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16:02 Mar 9, 2020
English to Urdu translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism
Additional field(s): Cinema, Film, TV, Drama, General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Poetry & Literature, Media / Multimedia
English term or phrase: curtain-twitcher
Definition from Oxford dictionary:
n. colloquial (chiefly British) a person who observes other people's activities from his or her window, esp. in a furtive and prying manner; a nosy neighbour.

Example sentence(s):
  • But now, thanks to the internet, the nation’s curtain-twitchers have new methods of snooping on those living closest to them. MailOnline
  • Note to curtain-twitchers: if you really want to know what’s going on, knock on the door. EveningStandard
  • Charlotte Edwardes: An attempted break-in has turned me into an online curtain-twitcher — I’m seeing my ’hood in a new light. EveningStandard
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5تاک جھانک کرنے والا/والی
Shikeb Shirazi


  

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تاک جھانک کرنے والا/والی


Definition from http://www.urduinc.com/english-dictionar:
شارلٹ ایڈورڈز: اپنی حدود سے تجاوز کی ایک کوشش نے مجھے آن لائن تاک جھانک میں مصروف ایک شخصیت میں تبدیل کر دیا ہے — میں اپنے روپ کو ایک نئی روشنی میں دیکھ رہی ہوں۔

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  • شارلٹ ایڈورڈز: اپنی حدود سے تجاوز کی ایک کوشش نے مجھے آن لائن تاک جھانک میں مصروف ایک شخصیت میں تبدیل کر دیا ہے — میں اپنے روپ کو ایک نئی روشنی میں دیکھ رہی ہوں۔ - http://www.urduinc.com/english-dictionar  
Shikeb Shirazi
United States
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in PunjabiPunjabi
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