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Güey ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwej]; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish that is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. Though typically (and originally) applied only to males, it can also be used for females (although when using slang, women would more commonly refer to another woman ...
Two Man Sound was a Belgian pop trio of the 1970s. Their style combined the disco music typical of the era with samba and bossa nova [citation needed]. Their signature hits were 1975 "Charlie Brown" and a Latin track called "Disco Samba", released in 1977. "Charlie Brown" was a success in Belgium and Italy.
Taj Mahal. / 27.17500°N 78.04194°E / 27.17500; 78.04194. The Taj Mahal ( / ˌtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl, ˌtɑːʒ -/; lit. 'Crown of the Palace') is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan ( r. 1628–1658) to ...
Empress Ki ( Korean : 기황후; Hanja : 奇皇后; RR : Gi Hwanghu) is a 2013–2014 South Korean historical drama television series starring Ha Ji-won as the titular Empress Ki. [1] The 51-episode series aired on MBC TV from October 28, 2013, to April 29, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 ( KST ). A domestic and overseas hit, the series ...
Tag question. A tag question is a construction in which an interrogative element is added to a declarative or an imperative clause. The resulting speech act comprises an assertion paired with a request for confirmation. For instance, the English tag question "You're John, aren't you?"
Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts, respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek.
Incunabula is commonly used in English to refer to the earliest stage or origin of something, and especially to copies of books that predate the spread of the printing press c. AD 1500. ab initio: from the beginning: i.e., "from the outset", referring to an inquiry or investigation. Ab initio mundi means "from the beginning of the world".
Estar de la chingada: to be somehow too bad, difficult, or complicated. Ir hecho la chingada: to go lightning-fast. Ir a la chingada: "to go to la chingada," or to go away upset, to go fuck yourself. Irse algo a la chingada: to break or damage something, something "going away to la chingada". Llevárselo a alguien la chingada: to be angry, or ...