English term
out there
who had a good time in life.
Does "out there" add meaning to the sentence?
| 5 +6 | Not really! |
Dina Abdo
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| 4 +1 | في العالم |
Adnan Rifai
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Proposed translations
Not really!
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Mohamed Ghazal
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Thanks Mohamed :)
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Iman Khaireddine
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Thanks Imane :)
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Stephen Franke
: Dina's got it right. BTW, that English original text is an example of sloppy thinking and "casual-to-the-point of fuzzy" writing.
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That was my point :) Thank you Stephen :)
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Abdelmonem Samir
: "there were", "out there"....."there, there".
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Thanks Abdelmonem :)
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Waleed Mohamed
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Thanks Waleed :)
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Sam Berner (X)
: Conversational, maybe. If this was said in Oz, "out there" would literally mean that they were not in the speaker's place of abode at the time of talking, and would mean بالخارج
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I agree, but the context doesn't sound like it ... I mean: "who had a good time in life" sounds too general to indicate people بالخارج to me :) Thanks :)
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ALMERCANA
: I agree with Sam!
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Same comment on Sam's response Nabil :) Thanks :)
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Zeinab Asfour
: It depends if the writer is referring to someone in a previous sentence!
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Good point of view too Zeinab, but I still think the sentence is to general to be so :) Thanks :)
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Nivo
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Thanks Nivo :)
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في العالم
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Zeinab Asfour
: I agree with arifai, becuase this comment is usually said when referring to a place we are not aware of, people out there that we do not know of, some place out there in the world that we do not know of...في مكان ما في ذلك العالم
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