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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | Tom |
E-mail: | não-disponível |
Data: | 28/MAR/2005 2:23 PM |
Assunto: | Re: CD |
Mensagem: |
The CD is skipping.
The record is skipping. (os discos de vynil ou plastico do meu tempo)
Merriam-Webster says this about the word "skip"
skip[1,verb]skip[2,noun]skip[3,noun]skip[4,transitive verb]hop, skip, and jumpskip bomb
Main Entry: 1skip
Pronunciation: 'skip
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): skipped; skip·ping
Etymology: Middle English skippen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect skopa to hop
intransitive senses
1 a : to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip b : to bound off one point after another : RICOCHET
2 : to leave hurriedly or secretly |