Ill - Comparative and superlative | WordReference Forums Ill = iller, illest Bad = worse, worst We don't really use ill in AE unless we are referring to someone who is terminally ill (Cancer, etc ) If I said 'my mom is ill' it means she's been in the condition for a long time, may possibly die, it's serious--- ill can also refer to mentally ill, or a prolonged period of not being well Otherwise in AE, it appears often as slang I think in British
Diminutifs - WordReference Forums Hola :) ¿Alguien puede decirme, lo antes posible, cómo se hacen los diminutivos en francés? Es que me siento incapaz de hacer un trabajo serio sobre Arsène Lupin y necesito poner caballitos en alguna parte Gracias por adelantado
Fuller or more full - WordReference Forums loster more lost roter more rote iller worse more ill than evil There are always exceptions to a rule, but that's the general rule I read the rule many years ago, and now that you brought it up, I think -ed ending adjectives are also an exception Therefore, soil-ed would be considered an exception to the monosyllabic words, and treated as
Bavarian dialect, characteristics - WordReference Forums Not so much between Ingolstadt and Munich Augsburg is not Bavarian speaking but Swabian The river Lech is the border between Bavarian and Swabian But the Swabian spoken between the rivers Lech and Iller exhibits marked Bavarian influence
to burn a bridge, burn ones bridges | WordReference Forums Bonjour, En anglais, "to burn one's bridges" veut dire de couper ses rapports brutalement avec quelques uns (en particulier en milieu du travail) d'une manière qu'il sera difficile de susciter des bonnes références de ses anciens collègues dans l'avenir He burned his bridges before resigning