a sense of perspective

English translation: we need to ponder this carefully, rationally and look at it as part of the big picture.

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English term or phrase:	a sense of perspective
Selected answer:	we need to ponder this carefully, rationally and look at it as part of the big picture.
Entered by:	Marian Greenfield

18:12 Jul 10, 2002

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial

English term or phrase: a sense of perspective

Context:
We should keep a sense of perspective on this.

It is about a major investment proposal and the idea of the person who says this is that the realisation should be the matter of several years (instead of jumping into it).

Now, I am not sure about the exact meaning:
1. we shall be careful about this, pondering the pros and cons and realise only part of it
OR
2. there is no reason to hurry, but this should be a guideline in/for the future business/investment plans

Thanks in advance,
Eva

Eva Blanar KudoZ activity Questions: 1537 (1 open) (9 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 2777 Hungary
Local time: 02:01

we need to ponder this carefully, rationally and look at it as part of the big picture.

Explanation:
my two cents...

Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 20:01

Grading comment

Thanks, that's perfect. Thanks also for the correction: I can see I'll need some special course on shall/should + if... :-))
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +5

we need to ponder this carefully, rationally and look at it as part of the big picture.

Marian Greenfield

4 +1

perspective

Antonio Camangi

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

we need to ponder this carefully, rationally and look at it as part of the big picture.

Explanation:
my two cents...

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 20:01
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 732

Grading comment

Thanks, that's perfect. Thanks also for the correction: I can see I'll need some special course on shall/should + if... :-))

13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

perspective

Explanation:
From the context, it could mean either: you should lokk at this from distance" or "you should look at this as a medium-long term investment".

Antonio Camangi
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 3

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