X had been sick on her house keys

English translation: had vomitted

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English term or phrase: X had been sick on her house keys
Selected answer:had vomitted
Entered by: ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI

18:46 Aug 11, 2020
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: X had been sick on her house keys
Does this mean that she vomited. Thank you
ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
Morocco
Local time: 08:57
had vomitted
Explanation:
It looks like baby vomit on this guy’s shirt

Man holding a baby which has been sick on his t shirt
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-man-holding-a-baby-which-h...

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Note added at 14 mins (2020-08-11 19:00:34 GMT)
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There should be only one “t”
had vomited
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Brent Sørensen
Germany
Local time: 09:57
Grading comment
Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +9had vomitted
Brent Sørensen


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
x had been sick on her house keys
had vomitted


Explanation:
It looks like baby vomit on this guy’s shirt

Man holding a baby which has been sick on his t shirt
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-man-holding-a-baby-which-h...

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Note added at 14 mins (2020-08-11 19:00:34 GMT)
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There should be only one “t”
had vomited

Brent Sørensen
Germany
Local time: 09:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: of course
18 mins

agree  AllegroTrans: yes but I cannot see the relevance of your 'explanation'
41 mins

agree  philgoddard
49 mins

agree  Tony M
1 hr

agree  Anastasia Andriani
6 hrs

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
19 hrs

agree  Kristopher Brame: Note: it's UK English
1 day 6 mins

agree  B D Finch: Note that being sick in British English means vomiting, but in US English it means being ill.
1 day 16 hrs

agree  npis
2 days 2 hrs
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