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February 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 3

  1. German technical engineering term

February 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 5

  1. What language is this?

February 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 6

  1. English words to describe these people
  2. Etymology of Shrek
  3. Suspended (in) sentence

February 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 9

  1. German dialogue

February 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 12

  1. phrasal and prefixed verbs: IE only?
  2. Chinese question

February 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 14

  1. Bands: is or are?
  2. "c" -> "qu" in Spanish
  3. Damnatio memoriae

February 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 17

  1. Ministry in Japanese
  2. "Semi" on screen

February 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 19

  1. I would have thought ...

February 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 20

  1. Translating Shakespeare into "normal" / contemporary English
  2. Bombshell

February 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 21

  1. How exactly do you translate the word/term "grrrl" into Russian?

February 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 22

  1. The term "ass bandit" in Russian?
  2. Languages with different inflection of gendered plural pronouns

February 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 23

  1. Piranha = slut in portuguese?
  2. Wing On?

February 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 24

  1. Is mastery of close reading expected of all students at the primary, secondary, and/or tertiary levels in other countries outside of the United States?
  2. Liquor, liqueur and liquorice

February 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Language/2021 February 25

  1. Meaning of 'penny' in 'penny matchbox'