toksyczny
(Polish)
toxic
System Of A Down - Toxicity (Official HD Video)
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toksyczny
(Polish)
toxic
System Of A Down - Toxicity (Official HD Video)
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arsènicu
[Sardinian]
arsenic
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Gift
(German)
poison
Meanings of the word "poison":
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"gift" originally meant in in Middle High German as well as in Old High German "Gabe, Geschenk", as it does today in English.The fact that poison was originally a feminine noun meaning "Geschenk" (as can still be seen from the English gift) is demonstrated by the word "Mitgift", that which is given to the bride in marriage", which still has the old feminine article "die". It was not until the 16th century that the word became neuter in the meaning "poison".

Pan: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)
god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs
Pan in the Polish language: https://culture.pl/en/article/pan-poland-word-by-word
In contemporary Polish, pan (and its feminine version pani) is the most important element of the Polish honorific system. Used in addressing people, and variously translated into English as 'sir', 'mister', or sometimes simply 'you', pan remains one of the most characteristic words of the Polish language, ...
In practice, the word is used as an almost obligatory way of addressing another person (actually any person...
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Chinese: 盘子 (Pánzǐ) = plate
Italian: pance = bellies
ok: the pronounciation is a bit different but nevertheless I have always this association: first fill many "盘子" to then fill many "pance"
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Nothing too clever, just ...
Pance (bellies need) Esercizi 🏋

I prefer it when a Pole offers me "tort" than when a French tells me I have "tort".
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Linda7Italian wrote: Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:50 pmNothing too clever, just ...
Pance (bellies need) Esercizi 🏋
(belly - button)
botão ,(Portugués)
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I'm not sure which or how to follow on here so just for fun I'll "button it" and try with "tort/a" (yum!) and
"taught" (
)

Linda7Italian wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 3:22 pmI'm not sure which or how to follow on here so just for fun I'll "button it" and try with
"tort/a" (yum!) and
"taught" (
)
...and if you do enough esercizi , your pancia
should become taut
!
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Taut sounds like "naut" (interesting ancient Greek suffix...)

Ukrainian and Russian....космонавт (kosmonаvt) - male cosmonaut
Ukrainian and Russian....космонавтка (kosmonavtka) - female cosmonaut
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Russian....космонавтка (kosmonavt*KA) ... Ford
(Sorry, couldn't resist)

aстронавт
(Russian)
astronaut
in Polish (astronauta)
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must auk
[Estonian]
black hole
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