a Brit, normally an Englishman, exclaims: ' I could murder a pint', such prosepctive pub or bar patron is referring to a pint of beer. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2020-01-19 13:51:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- correction: BTW, when a Brit. or *Irishman*, exclaims: ' I could murder a pint', such prospective pub or bar patron is referring to a pint of beer. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.bab.la/dictionary/romanian-english/măcelărești Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/butche |
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