Receptive language is the phrases and vocabulary that we understand, whereas expressive language is what we actually use.

Only a year ago it would have needed a super-Micawber to be optimistic that the railways would once again pay their way. But it was no longer a pipe dream that B.R. could make a profit, the way to do it was now clear.

In doing so she had derogated from her dignity and committed herself.

The classical bandura is tuned diatonically and has 20 strings and wooden pegs; the Kharkiv bandura is tuned diatonically or chromatically and has a single string mechanism and 34 to 65 strings; and the Kyiv bandura, which has 55 to 64 strings, is tuned chromatically.