Sentence examples for meri from inspiring English sources
The word "measure" is correct and usable in written English
You can use the word "measure" to mean both a unit of measurement (e.g. She poured two measures of sugar into the batter) or as a verb (e.g. We must measure the success of our project).
A former bureaucrat who without his famous surname would have been an implausible candidate for the top job, the stolid Mr Ulmanis is less of a philosopher-king than Mr Meri.
Pela, from English fellow, is the general classifier that combines with numerals, as in tupela meri 'two women.' Nearly the same grammatical distinctions are made in other Melanesian pidgins, such as Bislama (Vanuatu).
In 1976, the writer-cum-statesman Lennart Meri wrote that "If geography is prose, maps are iconography".
While negotiating the withdrawal of Russian troops from Estonia, Mr Meri is said to have trumped Boris Yeltsin by drinking him under the table.
Those attending last year's Lennart Meri security shindig (disclosure: your columnist is a regular and appreciative participant) had two options.
Your diarist needs to be in Tallinn for the Lennart Meri Conference (LMC), the Baltic version of Davos.
In their three presidents, they have some useful exemplars.Mr Meri and his bright young protégés (one of Estonia's post-communist foreign ministers got the job at 27) have transformed the way their country looks (and smells) to the outside world.
Both men were understandably influenced by this experience: Mr Meri became fascinated by obscure Finno-Ugric tribes (distant cousins of the Estonians) in Siberia, later making award-winning films about them.
Next year's Lennart Meri Conference may be bigger.
Neighbouring Estonia's sophisticated, hexaglottal president, Lennart Meri, has greatly helped his country's diplomacy.
Beloved wife of the late Dr. Eli, devoted mother of Meri-Jane and Burt.
