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SWENGLISH SLIP-UPS 19
Bertil was explaining the possibilities of a new project to his international Project group. He outlined the positive points and then was just coming to the disadvantages when Birgit came into the room.
- Now there’s a but, a big but .
Colin’s comment: Birgit was quite offended.
(Literal translation of the Swedish: ’Det finns ett ‘men’, ett stort ‘men’ = (literally)
there is a but, a big but. English = ‘There is a hitch’. English: ‘butt’ =Swedish ‘rumpa’.)
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