Active and Passive Vocabulary

**Tdol** · 14-Nov-2006, 02:56

If I ever need to buy a hinge in Brazil, I'll be OK then.

**curmudgeon** · 14-Nov-2006, 03:08

Originally Posted by Avalon

Winston Churchill was famous for his particularly large vocabulary,he used 60,000 words in his writing(? what writing?)

Apart from everything else he won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for his many books on English and world history.

**MikeNewYork** · 14-Nov-2006, 03:20

Originally Posted by Tdol

If I ever need to buy a hinge in Brazil, I'll be OK then.

Are Brazilian hinges particularly good?

**curmudgeon** · 14-Nov-2006, 03:26

Hinge is a marvelous word

**Harry Smith** · 14-Nov-2006, 07:38

To Tdol!
The best hinges are sold in Moscow. If you ever need another hinge buy a tour to Moscow.

**Avalon** · 14-Nov-2006, 11:44

Originally Posted by curmudgeon

Apart from everything else he won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for his many books on English and world history.

Thank you ,excuse my ignorance..

**Avalon** · 14-Nov-2006, 11:50

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

Are Brazilian hinges particularly good?

It hinges on the make ( of hinges ) you buy, I guess...

To be honest, I have never bought one myself...

**MikeNewYork** · 14-Nov-2006, 12:56

Originally Posted by Avalon

It hinges on the make ( of hinges ) you buy, I guess...

To be honest, I have never bought one myself...

Basically, a hinge is a hinge. I don't think I'll travel to Brazil or Moscow to find one.

**Avalon** · 14-Nov-2006, 13:04

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

Basically, a hinge is a hinge. I don't think I'll travel to Brazil or Moscow to find one.

What would you travel to Brazil or to Moscow for? Vacations

? Business?

**MikeNewYork** · 14-Nov-2006, 13:28

Originally Posted by Avalon

What would you travel to Brazil or to Moscow for? Vacations

? Business?

Both. I've never been to either place. The closest I've come to Brazil is Aruba. The closest I've come to Moscow is the Ukraine.

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