what is hedgehog culling?? words are clear but the meaning is not...
and nuclear family too!
if you translate it to russian will be much obliged
or just explain!
thank you in advance!
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I think (I think!!) that hedgehog culling means hedgehog selective killing I will look for more info.Tora wrote:what is hedgehog culling?? words are clear but the meaning is not...
and nuclear family too!
if you translate it to russian will be much obliged
or just explain!
thank you in advance!
Wordreference says of "nuclear family":
nuclear family, conjugal family
a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner
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I can’t help you with the first one (I’ve never heard it), but I’ll try to explain the second one (it is used in America quite often)
Nuclear family is a term opposite of extended family. Nuclear family consists of only parents and children while extended family, in addition to parents and children, can have other relatives (grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc) living together.
It’s not that nuclear family doesn’t have any other relatives; they just live in some other place, not in the same household.
I can’t really think of a Russian term for nuclear family :? Hope my explanation helps
Nuclear family is a term opposite of extended family. Nuclear family consists of only parents and children while extended family, in addition to parents and children, can have other relatives (grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc) living together.
It’s not that nuclear family doesn’t have any other relatives; they just live in some other place, not in the same household.
I can’t really think of a Russian term for nuclear family :? Hope my explanation helps
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Tora wrote:what is hedgehog culling?? words are clear but the meaning is not...
and nuclear family too!
if you translate it to russian will be much obliged
or just explain!
thank you in advance!
Nuclear family- Ядерная семья.
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Nuclear family- Ядерная семья.
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Archaic idiomatic expression?
My grandmother used to refer to coughing and having a hoarse voice as "whoopy."
I believe the reference was to a disease commonly called "whooping cough" (because of the sound of the wracking cough made by those who had the disease).
I wonder if "roopy" as a similar history?
I believe the reference was to a disease commonly called "whooping cough" (because of the sound of the wracking cough made by those who had the disease).
I wonder if "roopy" as a similar history?
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I would like to see the sentence that used this phrase to get a greater context. Generally though, hedgehogs are slow realatively timid animals. They also can occasionally breed to the point of becoming vermin, like rats. In the UK, they used to have to cull the population of hedgehogs now and then, but I think they have stopped doing so now. The animals are considered "cute" and many people think they should be protected.Tora wrote:what is hedgehog culling?? words are clear but the meaning is not...
I'd have to know the context of how the words were used in a sentence to be able to pick up the author's exact meaning. He was probably either referring to the actual destruction of these animals as vermin, or he was using the imagery of killing these animals as a metaphore for something else.
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As used in the United States (I'm not sure about Britain) a "nuclear family" is a "traditional" family consisting of one male father figure, one female mother figure, and their child or children. In the strictest sense, the father and mother must be legally married for the definition of "nuclear family" to apply.
As the society and culture of America changes, that defintion is changing somewhat. Some already do not require the couple to be married to use the term to describe the family. Others are open to the idea of a "nuclear family" containing a homosexual couple and any children raised by them. So far, I don't think the definition has been stretched to include polyamorous families.