pasiųsti po velnių

English translation: to go to hell

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Lithuanian term or phrase:pasiųsti po velnių
English translation:to go to hell
Entered by: Saulute

11:31 Sep 22, 2010
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
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Lithuanian term or phrase: pasiųsti po velnių
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Saulute
Lithuania
Local time: 17:44
to send to hell
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Leonardas
Local time: 17:44
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5go to hell
Gintautas Kaminskas
5 -1to send to hell
Leonardas
4to go by dickens
Inga Jurkeviciute


  

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to send to hell


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Leonardas
Local time: 17:44
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disagree  Gintautas Kaminskas: No native speakers say "to send to hell". As I explained, in direct speech, it would be "Go to hell!". In reported speech, the usual thing that people say is: "I told him/her/them to go to hell."
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go to hell


Explanation:
In direct speech, it would be "Go to hell!". In reported speech, the usual thing that people say is: "I told him/her/them to go to hell."

Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 02:44
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
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to go by dickens


Explanation:
Pamenu dar mokykloje paklausėme anglų kalbos mokytojos kaip ką nors pasiųsti po velnių. Ji mus pasakė šią frazę: "Go by dickens".

dickens
n šnek. 1. kipšas, velnias

Inga Jurkeviciute
Italy
Local time: 16:44
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
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