Henrik Theiling wrote:
> Dear fellow conlangers!
>
> Recently, I was thinking of reviving the weekly vocab. And the first
> step of continuation is, as we all know from TV, the rerun.
>
> So I was thinking of posting automatically every week one of the old
> weekly vocabs that currently sleep in the archives. It is currently
> fodder for more than half a year of work, I think (there are > 30
> posts IIRC).
Good idea.
>
> Whenever someone comes up with a new set of words, I will happily
> enqueue it into the automatical weekly posting mechanism...
OK!! Here are 10 words, and some suggested sentences, culled from my Kash
to-do list:
1. committee
2. bell-tower (or just _tower_)
The committee has(have) decided to erect a (bell-)tower.
3. exactly
It will be exactly 73 metres [or suitable equivalent] tall.
4. crane/derrick
5. bell(s)
They will need a crane to lift the bell(s) into place.
6. net (for fishing)
The fishermen have lost their nets.
7. napkin
The [ethnic slur of your choice] people eat with their fingers and do not
use napkins.
8. rummage around/poke around in with the finger
They just rummage around in the pot with their fingers
9. bankrupt
10. toothpaste/toothpowder/dentifrice (or appropriate material)
The king is bankrupt. He can't even afford to buy toothpaste.
;-))))))