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| VivianJ5 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4057 days ago 81 posts - 133 votes  Speaks: English*, French | Message 249 of 522 29 July 2014 at 8:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Oh my goodness! How horrible, but so happy you and yours are safe.
I consider this an excellent excuse not to watch films...not that you needed one ;-). So sorry you went through that... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4378 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 250 of 522 30 July 2014 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks guys :)
It wasn't a nice experience but it could have been so much worse if a neighbour hadn't been going to work early, seen the fire and woken us up so we could get out of the house. The insurance company are going to cover the damage so now it's just a case of waiting until we can have the repairs done and get some power back. The electricity cables going into the house melted during the fire, so it may take some time to sort out! I think I would be too scared to read by candlelight now in case I start another fire. But reading by torchlight may be the way forward :D 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| rdearman Senior Member United Kingdom rdearman.orgRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5031 days ago 881 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, French, Mandarin | Message 251 of 522 30 July 2014 at 6:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
I think you might confuse some Americans with "torchlight" since that is the thing Indiana Jones sets fire to and goes through cobweb infested caves. Edited by rdearman on 30 July 2014 at 9:01pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6951 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 252 of 522 30 July 2014 at 7:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
I admit that I did a bit of a double-take until I quickly recalled a passage from one of C.S. Lewis' books where one of the characters mentioned that he didn't want to overuse the torchlight that he had got as a birthday gift lest the battery be drained. Now I just see a bit of levity in Radioclare's original statement. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4378 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 253 of 522 30 July 2014 at 7:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Okay, I think we have established that I'm not very good at watching films, so you probably won't be surprised to know that I've never seen Indiana Jones!
I was trying to refer to a portable battery-powered light; what would you call that in America? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6951 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 254 of 522 30 July 2014 at 8:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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We call it a “flashlight”.
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| Radioclare Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom timeofftakeoff.com Joined 4378 days ago 689 posts - 1119 votes Speaks: English*, German, Esperanto Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian | Message 255 of 522 30 July 2014 at 8:12pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Wow okay, I have to admit I have never heard of that! I am so bad at US English. I once read a novel where one of the characters spent their time writing on a 'nickel tablet' and for years I assumed that he had been engraving his thoughts on a big slab of metal.
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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6392 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 256 of 522 30 July 2014 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've not seen Indiana Jones either but yeah I take the torch part too literally when I see this word :D
A book light can be a useful investment btw? You can also use it when your partner is asleep for example. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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