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1 pidgin
['pi‹ən](any of a number of languages which consist of a mixture of English, French, Portuguese etc and some non-European (especially African) language: Beach-la-mar is a pidgin spoken in parts of the southern Pacific Ocean; ( also adjective) pidgin English.) maišyta (kalba) -
2 fluent
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3 native speaker
(a person who has spoken a particular language ever since he was able to speak at all: I am a native speaker of English; a native Spanish speaker.) žmogus, kuriam kokia kalba yra gimtoji -
4 plain
[plein] 1. adjective1) (simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration: plain living; good, plain food.) paprastas, kuklus2) (easy to understand; clear: His words were quite plain.) aiškus, suprantamas3) (absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful: I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.) atviras, tiesus4) (obvious: It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.) aiškus, akivaizdus5) (not pretty: a rather plain girl.) negražus2. noun1) (a large flat level piece of land: the plains of central Canada.) lyguma, plokštuma2) (a kind of knitting stitch.) lygus mezgimas•- plainly- plainness
- plain chocolate
- plain clothes
- plain sailing
- plain-spoken
- in plain English
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