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The US International layout changes the ` (grave), ~ (tilde), ^ , " (double quote, to make diaeresis), and ' (apostrophe, to make acute accent) keys into dead keys for producing accented characters: thus for example ' (release) a will produce á. The US International layout also uses the right alt (AltGr) as a modifier to enter special characters.
The equivalent US term is kinescope. telly (informal) television tenner ten pound note Territorial a member of the Territorial Army (in 2014 renamed the Army Reserve)(US rough equivalent is the Army Reserve and National Guard) tetchy * irascible thick; thickie stupid; person of low intelligence. throw a wobbly (informal) to lose one's temper ...
The equivalent legal phrase in the UK is drunk in charge of a motor vehicle (DIC) or more commonly driving with excess alcohol. [31] In the UK, a hire car is the US equivalent of a rental car. The term "hire car" can be especially misleading for those in the US, where the term "hire" is generally only applied to the employment of people and the ...
Some of the above characters are not supported in all character encodings, so sometimes the 口 radical on the left is substituted with a 0 or o, e.g. o既 0既; Sometimes, different Chinese characters are used to express the same meaning in Cantonese and Mandarin.
The US used the original title for the first series. Film Dennis: Dennis the Menace* To avoid confusion with the unrelated British character Dennis the Menace. Film Escape to Victory* Victory: Title shortened for U.S. release; many Sylvester Stallone movies had one-word titles. Film Europa: Zentropa: Name changed to avoid confusion with Europa ...
British Ghosts are soon going to be haunting CBS. Beginning this Thursday, Nov. 16, the original BBC One comedy on which the hit American iteration is based will make its Stateside broadcast debut ...
Paper 3. Speaking (3 to 5 minutes) The Speaking test has five parts. In the computer-based test, the learner responds to audio and visual prompts and will answer a few warm-up questions to get them used to interact with an animated character. In the paper-based test, the learner takes the test with an examiner.
Photosensitive paper was exposed to light through the negative film, resulting in a column of black type on white paper, or a galley. The galley was then cut up and used to create a mechanical drawing or paste up of a whole page. A large film negative of the page is shot and used to make plates for offset printing.