Asked | Open questions | Answered Points Date Pair Term / Answer given Level Status Gloss - Jul 17 '11 eng>eng flushed glowing with colour pro closed ok 4 Dec 9 '08 eng>eng help to find the right childsepeak phrase Here comes the... pro closed no 4 Dec 4 '08 eng>eng Basha Pasha easy closed no 4 Dec 3 '08 eng>eng Giacomo Italian for James easy closed ok NP Sep 26 '08 eng>eng to give cards and spades beat sb, be better than sb. easy closed no 4 Jul 24 '08 eng>eng Jesus's Middle Eastern Jesus's way of exaggerated figure of speech, Middle Eastern style pro closed no - Jul 22 '08 eng>eng Or do you have some etchings for me to look at? etchings easy closed no 4 Jul 21 '08 eng>eng pull the boat stunt do the boat trick easy closed no 4 Jul 4 '08 eng>eng laugh on cue laugh when they're expected to laugh easy closed no 4 Jun 19 '08 eng>eng chase / run after the rabbit / bunny the thrill is in the chase pro closed no 4 May 22 '08 eng>eng since since it has been published pro closed no 4 May 5 '08 eng>eng perplexed explanation pro closed no 4 Apr 1 '08 eng>eng is what I remembered to think Attempt then... pro closed no - Mar 28 '08 eng>eng Granting that Assuming that... pro closed no 4 Mar 12 '08 eng>eng draw back the better to leap take a step back in order to leap better pro closed ok 4 Jan 17 '08 eng>eng Making the world safe from all those little old ladies with ovarian cancer growi the police is busy arresting old ladies suffering from ovarian cancer... pro closed no - Jan 9 '08 eng>eng as rich as to buy second one is common easy closed ok 4 Jan 7 '08 eng>eng badly done badly treated easy closed ok 4 Jan 6 '08 eng>eng on the shoulder Why the second version is different easy closed no 4 Jan 6 '08 eng>eng as formal as a pair of staid, black pumps formal black shoes pro closed no - Dec 21 '07 eng>eng two-thirty 230 pounds? easy closed no NP Dec 11 '07 eng>eng to smell (in context) no one smells the stink pro closed no 4 Oct 27 '07 eng>eng how many times could you shed your skin? how many times could you completely change the way you are? pro closed no - Oct 4 '07 eng>eng to give two hoots didn't care at all easy closed no - Jun 12 '07 eng>eng hateful, literally hateful awful/unpleaseant, without exaggeration pro closed ok - Feb 22 '07 eng>eng strainer-cum-spoon strainer-spoon pro closed ok - Feb 8 '07 eng>eng NBC is not a network NBC is actually a TV network pro closed no 4 Feb 3 '07 eng>eng Garcia Lorca set in Belen A production of a Garcia Lorca play, which takes place in Belen pro closed no - Jan 26 '07 eng>eng to pay for braces meant literally: to pay for kids' braces pro closed no 4 Dec 7 '06 eng>eng to come to fortunate grief were fortunately defeated pro closed ok NP Nov 27 '06 eng>eng Why anyone would think anything of you is beyond me. I can't understand why anyone would think you're special pro closed no NP Nov 23 '06 eng>eng Aw wonder how yah can faishion to stand thear i' idleness un war, "I wonder how you can bring yourself to stand there in idleness and worse" easy closed no - Nov 7 '06 eng>eng cash-strapped freelance critic a freelance critic who didn't have much money pro closed no - Oct 17 '06 eng>eng what its origin was I was in no doubt as to its source pro closed no 4 Oct 9 '06 eng>eng registered on the fringes recorded on the fringes of his mind pro closed no - Sep 30 '06 eng>eng that I have that I have already "gotten the grips" easy closed no 4 Sep 19 '06 eng>eng the not needing so much as a wish they didn't need much - they didn't even wish for anything easy closed ok - Sep 16 '06 eng>eng dreamt both are correct - more info below easy just_closed no 4 Sep 14 '06 eng>eng Hallo Niedersachsen, name of radio programme pro closed no 4 Jun 13 '06 eng>eng man about town A sophisticated, socially active man who frequents fashionable places. easy closed no 4 Jan 20 '06 eng>eng her face flushed with pilgrimage idiom in the speaker's original language pro closed no - Oct 28 '05 eng>eng would-be quarrel the quarrel that never was pro closed no - May 29 '05 eng>eng whatever obstacles whatever the obstacles. pro closed no - Mar 19 '05 eng>eng Rich Milky Creampuff pro closed no - Feb 25 '05 eng>eng send the balloon up things will come to a head/ reach a climax pro closed ok - Feb 23 '05 eng>eng It had better be ..and it should be (plump), or else... pro closed no - Feb 14 '05 eng>eng Who’s decorated you like that Who's adorned/embellished you like that? pro closed ok - Jan 27 '05 eng>eng kept on rolling in his mind kept ringing in his head easy closed no 4 Jan 2 '05 eng>eng turn of the century turn of the century that just ended pro closed ok 4 Dec 27 '04 eng>eng ?-nym Aptronym pro closed no Asked | Open questions | Answered