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Could you help with translation, please?
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savvinka
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Could you help with translation, please?
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What look does Isabel have?
It �s a sketch to play for my sts. The action starts in the park: 2 p.m. The bench in a park near Exxon Cafe. Isabele is sitting there waiting. She �s got that waify-indie-token-chick-bass-player look. Peter enters, late.
Thanks in advance.
Olga
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5 Nov 2011
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ueslteacher
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are you sure it �s "waify" not "wify"? try word by word: wify - ...? wife-like? funny & intoxicated with wine? indie - independent... out of main-stream labels... token- something that is a symbol of a feeling, a fact, an event, chick - a way of referring to a young woman bass player - a performer on a bass instrument (bass guitar or contrabass)
Sophia
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5 Nov 2011
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Mariethe House
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waif/weɪf/
▶noun a homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child. ■ a person who appears thin or poorly nourished. indie /ˈɪndi/ informal
▶adjective (of a pop group or record label) not belonging or affiliated to a major record company.
token: a sign, a symbol of... chick: familiar name for a young pretty girl. So: She �s got that waify-indie-token-chick-bass-player look means:
She looks like one of those thin, poorly nourished , self-employed symbol of a bass-player young woman.
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5 Nov 2011
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ueslteacher
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oh, I didn �t know waif (must be a French thing:) Thanks Mariethe for expanding my vocab Sophia
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5 Nov 2011
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Mariethe House
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Sophia, I had no idea it was of French origin but it is indeed!! Look:
word history: Waif comes from Old Northern French gaif, which was probably from a Scandinavian root meaning �something loose or wandering�. In medieval English it was a legal term used in the phrase waif and stray to refer to an unclaimed item of property or a stray animal. By the late 18th century waif had assumed its modern meaning. The verb waive is related to waif: it comes from Old French gaiver �allow to become a waif, abandon�, and was originally a legal term.
Thank you for bringing up the idea 
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5 Nov 2011
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maker1
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(waify) Slender and extremely gorgeous chick
(indie) in a group making new popular music which is
not so well known and
(token) she is the one and only woman as
the bass player.
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5 Nov 2011
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savvinka
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Thank you, girls! Thank you, very much, indeed!
Your answers have really helped me!
Now I can understand the character better and feel more
confident about my job.
When I rehearse English sketches with sts,sometimes it �s not
essential to know every word, it �s often more important to grab the
main idea, however I prefer to translate everything of everything!
Teachers don �t like to seem silly in their sts � opinion.
I �m very enthusiastic about my job.
Olga
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5 Nov 2011
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maker1
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Don �t boys get a thank you as well? |
5 Nov 2011
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savvinka
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Clever boys deserve many many warm thanks!!!
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5 Nov 2011
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