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Re: Help with a few words - kinda urgent
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lugnet.loc.il
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Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:47:47 GMT
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:12:06AM +0000, Shiri Dori wrote:
> Stupid babelfish doesn't know how to translate to hebrew, I dunno where my
> heb-eng dictionary is, and I can't for the life of me remember how to say
> these words in English:
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> Rakefet? (the flower)
heh, never knew flower names... :) and my dictionary doesn't have it. :/
> and
> Ktipha? (the material)
I believe that's Velvet?
> It's not a matter of life of death, *but* I'd really appreciate it... it
> would help the most if I got answers before about 21:00 on June 25th (that's
> Eastern Time in the US... which would be 4:00 AM (heh) on June 26th israel
> time). I'd still like to know later, but it'll help me a lot less. :-(
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> Plus, there isn't any really good translation for the word "de'aga", right?
> Worry only sorta works, because de'aga is so much more than just worrying...
> it's caring for, and loving and... ugh. No good word for all that, really. :-(
I agree... it means more than worry... I think between worry and care
you got it mostly covered though...
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| Help! Help! Stupid babelfish doesn't know how to translate to hebrew, I dunno where my heb-eng dictionary is, and I can't for the life of me remember how to say these words in English: Rakefet? (the flower) and Ktipha? (the material) It's not a (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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