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Anya
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 Message 17 of 79
03 March 2011 at 4:27pm | IP Logged 
Mandarin
The anecdote which I read was about the student helping a girl to carry her suitcase. Though the suitcase is with wheels, the student carry it on the back with difficulty. So the girl said:
背不动就滚吧
The phrase has a double meaning:”if you cann’t carry it on the back, roll it” or “if you cann’t carry it on the back – “roll yourself”/go away.
Vocabulary:
背bēi to carry on the back
不bù no
动dòng to move
就jiù at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake
滚gǔn to roll
吧 ba positive suggestion: right? OK?

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Anya
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 Message 18 of 79
05 March 2011 at 6:13pm | IP Logged 
Japanese:

可 “mouth” + “quarter” is an inhabitant speaking with enthusiasm about his quarter. The meaning is “praise, right”
河 “water”(=”3drops”) + “praise, right”= “river”
何 “man”+ “prise” = a man, approaching to the quarter, ask questions: “what is this place?” = “what? How many? Which?”
荷 “plant”+”how much/how many”= how many plants can I carry/bring? = “weight, load”

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Anya
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 Message 19 of 79
09 March 2011 at 3:27pm | IP Logged 
Japanese:

行 “man” is far from his home “quarter”= To come back home, he should “go”
街   if there is “earth” between a “man” and his own “quarter”= “street”
打 “hand”+ “nail/tuck” = “strike”

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Anya
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 Message 20 of 79
10 March 2011 at 5:48pm | IP Logged 
Italian

Barzelletta:

C’ è un tale che sta annegando :
-     AIUTO, HELP, HILFE, AU SECOUR…
Il bagnino allora:
-     Faceva prima a imparare a nuotare che imparare tutte quelle lingue

Translation:
One is drowning:
-Help (in 4 languages)
A worker attending to the bathing place:
-     It would be better if you firstly learn to swim than study all these languages


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 Message 21 of 79
12 March 2011 at 6:13pm | IP Logged 
German

Here is one of German anecdotes I enjoy:

Der Vater liest um Bett seines Sohnes Märchen vor damit dieser einschläft. Nach einer Weile öffnet die Mutter leise die Tür und fragt:
„ Ist er eingeschlafen?“
„Ja“, seufzt der Kleine, „endlich.“

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 Message 22 of 79
15 March 2011 at 3:33pm | IP Logged 
Mandarin

The anecdote is about a girl who was always late. Her mother explain to the boss a reason of that:

这是因我家有三个妙龄女郎,而镜子却只有一 � �

It's because we have 3 young girls and one mirror.


Edited by Anya on 15 March 2011 at 8:26pm

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Anya
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 Message 23 of 79
16 March 2011 at 3:48pm | IP Logged 
English

One more “being late” jock from my ‘L’anglais par humor’ book:
“why are you so late this morning?” – asked the boss
“I got married, sir”
“Well, don’t let it happen again”

Another jock is from “Se perfectioner en anglais”:
“Last year they went on a trip around the world. This year they want to go somewhere else”

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 Message 24 of 79
16 March 2011 at 7:01pm | IP Logged 
Hallo, ich bin deiner neuer Teamkollege :)

Du bist sehr passioniert :P


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