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Feeling a little rusty in Japanese.

E.g. how many people could get in this car?

Would be something like "この車に何人乗ることができる。" right?

It just sounds a little off, so if someone could give a few examples that'd be great.

P.S. if you use Google Translate I'll know, and hate you.

The London Underground railway system in London, UK is often referred to as "the Tube", pronounced "chewb". I assume American visitors would pronounce it as "toob" but I'm interested enough to ask:

If you were to visit the UK as an American, would you say you went on the chewb or on the toob?

It sounds a little like a guqin but I'm probably miles away, it could even be a weird-sounding violin or something like that. It's track 8 on Gustava Santaolalla's The Last of Us soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ2J1wCSjQo

I distinctly remember reading a Wikipedia article listing "try and" (as opposed to try to) as an example of something. It was a grammaticalese term but I just can't remember what it was. They gave examples of it being used in classical literature.

I'm aware this is pretty bare information, but if anyone remembers, I'd be grateful.

Thanks.

Usually if I can't think of a good strategy to remember a Japanese kanji symbol then I just do without, but I have to present to the class an idea of how to remember that this symbol: 黄 means "yellow".

Any ideas? No matter how tenuous. Thanks.

Also, here's a jpeg if you can't view the symbol in Yahoo's native font: http://kanji-symbol.net/common/images/txt/col0006-...

Doing some economics research on depreciation got me thinking:

Say I live in France, so my bank account's assets are all in Euros.

I'm on the internet and I find something I want to buy from America.

What happens in between the money leaving my account full of Euros, and it arriving in the American company's account in USD?

This might be a total nonquestion, it's 4am and I'm tired. Thanks.

As this graph shows: http://goldseek.com/news/2009/1-12mh/11.png the global monetary supply is increasing. My question should be quite simple, how is this happening? Please explain in simple English.

Should be an easy one for economists; please explain in layman's terms what the "Background" paragraph essentially says on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Accord

The main point I don't understand is how the U.S. dollar appreciated so much in the first place, and why the free market didn't depreciate the dollar by itself (why govt. intervention was required to devalue the currency).

Thanks in advance, from a non-economist.

The rhetoric of competition has always been seductive enough to ensure the privatisation of formerly national institutions such as the railways. However no one could disagree that the "profit motive" has in some cases failed, in that competition has been non-existent and the motive has manifested itself only in a lack of innovation and investment.

Why is this, in your view? If you disagree, feel free to explain why.

I'm trying to buy some new equipment for bicep curls. I was going to buy a single 20kg dumbbell but the difficulty of finding one not in a pair for a reasonable price led me to think about kettlebells. I've heard that they're harder, though, because of the off-set weight. As 20kg is nearly the highest I can lift at the moment with dumbbells (bicep curls), would it be better to get a smaller kettlebell? Also any links to a SINGLE 20kg dumbbell (not 2 x 10kg) for a good price would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

I'm writing an essay, it's starting to drag a little. Anyway, I know that somewhere in Jekyll and Hyde there's a quotation where the Dr. refers to how his doppelganger is the embodiment of evil, whereas Jekyll is just a normal human with all the accompanying complexities. Only problem is, this quotation is really trying hard not to be found. If anyone knows where it is or can quote it in your answer I'd appreciate it a lot (and 10 points).

Thanks :)

"Only to be", as in:

They recovered, only to be let down again later that year.

My instinct says "seulement pour être" but I have no idea.

Thanks in advance.

As in: "There are numerous unexpected twists throughout the film."

I understand that Æ is used both to mark genitive endings in Latin and also to mark plurals (judging by English loan words. In the middle of such loan words it seems to be universally pronounced "-ee", but I have heard it pronounced both "-ee" and "-eye" at the end of words. I assume the latter is genitive, but I hear it used often for plurals too. Seeing as I have never studied Latin, I would appreciate it if someone who has would share their knowledge on this.

Thanks in advance.

For me I'm thinking Gimme Shelter and All Along the Watchtower, along with a few other classics like I Am the Walrus and California Dreamin'.

Come to think of it, there are tons, so what are yours?

Quels sont vos opinions? J'écris un texte mais j'ai besoin d'un avis français.

Si vous le voulez, vous pouvez l'évaluer:

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Merci d'avance si vous passez de temps pour lire cette question.

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In English the idiomatic verb "drop" can be used in the sense of "I no longer study ____", but I wasn't sure whether this would translate directly into French.

En Anglais on peut dire qu'on n'étudie plus une matiere en disant que "I dropped it", mais je sais pas si on peut dire "J'ai laissé tombé cette matiere", qu'est-ce qu'on dirait en Francais?

Renewable energy made up 2% of all energy produced:

Les énergies renouvelables composés deux pourcent...

Les énergie renouvelables ont composé deux pourcent...

Ou quelque chose d'autre?

Merci :)

Je sais qu'on peut dire "au plus haut niveau". Est-ce qu'il y a une moyenne, pourtant, pour dire à LES plus hauts niveaux? Si mon exemple ne marche pas, que dirait-on?