we hebben vaak aan een half woord genoeg.

English translation: we can almost guess what the other is thinking

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Dutch term or phrase:	we hebben vaak aan een half woord genoeg.
English translation:	we can almost guess what the other is thinking
Entered by:	jarry (X)

10:06 May 17, 2004

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Dutch term or phrase: we hebben vaak aan een half woord genoeg.

Two colleagues (company X and supplier) have worked with each other for years on various projects.

We kennen elkaar inmiddels van haver tot gort en hebben vaak aan een half woord genoeg.

The right phrase is escaping me... 'we can almost finish each other's sentences' sounds a bit - well - intimate!

MoiraB KudoZ activity Questions: 725 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 545 France
Local time: 14:57

we almost read one another's minds

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or we can almost guess what the other is thinking

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jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 14:57

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Ah yes, knew there was a set phrase hovering somewhere in the recesses of my brain. I prefer no. 2, too. Thanks.
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3 +7

we almost read one another's minds

jarry (X)

4 +1

We understand each other very well. We don’t need to talk much

Meturgan

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12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

we almost read one another's minds

Explanation:
or we can almost guess what the other is thinking

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 14:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 46

Grading comment

Ah yes, knew there was a set phrase hovering somewhere in the recesses of my brain. I prefer no. 2, too. Thanks.

51 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

We understand each other very well. We don’t need to talk much

Explanation:
We understand each other very well. We don’t need to talk much on the set
www.yolk.com/v085/woo2.html - 19k –

Margaret and I understand each other very well, we can anticipate each other’s thoughts.
www.saintpauls-umc.com/sermons/2003/ Kathy/words_between_friends.htm - 18k

We understand each other very well, we operate on the same wavelength.
www.larynxlink.com/ial/pubs/Tallulah.pdf

Meturgan
Hungary
Local time: 14:57

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