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18:59 Apr 24, 2020 |
Swedish to English translations [Non-PRO] Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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3 +2 | is not very good |
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3 | on its last legs, all washed up, has seen better days |
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2 | it hasn't got a lot going for it |
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det är icke mycket med (sig) it hasn't got a lot going for it Explanation: Nothing to write home about - but that is exactly what she was doing. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://goteborgsstadsmuseum.se/gallery/2660 |
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is not very good Explanation: The last sentence seems to be the key. Until that point, "Nothing special" works fine. After that you have to ask why there is not a lot of music in it. Why would there not be a lot of music in it simply because there is nothing special about it? The answer, to me at least, is that it is not very good. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2020-04-24 20:27:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "is not in a good condition" is perhaps even better, since it agrees better with the more general sense of an object (or person) not being in good shape. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2020-04-25 20:41:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "is much the worse for wear" is a better match for the style of the writing. |
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