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well kept

English translation: breakfast area was very well kept

21:43 Sep 6, 2007
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: well kept
"Nice, new hotel with a Caribbean feel. Very attentive staff. They even pulled out and made up the pull out sofa for our 2-year-old. There were cookies in the lobby when we checked in and the breakfast was very well kept. We always try to stay at Hampton Inn's and this one was a step above the rest."

Breakfast was well kept????
Andrea Re
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:30
Selected answer:breakfast area was very well kept
Explanation:
Is all I can imagine. It's definitely wrong as it stands.
Even "cooked" would be a bit odd in the context.

I guess they mean that breakfast was some kind of buffet and it was well stocked, nicely presented etc.



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Note added at 22 mins (2007-09-06 22:05:34 GMT)
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BTW there is no apostrophe in Hampton Inns
Selected response from:

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 19:30
Grading comment
Thank you very much to Mark and the others!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
2 +8breakfast area was very well kept
Mark Nathan
4 +2well prepared and served
Phong Le
4well-kept: nicely maintained
jebeen
4breakfast hours were observed
Valentin Cirdei


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +8
breakfast area was very well kept


Explanation:
Is all I can imagine. It's definitely wrong as it stands.
Even "cooked" would be a bit odd in the context.

I guess they mean that breakfast was some kind of buffet and it was well stocked, nicely presented etc.



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Note added at 22 mins (2007-09-06 22:05:34 GMT)
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BTW there is no apostrophe in Hampton Inns

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 19:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you very much to Mark and the others!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Shortall: That's exactly what I was just thinking - that "breakfast" really means "breakfast buffet" here
1 min
  -> Yes, "buffet" might be better than "area"
agree  Sam D (X): Sounds a definite possibility as otherwise it doesn't make any sense
6 mins
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: ditto
27 mins
agree  William [Bill] Gray: Certainly sounds reasonable.
35 mins
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
1 hr
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
11 hrs
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
1 day 16 hrs
agree  Loretta Bertoli
3 days 10 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
well prepared and served


Explanation:
just a brainstorm thought

Phong Le
Vietnam
Local time: 00:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in VietnameseVietnamese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: I guess so becasue I am concerned w/ food more than room. :)
3 hrs
agree  Can Altinbay: Think this is it. It's a non-professional review on Orbitz or some other site, right? The author doesn't even know not to add apostrophes for plurals.
14 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
well-kept: nicely maintained


Explanation:
a) It should be written as well-kept.
b) I think here it means the Breakfast buffet was nicely
maintained with a nice assortment of dishes, (both beverages
and foods), and presented in a nice way.


jebeen
Local time: 13:30
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
breakfast hours were observed


Explanation:
This might be it. Since breakfast already implies a specific set hour, why bother adding the extra word in there ? :) It's a somewhat elliptical construction.

Valentin Cirdei
Romania
Local time: 20:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: hardly sth. a guest would emphasise ;-)
1 day 21 hrs
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