[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Speaking of Briticisms

[Kathryn Cawte]

K here. Ca't give you explanations for where the phrases come from but 
translations I can manage

>Carol again:
>Thanks, Karen! So I got that one right. How about these:
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>"Hermione felt she had been rumbled" (HBP Am. ed. 127, "Draco's Detour")
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rumbled = caught, discovered, found out

>Ron: "Today's going to be a real doss" (173, "The Half-Blood Prince")
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in this context it means it's going to be no work/ a lazy day, it can 
also be used as a verb (to be lazy) or a dosshouse is I believe 
translated to flophouse if you're american

>Dumbledore: "He {Mundungus} has gone to ground" (260, "the Seret Riddle")
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Well the logic behind that one actually makes sense. Going to ground is 
hiding, lying low

>Ron: "Having a shufti" (taking a close look?) (460, "The Unknowable Room")
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not necessarily a close look. Just a look in general.


-- 
K
"Screw the Permit"
Joe of Clan Sylum



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