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English translation: putting out fires
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| 06:24 Aug 7, 2015 |
| Hebrew to English translations [Non-PRO] Tech/Engineering - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: David Greenberg Israel Local time: 07:58 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | putting out fires |
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| 5 | putting out (extinguishing) brush fires |
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| 3 | improvised solution (s) |
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1 hr confidence: 
improvised solution (s) Explanation: My suggestion. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1putting out fires Explanation: Same as in Hebrew. שבת שלום. https://www.google.co.il/search?q="putting+out+fires" |
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10 hrs confidence:
putting out (extinguishing) brush fires Explanation: Though not literal, it is idiomatic and conveys the sense of responding to symptoms of a problem, instead of its root cause. |
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