folks
substantivosubstantivosubstantivocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//fəʊks//
- Estados Unidos//foʊks//
- Estados Unidos//foʊlks//
The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
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The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
My folks visit us at Christmas.
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People in general; everybody or anybody.
Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.
Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight. Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it. Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.
‘Hi, folks,’ Henry said, using inclusive terminology because one of them was female.
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raroThe police.
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Também uma forma de folkplural of folk
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Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.
McPherson's healing ministry, in fact. was at the core of her success, since so many of the Folks had come to Southern California in late middle or old age in the hope of regaining lost health.
Etimologia
Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.
folks · The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
Folks · A surname.follow · To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or…follow-up · A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.