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birdwatcher ([personal profile] birdwatcher) wrote2007-07-19 06:29 am

В помощь изучающему английский язык

PARK RIDGE, IL -- A Northbrook man was charged with battery after a woman alleged he fondled her.

to fondle: 1 obsolete : PAMPER
2 : to handle tenderly, lovingly, or lingeringly : CARESS
intransitive verb : to show affection or desire by caressing

to batter: 1 a : to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish b : BOMBARD
2 : to subject to strong, overwhelming, or repeated attack "battered by forces of change"
3 : to wear or damage by hard usage or blows "a battered old hat"
intransitive verb : to strike heavily and repeatedly : BEAT
synonym see MAIM

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[identity profile] pokemone.livejournal.com 2007-07-19 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
ну просто чёрт знает что такое!
почитаю локальные новости - хочу покинуть страну
почитаю Вас - уже наоборот, никуда не хочу
:)))))

[identity profile] glocka.livejournal.com 2007-07-19 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
he received the 3rd degree for innocently calling a female bank clerk "sweetheart" (http://www.cjmciver.org/cgi-bin/lwanread.cgi?2005-10-25)