03 abril, 2009

Coisas que não mudam #89

My wonders at the English language (or any language for the matter) never cease. His expression was:

I need to be back in the office by 1.30, but you take it easy, I can just dash

Though I had never heard the word used in that context I understood what he meant. Out of curiosity I checked the various meanings of the word in google define:

run or move very quickly or hastily
distinctive and stylish elegance
break into pieces, destroy
hyphen
cause to lose courage
add an enlivening or altering element to

Fascinating! When I'm all grown up I want to be able to use dash in all these contexts without making an effort :-)

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