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vin de pays lit. "country wine"; wine of a lower designated quality than appellation contrôlée. Salad with vinaigrette dressing vinaigrette diminutive of vinaigre (vinegar): salad dressing of oil and vinegar. vis-à-vis (also vis-a-vis) lit. "face to face [with]": in comparison with or in relation to; opposed to.
Many speakers of American, Canadian, Scottish and Irish English pronounce cot /ˈkɒt/ and caught /ˈkɔːt/ the same. [ k ] You may simply ignore the difference between the symbols /ɒ/ and /ɔː/ , just as you ignore the distinction between the written vowels o and au when pronouncing them.
Dubonnet (UK: / d j uː ˈ b ɒ n eɪ /, US: / ˌ dj uː b ə ˈ n eɪ /, [1] [2] French:) is a sweet, aromatised wine-based quinquina, often enjoyed as an aperitif. [3] It is a blend of fortified wine , herbs, and spices (including a small amount of quinine ), [ 4 ] with fermentation being stopped by the addition of alcohol.
There are four primary patterns: The continuation pattern is a rise in pitch occurring in the last syllable of a rhythm group (typically a phrase). The finality pattern is a sharp fall in pitch occurring in the last syllable of a declarative statement. The yes/no intonation is a sharp rise in pitch occurring in the last syllable of a yes/no ...
Coq au vin (/ ˌ k ɒ k oʊ ˈ v æ̃ /; [1] French: [kɔk o vɛ̃], "rooster/cock with wine") is a French dish of chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, and optionally garlic.A red Burgundy wine is typically used, [2] though many regions of France make variants using local wines, such as coq au vin jaune (), coq au riesling (), coq au pourpre or coq au violet (Beaujolais nouveau), and ...
Ł or ł, described in English as L with stroke, is a letter of the Polish, Kashubian, Kurdish, Sorbian, Belarusian Latin, Ukrainian Latin, Wymysorys, Navajo, Dëne Sųłıné, Inupiaq, Zuni, Hupa, Sm'álgyax, Nisga'a, and Dogrib alphabets, several proposed alphabets for the Venetian language, and the ISO 11940 romanization of the Thai script.
The Oxford Bar retains its original compartmentalised form, which many other local bars have lost. Originally consisting of a central corridor with rooms to right and left, the corridor has been opened up to the left with an archway into the small stand-up bar but the original form is still clear. [1] It is a Category B listed building. [1] [3]
[1] /a/ is not diphthongized, but some speakers pronounce it [æ] if it is in a closed syllable or an unstressed open syllable, [2] as in French of France. The pronunciation in final open syllables is always phonemically /ɑ/ , but it is phonetically [ɑ] or [ɔ] ( Canada [kanadɑ] ⓘ or [kanadɔ] ⓘ ), the latter being informal.