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15-Aug-2004, 14:44
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| | How to say... 1. Does "sit at a computer" make sense? I want to say, "sit in front of a computer". What would you say?
2. I do not like one particular dish, while some people enjoy it. Can I call it "a dish not in my taste"?
3. I am wearing the same clothes as others. While they are not feeling a thing, I feel cold and want to put on more. In this case, can I say, "I am a bit sensitive to cold weather"? Or what would you say about this "I"? (to characterize/describe this kind of person)
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15-Aug-2004, 18:12
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| | Re: How to say... 1. Does "sit at a computer" make sense? I want to say, "sit in front of a computer". What would you say?
They both make sense. However, 'in front of'doesn't go with every verb. With 'work',for example, I'd only use 'at'.
2. I do not like one particular dish, while some people enjoy it. Can I call it "a dish not in my taste"?
'Not to my taste'.
3. I am wearing the same clothes as others. While they are not feeling a thing, I feel cold and want to put on more. In this case, can I say, "I am a bit sensitive to cold weather"? Or what would you say about this "I"? (to characterize/describe this kind of person)
I'd say 'I feel the cold'.  | 
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Originally Posted by tdol 3. I am wearing the same clothes as others. While they are not feeling a thing, I feel cold and want to put on more. In this case, can I say, "I am a bit sensitive to cold weather"? Or what would you say about this "I"? (to characterize/describe this kind of person)
I'd say 'I feel the cold'.  | tdol, I am looking for a word to describe this person's feeling-the-cold quality, say, some word or phrase to fill in the blank: I (am)_____. I always wear more than others.
Or how would you put it? :) | 
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Originally Posted by tdol 3. I am wearing the same clothes as others. While they are not feeling a thing, I feel cold and want to put on more. In this case, can I say, "I am a bit sensitive to cold weather"? Or what would you say about this "I"? (to characterize/describe this kind of person)
I'd say 'I feel the cold'.  | tdol, I am looking for a word to describe this person's feeling-the-cold quality, say, some word or phrase to fill in the blank: I (am)_____. I always wear more than others.
Or how would you put it? :) | I feel the cold (i.e., more so than others do).
I'm sensitive to the cold. ('the cold' meaning, cold temperatures)
I can't take the cold.
I'm thin-skinned.
The cold goes right through me. | 
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| | If you have to say 'am', then I'd say 'I am sensitive to the cold'.  | 
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Originally Posted by tdol If you have to say 'am', then I'd say 'I am sensitive to the cold'.  | Here's a cupper. :wink: | 
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| | Thanks- it's parkie out there.  | 
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Originally Posted by tdol Thanks- it's parkie out there.  | Is that a play on parka? Do tell. :D
You know, when I lived in the Yukon (Psst, next to Alaska), we had this 'defrosting' contraption hooked up to the ceiling of the outhouse: two heat lamps, the kind you see in restaurant kitchens. In 78 below celsius temperatures, skin and "bench" frost merge as one!  | 
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| | It means cold- I don't think it comes from parka- it's used in the north of England. We don't go below a few degrees negative, so we can keep our skin.  | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
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