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Hi,
The word you are probably looking for is 'cresset'. I didn't know it, but that's what my dictionary says.
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jun 01, 2009 18:44 pm The synonym for torch |
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Olga, note that none of the "equivalents" given for "torch" in the thesaurus are really equivalent. None of them mean the wooden stick that is lit on fire. "Cresset" doesn't exactly mean "torch" either, and hardly any native speakers know that word anyway. A cresset has a cup on top that holds flammable liquid, so that's not a true torch.
The fact is that the only word native English speakers really use for a stick lit on fire is "torch". We don't relate it in our minds to torture at all.
The British also call a hand-held electric light a "torch", but we in North America call it a "flashlight". |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:10 am The synonym for torch |
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Thak you everyone, Jamie, in particular,
However, what is a correct way of saying this word? Does it also mean a drug cigarette?
Please look at my context and the way I pronance this sentence and word.
Inside the decorative windows there is a space for torches that could be placed to illuminate the bridge.
Thank you in advance
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:20 pm The synonym for torch |
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 17:03 pm Thanks a lot |
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Hellow Kitosdad!
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Now everything is clear. It is a real pleasure for me to send you a voice message.
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 17:10 pm My daughter song |
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Jun 02, 2009 17:32 pm The synonym for torch |
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| #10 (permalink) Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:32 am a joke |
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I beg your pardon,
I couldn't get your joke. Can you decifer it for me? |
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| #11 (permalink) Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:44 am The synonym for torch |
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Hello everybody
My name is basu I want to learn English please help me any body
My question is when use to:-come, came, bring, brought, do, did
Please send some examples |
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