Στην έκθεση έγραφα πάντα κάτω από 7

English translation: I could only score no more than 7 in composition (or a variant thereof)

15:52 Nov 9, 2007

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Greek term or phrase: Στην έκθεση έγραφα πάντα κάτω από 7

Dear colleagues,

It seems I am stuck with this sentence, particularly with the meaning of the verb "grapho" in it: Στην έκθεση έγραφα πάντα κάτω από 7. It's about a foreigner who moves to Greece for studying at university level and describes his problems with speaking and writing the language.

Thank you very much,
Eva

PS. Just in case you are wondering, I'm translating this into Spanish but I decided to post the question in the El > En pair because I only need to know the meaning of it and in this pair it will probably be seen by more translators.

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English translation:I could only score no more than 7 in composition (or a variant thereof)

Explanation:
very cautiously, I would say this individual is trying to say that his composition skills were only good enough for 7 (out of 10, I suppose)...
So grapho could just be swallowed up (blended) into the statement without necessaruliy being translated.

Selected response from:

peekay
Canada
Local time: 07:06

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Thank you to everybody who contributed!
In fact, this had been my first guess, but it seemed somehow illogical - after all, 6 or 7 is not an awfully low score for a test, is it?

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4 +7

I could only score no more than 7 in composition (or a variant thereof)

peekay

I never got more than seven out of ten for my compositions

Julie-chan

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33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

I could only score no more than 7 in composition (or a variant thereof)

peekay
Canada
Local time: 07:06
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thank you to everybody who contributed!
In fact, this had been my first guess, but it seemed somehow illogical - after all, 6 or 7 is not an awfully low score for a test, is it?

33 days confidence:

I never got more than seven out of ten for my compositions

Explanation:
There is no need to translate grapho.

Julie-chan

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