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 #2 (permalink) Sun Jul 23, 2006 18:23 pm Expression: "All the vows..." |
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| Tom wrote: |
All the vows that I had sacred...
Do you think it is corect??? |
Hi Tom
I'd expect the phrase to be "all the vows that I held sacred".
Amy
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 23, 2006 18:30 pm Expression: "All the vows..." |
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Yes, it must be. :D
I tried twicw to match "had" with "kept", but it did not fit; since she said something like "had"
Here, in Pakistan, we have a beautiful saying for experienced people like you, Amy:(The translation is)
"Old rice is, after all, old rice"
Got it??? Bundles of thanks for this untiring support!
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jul 23, 2006 19:55 pm Expression: "All the vows..." |
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| Tom wrote: |
Here, in Pakistan, we have a beautiful saying for experienced people like you, Amy:(The translation is)
"Old rice is, after all, old rice" |
:lol:
I'm not sure we would consider that exactly as a compliment if we didn't know it was beautiful in Pakistan!! |
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