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I do hope...

English translation: I do hope Sir Howard won't be too stiff.

17:56 May 19, 2020
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Run a crooked mile (1969)
English term or phrase: I do hope...
I don't understand what the boy says after: "I do hope..........Tuesday.

Link: https://youtu.be/SbSNgkXPLJc (1:29 --> 1:31)

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Daniel Slon
Selected answer:I do hope Sir Howard won't be too stiff.
Explanation:
"Stiff" might be "Strict". The sound quality is not too good.
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Mark Robertson
Local time: 23:57
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Mark!
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3 +2I do hope Sir Howard won't be too stiff.
Mark Robertson


  

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i do hope...
I do hope Sir Howard won't be too stiff.


Explanation:
"Stiff" might be "Strict". The sound quality is not too good.

Mark Robertson
Local time: 23:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Mark!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Lewis-Morgan
14 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, it could be either though context would indicate "strict"
16 hrs
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