22:54 Jun 26, 2011 |
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3 | buy back |
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2 +1 | pay to keep |
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3 | retain or save from bankruptcy |
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buy back Explanation: You also see it at the end of sentences when it means things that are left to buy. |
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pay to keep Explanation: Depends on context of course, but in the examples I found it seems that you can pay to keep something. In the example below a person is prepared to pay to keep Örebro in Allsvenskan: http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.148037/han-vill-ko... There are also a few examples of people wanting to 'köpa kvar' sportsmen, i.e. paying to keep them in a certain club, and it also seems to be the case with any valuable employee in an organisation. This example deals with a proposal to let drunk drivers have the opportunity to pay to keep their driver's license. http://rodaberget.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/asa-torstensson-v... Example sentence(s):
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retain or save from bankruptcy Explanation: Boof I found two 'examples' below both in sport (see links below) Unfortunately, they don't allow translation with the same word so I've given you two ideas to start off with I've just noticed that in the discussion, someone has given the same link Reference: http://blogg.aftonbladet.se/handboll/2011/03/han-forsoker-ko... Reference: http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.148037/han-vill-ko... |
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