Up until that, I had only been involved heavily in skateboarding and snowboarding.
Up until that I had been very focused on playing soccer and wanted to pursue that professionally.
Up until that, I had written short stories, stage plays, sketch comedy.
a pejorative word, phrase, etc. expresses criticism or a bad opinion of someone
or something:
In this context, the word provincial has pejorative
overtones.
توضیح: به عنوان مثال در ایران استفاده از کلمۀ "شهرستانی" در مقابل کلمۀ "تهرانی" کمی بار تحقیرآمیز با خود دارد یعنی has pejorative overtones.
pə̇ˈjȯrəd.iv
I was up until three o'clock trying to get it finished!
تا ساعت سه بیدار بودم تا تمومش کنم.
roast
مهمانى به افتخار کسى که ضمنا مورد تمسخر و طنز دوستانه هم قرار مىگیرد
a party to celebrate someone's life where the guests make humorous speeches about that person
For example: Roast of Justin Bieber
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