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12:12 Apr 30, 2015 |
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French to English translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / témoignage | |||||||
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I was not bright Explanation: This seems like she worked hard in school but just wasn't an academic. To keep the feeling of the source text then I would use the term "bright" as a synonym for intelligent. It retains both meaning and style. |
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I wasn't very bright//I wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer Explanation: to keep to a similar metaphor or not as you prefer I wasn't the one who discovered sliced bread -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2015-04-30 12:26:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I wasn't a star pupil. |
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