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22:53 Jan 9, 2009 |
Polish to English translations [PRO] Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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3 +1 | too much talk |
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4 | too many big words, too many grandiloquent words |
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3 | lofty slogans |
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too much talk Explanation: too much talk, not enough action http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=or... or: too much talk, too little walk http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=or... |
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too many big words, too many grandiloquent words Explanation: Also: too many long words Common, colloquial usage: too many big words, too many long words More formal speech: too many grandiloquent words Reference: http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/search?invocationType=topsear... |
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lofty slogans Explanation: In contrast to the lofty slogans of Lenin’s time, under comrade Stalin authority was to be obeyed rather than challenged. The proletarian egalitarianism was ... www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=18141 - 114k |
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