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Always a good tune

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My friend and I had the dance to this down 💕

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Because I’m 90′s baby, 2000′s kid trash.

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Swedish Crochet Vocabulary

en virknål - crochet hook

att virka - to crochet

en virkning - crochet

en luftmaska - chain

en smygmaska - slip stitch

en stolpe - single crochet 

en halvstolpe - half double crochet

en dubbelstolpe - double crochet

en dubbel dubbelstolpe - treble crochet

en maska - stitch

omtag - yarn over hook

att upprepa - to repeat

att göra - to make, to do

en ögla - loop

en ökning - increase

en minskning - decrease

att hoppa över - to skip

en kant - edge

en ring - ring

ett garn - yarn

en härva - a skein of yarn

en färg - color

en rad - row

nästa - next

sista - last

ett antal maskar - number of stitches

en avigsida - wrong side of work

bakom - behind

bakre - back (of stitch)

en beskrivning - instruction, direction, description

en bomull - cotton

att börja - to begin

att börja om - to start over

lång - long

kort - short

liten - little, small

stor - big

en längd - length

att mäta - to measure

en mätning // mått - measurement

att byta till - to change to

först - first

främre -front

en grovlek - thickness, needle size

ett grovt garn - thick yarn

höger - right

vänster - left

att minska - to decrease

att öka - to increase

en rand - stripe

samtidig - simultaneously, at the same time

en sida - side

att skarva - to join

att ställa - to place

en stickfasthet - gauge

tillsammans - together

under - under

att upprepa - to repeat

ett varvantal - number of rows

en virkad kant - crochet border

ett ylle - wool

note: I used American English terms here. Please correct any mistakes if you see them :)

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This was my TUNE in middle school during my emo stage 😫#missmurder

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This, and his video on pedophilia in politics and hollywood, is why I have respect for PJW. These things really need to be talked about. Please watch and really consider what he is saying and form your own opinion.

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As if I needed another language to learn, I have started the new Czech course on Duolingo. I just can't help myself when it comes to languages... I'm greedy and want more, more, more!

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Stuck in my head

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Angolan Portuguese

I’m learning Brazilian Portuguese for (hopeful) future travel and just for fun (okay, a little torture as well), but I am very curious about the other variants of Portuguese. After searching Wikipedia and Wiktionary and a few other sources, I have made a little vocab list of words that are unique to Angola (a country in Africa btw). 

português angolano, português de Angola - Angolan Portuguese

bazar - to go away, to go home

cacimba - well

chuinga - chewing gum

garina - girl

jinguba - peanut

machimbombo - bus

musseque - favela

não tem maka - no problem

anduta - easy

apanhar uma tona - to get drunk

kota - older person (can be pejorative)

iofé - ugly

nboa - woman

piô, candengue - child

pitéu - food

latona - mulatta (a woman with both European and African genes, mixed race)

mboio - shortened word for train

tape - television

bila, bilau - shirt

bóter - car

cubata - house

muamba - chicken stew

quinda - basket

giumbo - machete

milongo - medicine

quituxe - crime

bunda - bottom, backside

fubá - flour made of maize (corn)

moleque - kid

bumbar - to work

bué - many, a lot

iá - yes

anhara - savanna

biúta - type of venomous snake

caular - to buy in order to sell afterwards (we call it flipping)

cota- elder

kizomba - a genre of African music

mabeco - African hunting dog

maboque - a type of fruit

mata-bicho - breakfast

matabichar - to eat breakfast

onça - leopard

quixiquila - a money pooling scheme

timba - aardvark

I included some links to conjugate verbs or to further explain definitions :)