a smasher masquerading as her, hotel rooms

English translation: an equally good clooking girl trying to pass herself off as the missing bride

20:08 Oct 30, 2006
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English term or phrase: a smasher masquerading as her, hotel rooms
Whenever some players, that's those with the grey follicles, get over excited, what with the plot about a missing bride and a smasher masquerading as her, hotel rooms and bedrooms...

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Sanjiv Sadan (X)
Local time: 15:52
Selected answer:an equally good clooking girl trying to pass herself off as the missing bride
Explanation:
hotel and bedrooms just part of the plot,where some of the mysteries unravel.
"to masquerade as" means to step into the shoes of someone else and to hoodwink people into thinking they are that person.

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-30 20:27:50 GMT)
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sorry-typo LOOKING !with no c at front !

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-30 21:26:32 GMT)
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also means to do something under the guise of :http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/06/22/propaganda-masquer...
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muitoprazer (X)
Local time: 10:22
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +3an equally good clooking girl trying to pass herself off as the missing bride
muitoprazer (X)
4 +1A very attractive woman masquerading as a bride who has gone missing...
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
5a beautiful woman
Will Matter


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
A very attractive woman masquerading as a bride who has gone missing...


Explanation:
in a plot taking place in hotels and bedrooms.

For smasher, read way down the following link:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/smasher

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 35

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agree  Suzan Hamer
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a smasher masquerading as her
a beautiful woman


Explanation:
A 'smasher' is very colloquial English for "a beautiful woman / a good looking woman / an attractive woman". So, in this case, they are talking about a really good looking woman masquerading as / pretending that she is the "bride". HTH.

Will Matter
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
an equally good clooking girl trying to pass herself off as the missing bride


Explanation:
hotel and bedrooms just part of the plot,where some of the mysteries unravel.
"to masquerade as" means to step into the shoes of someone else and to hoodwink people into thinking they are that person.

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Note added at 19 mins (2006-10-30 20:27:50 GMT)
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sorry-typo LOOKING !with no c at front !

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-30 21:26:32 GMT)
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also means to do something under the guise of :http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2006/06/22/propaganda-masquer...

muitoprazer (X)
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you

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agree  Nesrin
32 mins
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agree  Suzan Hamer
15 hrs
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 23 hrs
  -> thanks
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