Meeting people around the world I'd like to try a new kind of travel centered on people rather than places. I'd like to meet local people all around the world, drink something together, have a conversation, share cultural differences and peraphs catch a little bit of the soul of the place.

Reading The mystery of Marie Roget - E.A.Poe I have some doubts about the meaning of this sentence: «The medical testimony spoke confidently of the virtuous character of the deceased. She had been subjected, it said, to brutal violence.» Does it means that the deceased was raped?

Pretending to be funny Sometimes I can't stop playing with words. I know I shouldn't do that, expecially in a foreign language which I can't control properly, but sometimes I can't get out of doing that! I wrote to a friend of mine pretending to be funny: "Ok, I guess it's to much knowing Tarkovsky's 1979 masterpiece Stalker... USSR film... you know... but forgetting Blade Runner... where do this people live? I've watched some other their top ten list... They are so ingnorant! They need to carry a gps to come back at home!" Is there any kind of irony left? (the worst question, I know...) Please correct this text. Thanks.

how does it sounds? Yet another weird nothingness

Help with translation I'm translating my Curriculum Vitae to English but i'm feeling doubtful about this part. Can anyone help me to improve it? "Coordinating the activities and keeping the files about repairs of vehicles belonging to public bodies (planning whole country retrieve, estimating, caring of deadlines and specification respect, keeping relations with representatives of public bodies)." Thanks everyone.

What's the meaning? "He took large risks, the kind one does not take unless one has to." thanks.Now, reading again, it became clear. Thank you both.

Do you know the web site "http://www.urbandictionary.com/"? What do you think about it?

what is the connotation of the word "sprit"? Is it only a type of sail or does it have a more generic meaning? How can i translate it in italian?

does anyone knows how "plastic flamingos" can be translated in Italian?