all-singing, all-dancing, Georgian style UPVC conservatory

English translation: state-of-the-art, latest model, top of the range extension

07:24 Feb 18, 2005

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English term or phrase: all-singing, all-dancing, Georgian style UPVC conservatory

I hug myself. Where has this come from? Ed and I have always been able to talk. Admittedly, our conversations of late have generally been over nothing more taxing than the choice of wallpaper, although we did have a major spat over whether or not we should have the all-singing, all-dancing, Georgian style UPVC conservatory built. We didn't speak for three days over that and I won in the end when Ed capitulated and we had it built. We're still paying it off on the mortgage and now he spends more time in there than I do, but I wouldn't dream of mentioning that it's been a waste of money. 'Ed, I have made a huge mistake.'

Ekaterina Ryabtseva KudoZ activity Questions: 91 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 26 Russian Federation
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Selected answer:state-of-the-art, latest model, top of the range extension

Explanation:
A conservatory is like a 'garden room' attached to a house. Initially it was used for plants, but these days it is a relaxing living area (people in this country do try to catch the sun whenever they can..."
"Georgian" refers to the style/design.

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-02-18 07:35:51 GMT)
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UPVC is obviously \"unplasticised polyvinyl chloride\" - the double-glazed windows of the conservatories are usually made of UPVC, not glass.

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-02-18 07:43:10 GMT)
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And of course it has a glass (or rather, UPVC) roof, to make it as bright and sunny (if that is at all possible in the UK...) as possible.

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Note added at 26 mins (2005-02-18 07:50:41 GMT)
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Dusty is right - the frames are UPVC... I\'m sorry, I\'m not quite awake yet...

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all-singing, all-dancing, georgian style upvc conservatory

state-of-the-art, latest model, top of the range extension

Elizabeth Rudin
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:35
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all-singing, all-dancing, georgian style upvc conservatory rousing

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"all-singing, all-dancing" is a reference to movies made in the 1930s by film director Busby Berkeley, in which the entire cast was invariabably all singing and all dancing

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 80

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