Victoria's Secret has specialized in ladies' [underkläder] .underwear underclothes unmentionables Info: "Underwear" is the normal term, "unmentionables" is a Victorian term. |
To her surprise, she wound up marrying a dark-haired [dansk] .Dane Info: All nationalities get capital letters. Only a few words are both adjective and noun (e.g. German, Greek, Israeli, Russian). Adjectives like "Danish" cannot be used alone, without a noun: "a Danish man/woman." |
It was a land of small pines, [ofruktsam] , sandy and dry.barren infertile sterile |
Poison ivy plants will give you an infernal [klåda] .itch irritation rash |
The cross-Greenland skiing trip was a major test of [uthållighet] .endurance stamina |
The government [förbud] on liquor failed completely.prohibition ban |
When the sonata was performed, Beethoven felt a sense of [uppfyllelse] .fulfilment fulfillment Info: AmE uses "fulfillment". |
The [torra] plains around Troy were once fertile.arid dry dessicated |