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Subject: высказываться наиболее определенно gen. Как поудачней сказать?"Наиболее определенно на этот счет высказываются авторы [5]: gibberish" "In this regard, authors of [5] express in the most certain way: gibberish" |
| "explicit" -- хорошо подходит |
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the most specific/definitive/сoncrete/well-defined statement on the subject Explicit на мой взгляд не очень хорошо. В зависимости от степени испорченности аудитории может показаться, что эти авторы выдали крепкого словца по теме. |
| The authors are more specific about it. |
| Двусмысленность "explicit", с позволения многоуважаемого автора поста, вполне вписывается в ироничный характер предложения. |
| Да, explicit неплохо. Так пойдет: "the authors of [5] are most explicit about it"? Может еще какое слово есть, ближе к "наиболее жестко". |
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link 28.05.2018 14:13 |
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* 'авторы' probably = 'the authors' here, but it depends on the context. * 'express' – You can't use this verb by itself as it needs a noun/pronoun after it. So you have to say eg 'express themselves'/'express their views', etc. * 'in the most certain way' doesn't sound right. You'll need to paraphrase the sentence using one of the examples suggested by the others or put something like: † or 'the most' if other assessments have been mentioned. |
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johnstephenson "rather/quite unambiguous" is good here? better than "very"? |
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link 29.05.2018 15:10 |
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YuriiMax: 'quite unambiguous' would be good here as, strangely, the 'quite' in a few set phrases such as this is used for emphasis rather than to mean just 'fairly'. So here it means 'completely unambiguous' rather than 'fairly unambiguous'. Strange but true! Other examples: * 'It's quite clear that ....' = absolutely clear * 'In the USA it's quite different' = completely different However, in most cases 'quite' just means 'fairly'. Examples: See Collins Dictionary > 1. adverb and 2. adverb for an explanation of the two ways in which 'quite' can be used, and examples of each: 'rather unambiguous' isn't as good here, because this just means 'fairly unambiguous' – so it means 'unambiguous, but not especially so.' Hopefully that hasn't completely confused you! |
| Curiously, even before you answered, I was looking at the very Collins, thinking out, and stoped at "quite". Just as you pointed out here. Anyway, thank so much. |
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*I was looking at the very Collins* Was it a sight worth seeing? ) |
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link 30.05.2018 17:50 |
| YuriiMax: "Great minds think alike"! |
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OFF: Just stumbled upon a good solid case of someone thinking outside the box )
http://www.cafepress.com/+great_minds_think_alive_charm_bracelet_one_charm,1090441748 |
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link 30.05.2018 20:43 |
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24-carat tat – I'll have ten! That's stretching it a bit (the expression, not the necklace). Does 'Go raw' mean 'Join a nudist colony'? |
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*24-carat tat* "Handmade in Italy, hand-stolen in Stepney" ) (c) Bacon (LockStock&2SB) *Does 'Go raw' mean 'Join a nudist colony'?* I dunno. Do they eat raw food?
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| это надо поинтересоваться меню на свадьбе Чарльза и Камиллы :-) |
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link 31.05.2018 14:43 |
| OFF: pborysich: Who are that lot? I've never seen them before. These bloody foreign benefit scroungers! |
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link 31.05.2018 14:45 |
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OFF: The late Willie Hamilton MP ....
.... was a staunch republican. In Parliament and in his book 'My Queen and I' he described the royal family in very colourful terms: * The royal family: "gold-plated scroungers" .... "clowns in ridiculous clothes with prancing horses" Not a great fan, then.... |
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