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Antonia: some/certain
0 Can you help me with the following: 02 br
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00 1. Should I write some or certain in a title: 01 i 00 On 01 font 00 some/certain 02 font 00 prejudices of married women 02 i 02 br
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00 2. 01 i 01 font 00 During certain parts of 02 font 00 a day I think about Viagra. 02 i 00 Does it sound OK? 02 br
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00 3. 01 i 00 I am 01 font 00 slave to prejudices 02 font 02 i 00 Is it OK? 02 br
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00 4. 01 font 00 raised blood pressure 02 font 00 Is the collocation correct? 02 br
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00 Thank you 0-
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00 1. Should I write some or certain in a title: 01 i 00 On 01 font 00 some/certain 02 font 00 prejudices of married women 02 i 02 br
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00 2. 01 i 01 font 00 During certain parts of 02 font 00 a day I think about Viagra. 02 i 00 Does it sound OK? 02 br
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00 3. 01 i 00 I am 01 font 00 slave to prejudices 02 font 02 i 00 Is it OK? 02 br
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00 4. 01 font 00 raised blood pressure 02 font 00 Is the collocation correct? 02 br
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00 Thank you 0-
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0 1-- Either seems fine to me. 02 br
00 2-- Sounds fine but the statement is certainly odd. 02 br
00 3-- 01 i 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 slave 02 i 00 would be more usual nowadays, I think. 02 br
00 4-- 01 b 00 02 b 01 i 01 b 00 high 02 b 00 blood pressure 02 i 00 ,as a medical condition, is the more comm
00 2-- Sounds fine but the statement is certainly odd. 02 br
00 3-- 01 i 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 slave 02 i 00 would be more usual nowadays, I think. 02 br
00 4-- 01 b 00 02 b 01 i 01 b 00 high 02 b 00 blood pressure 02 i 00 ,as a medical condition, is the more comm
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0 What is the ****** context, Antonia? (just curious 05 0 00 ) 010id 2
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0 Hello! 02 br
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00 Thank you both. It is just a female columnist writing about ****** and what she thinks about it. It's very funny, but I have to translate it for my MA paper. Even worse, I have personally chosen this text and regretted. As you can see it's full of weird metaphors that sound stupid when translated. I've gonne through all phases of despair with various texts
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00 Thank you both. It is just a female columnist writing about ****** and what she thinks about it. It's very funny, but I have to translate it for my MA paper. Even worse, I have personally chosen this text and regretted. As you can see it's full of weird metaphors that sound stupid when translated. I've gonne through all phases of despair with various texts
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0 #2 sounds a little odd to me too. 02 br
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00 How about: 02 br
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00 2a. "During certain parts of 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 day, I think about ******." 02 br
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00 But then, "certain parts" may be a slightly incautious phrase, in such a context. Maybe: 02 br
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00 2b. "Sometimes during the day, I think about
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00 How about: 02 br
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00 2a. "During certain parts of 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 day, I think about ******." 02 br
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00 But then, "certain parts" may be a slightly incautious phrase, in such a context. Maybe: 02 br
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00 2b. "Sometimes during the day, I think about
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