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    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    The Incomprehensible words, the phrases and the sentences of the film.

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    Re: Harry Potter and the half-blood prince (movie)

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    Bit of a tosser, reaIly.

    Bit of a tosser = oaf?
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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Haha, that's the scene with that cute Jamaican-looking waitress in the café, right? I seem to remember it.
    Anyway, "tosser" is a British slang word meaning "masturbator", but it is also used as a general disparaging term — something like "jerk".

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Quote Originally Posted by translationsnmru
    Haha, that's the scene with that cute Jamaican-looking waitress in the café, right?
    Yes, you are.
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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

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    -Really?
    -Thought I was going around the twist.

    -Thought I was going around the twist.
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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Quote Originally Posted by oldboy
    -Thought I was going around the twist.
    ~ "Я думала, у меня крыша едет."
    To go around (round) the twist = to go crazy.
    По-моему, чисто британское выражение.

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Quote Originally Posted by translationsnmru
    ~ "Я думала, у меня крыша едет."
    To go around (round) the twist = to go crazy.
    По-моему, чисто британское выражение.
    O'k, thanks.
    Thanks for correcting me.

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

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    Harry, I assume, right about now, you must
    be wondering why I brought you here.

    How is 'right about now' translated?
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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Sorry, I can't translate it appropriately into Russian, but "right about now," can be replaced with "at this point," or "by now." In this situation, Harry probably saw something to make him question why he was there, so Dumbledore said "right about now," meaning, "now that you saw that, you must be wondering why I took you here." That seems most likely. Anyway, hope that helps.

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    "Bit of a tosser"

    =British English slang. Not used by Americans.

    tosser = w@nker

    This is a rude word and frankly I don't know if I want to explain what it means. Look it up in a slang dictionary...
    (English is always using sexually loaded words for swearing!)
    Women should definitely NOT use this expression it would sound VERY bad.

    The expression is used like this:

    Person A: Where is that f-ing tosser John Smith! He took my notepad without asking my permission!!!!
    Person B: Well I suppose he's a bit of a tosser at times, but he's really not that bad, he just a bit distracted and doesn't pay attention to what he's doing...

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    Edit: Oh I just saw that TranslationsNMRU has explained the word!

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    kybarry, Hanna, many thanks!
    Thanks for correcting me.

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    If I was kiddin' you, I'd be wearin' a fez and no pants. (Lennie Briscoe)

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Quote Originally Posted by Hanna
    This is a rude word [...]
    Women should definitely NOT use this expression it would sound VERY bad.
    It can't be THAT bad, right? It's used in a children movie!!!

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka
    Quote Originally Posted by Hanna
    This is a rude word [...]
    Women should definitely NOT use this expression it would sound VERY bad.
    It can't be THAT bad, right? It's used in a children movie!!!
    It's not. Check this out: Tories launch 'tosser' campaign
    and Tories court controversy with trendy ads featuring 'tosser' character. The whole thing is pretty funny. Love the comment on the second article "'Tosser' is a pretty mild word these days for all but the most fossilised." I'm going to use that in daily conversation replacing "tosser" with whatever word.
    If I was kiddin' you, I'd be wearin' a fez and no pants. (Lennie Briscoe)

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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Quote Originally Posted by Hanna
    This is a rude word and frankly I don't know if I want to explain what it means. Look it up in a slang dictionary...
    (English is always using sexually loaded words for swearing!)
    Women should definitely NOT use this expression it would sound VERY bad.
    It's not so bad. It's one of those words that's much gentler than the literal meaning. I'd put it on the level of "crap" (Блин perhaps?) or just a little bit stronger. I (as a woman) used to use it (in Britain, not in the US), as did friends, without consequence. A bit like like "he's a real jerk" in American English.
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    Re: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)

    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn
    I'd put it on the level of "cr@p"
    Wow, apparently the profanity filter thinks crap is bad enough to alter.
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