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Originally Posted by beppe
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Not that much strength in the arms, but the brain ...
Washing the T-shirt was a smart thing so he would not soil the upholstery of the chair when you gave him dinner. Brain ...
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It was actually pretty funny when he wanted to sit on my sofa to rest for a while and took a towel spontaneously to 'protect' the fabric. I guess he knows me too well
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Originally Posted by pdurrant
closet == wardrobe?
To me a closet sounds like a small room, rather than a piece of furniture. Thank goodness C. S. Lewis's American Publishers didn't decide to rename his book, "The Lion, the Witch and the Closet" for the US market!  |
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Originally Posted by bjones6416
Poor Iridal can't win -- when she calls it a wardrobe, people think she means clothes, and when she calls it a closet, others think she means a room.
Around here, at least among older people, it might be called a chifforobe. |
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Originally Posted by Mortis
She could have said "Armoire" which is also like a wardrobe, kinda. It could be French for wardrobe?
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No, armoire is French for cabinet. I think garde-robe is French for wardrobe. But in Dutch we use this word (garderobe) to describe a collection of clothes as well. This is getting a bit complicated
I'm having a latte macchiatto before I finish putting the wardrobe/closet/garde-robe/... together.