Desperate Diets

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il nome e cognome dell’autore e ricavarne il significato ‘nascosto’.

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6 thoughts on “Desperate Diets”

roberta says:

07/01/2016 at 09:12

🙂 noop

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1. Tony Lawson says:
  
  07/01/2016 at 11:14
  
  to gnaw (pronuncia come “nor”) = rosicare
  Quindi: “Gnaw a crust” = rosicare una crosta di pane
  
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  1. roberta says:
    
    08/01/2016 at 11:54
    
    oooohhhhhh now I know a new verb 🙂
    
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    1. Tony Lawson says:
      
      08/01/2016 at 17:58
      
      😉
      
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roberta says:

06/01/2016 at 20:15

….nor a crust ?

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1. Tony Lawson says:
  
  06/01/2016 at 23:35
  
  Nice try, Roberta, and you’ve got the right idea BUT what you need is in fact a verb that sounds exactly like “nor” but means “rosicare”. Do you know it?
  
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