Sometimes a simple translation is not enough, because of the implications, or alternative possibilities, often depending on context.
culottes - cut trousers, short trousers, can be below knee or above, like short bell bottoms, sometimes called a divided skirt
concierge - not a porter who carries bags, but a front desk person dealing with travel, restaurant bookings, recommendations for shopping and other bookings and needs outside the hotel,
- in a block of flats a receptionist and manager, checking visitors are expected by phoning to alert flat owners, checking credentials, taking parcels, helping workers on site
moi - literally me, used as an expression of affected surprise, (you don't mean me - surely not, certainly not) not me, never me, would I ever - sometimes ironic.
Chocolate Museum, Minsk, Belarus.
Angela Lansbury B A Hons, chocoholic author, photographer, speaker.
culottes - cut trousers, short trousers, can be below knee or above, like short bell bottoms, sometimes called a divided skirt
concierge - not a porter who carries bags, but a front desk person dealing with travel, restaurant bookings, recommendations for shopping and other bookings and needs outside the hotel,
- in a block of flats a receptionist and manager, checking visitors are expected by phoning to alert flat owners, checking credentials, taking parcels, helping workers on site
moi - literally me, used as an expression of affected surprise, (you don't mean me - surely not, certainly not) not me, never me, would I ever - sometimes ironic.
Chocolate Museum, Minsk, Belarus.
Angela Lansbury B A Hons, chocoholic author, photographer, speaker.
