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Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Mohammad Sinaee Iran Local time: 03:11 | ||||||
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5 | warbling |
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5 | twittering |
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5 | yodeling |
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4 | to chitter |
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3 | chatter / cheep |
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warbling Explanation: to sing with a high continuous but quickly changing sound, the way a bird does |
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twittering Explanation: The light chirping sound made by certain birds. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://twain.thefreelibrary.com |
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chatter / cheep Explanation: chatter / cheep http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/chatter http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cheep |
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to chitter Explanation: chitter--> to twitter ***like*** a bird warble--> -of a bird: to sing a song that has many different nootes - humorous: to sing sth especially with a high or shaky voice twitter--> to make fast and usually high sounds (birds) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2015-12-28 08:24:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- chatter--> to make fast usually high-pitched sounds. *both chitter and chatter can make sense in the context. |
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yodeling Explanation: "In Persian and Azeri classical music, singers frequently use tahrir, a yodeling technique that oscillates on neighboring tones." Reference: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yodeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodeling |
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