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|Au contraire de qch, au lieu de qch |
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Revision as of 12:53, 22 December 2010
Expressions
| In my defense it was dark | Pour ma défense il faisait noir. |
| Don't get your knickers in a twist/knot | ~ Calm down, ne fait pas de noeuds dans tes sous-vêtements |
| spritzing the SKUNK with eau de cologne. | |
| hanging garlands from the corpses' ears | |
| People go to the site looking for things → Things people go to the site looking for |
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| X is 99 times more than Y, but it is 100 times that of Y. | |
| As opposed to smthg | Au contraire de qch, au lieu de qch |
| By my count, you have... | D'après mes calculs, vous avez... |
Don't say but say...
Some examples on how to say things simply and clearly
| Don't say ... | ... but say ... |
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| there is still a correlation check to make sure that the OBE indeed reported that it was at the same location as the enforcement equipment and at the same time as reported by the equipment | there is also a specific check of location given by OBE against location of enforcement equipment |
| My coin has fallen | My penny dropped |
Grammar
- Not to or to not ?
- The default construction is not to + INF (like in I decided not to go). However the split infinitive construction to not + INF seems to be allowed as well (like in I decided to not go). Note that I decided not to go is not the same as I did not decide to go!