短了一句话

English translation: I should have asked.

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Chinese term or phrase:短了一句话
English translation:I should have asked.
Entered by: Wilman

01:30 Jul 15, 2014
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
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Chinese term or phrase: 短了一句话
A: 你打电话时候在,你不是不让说话嘛。
B: 哎哟。那我不知道他在。
A: 他们在,你看你。
B: 你看看,{我短了一句话,}我也是。
A: 那三舅会不会生气?

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Wilman
United States
Local time: 11:05
I should have asked.
Explanation:
I should have asked (if he was there).
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jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 11:05
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5I should have asked.
jyuan_us
3I should have said hello to him
tanglsus


  

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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I should have asked.


Explanation:
I should have asked (if he was there).

jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 16
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I should have said hello to him


Explanation:
短了一句话 (没有打招呼)

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Note added at 15 hrs (2014-07-15 16:38:16 GMT)
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I was being short then.

tanglsus
United States
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
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