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  1. Bit peaky - WordReference Forums

    Jan 20, 2014 · There is a relationship between peaky and peckish, but it's pretty far-flung. Both can be traced back to pic, an Old English word meaning a pike or pickaxe. 1. This came down through "to …

  2. To look peaky and to look poorly - WordReference Forums

    Jan 29, 2006 · Hi, Thanks for the precious explanations!!! Has to look peaky the same meaning as to look poorly? Don't they stem from poor and peak? (peak of a mountain ex)? Have a nice Monday. Paola

  3. Peeky - Meaning of adjective | WordReference Forums

    Jul 13, 2007 · Peeky in the sense of the definition you found is probably related to peaky and peaked, meaning "sickly." The use of peeky as a cognate of peek is probably not grammatically correct and …

  4. Peaky Blinders - WordReference Forums

    Mar 11, 2015 · Le nom Peaky Blinders fait référence à une vraie gang de rue du début du 20e siècle. Voici ce que Wikipédia donne comme théories pour son étymologie: Birmingham historian Carl …

  5. Linda is up the swanny | WordReference Forums

    Feb 10, 2018 · Hi, in Peaky Blinders, Arthur Shelby says: “Linda is up the swanny. I’m gonna be a fucking dad.” I guess to be up the swanny is to be pregnant but no dictionary gives me a clue. Is this …

  6. Live and spent bullet - WordReference Forums

    May 10, 2020 · "Doctor said you took four bullets. Only one was live, one was ricochet... Two were already spent. Peaky Blinders S04E02 Only one was live Two were already spent What do "live" and …

  7. flat / apartment | WordReference Forums

    Dec 31, 2024 · Si je comprends bien, le mot français appartement est apartment en anglais nord-américain, de mon côté de la mer, et flat en anglais britannique. Mais en regardant la série anglaise …

  8. submitted or have submitted | WordReference Forums

    Jan 25, 2014 · Present perfect shows some connection to the present or a repeated/ongoing past event, or very recent past event, so it doesn't work when talking about something that happened "30 days …

  9. Acta Constitutiva | WordReference Forums

    Jul 14, 2006 · Actually, I have the same question, but, in my case I need to translate "acta constitutiva" which is refering to the creation of business corporation, the actual document where the clauses, …

  10. rusted/rusty - WordReference Forums

    Oct 2, 2012 · Rusted is a verb (past simple) and rusty is an adjective. The first expresses a process/action of some kind, the second a state. Consider "I left my bicycle out in the rain and it …