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flashes

English translation: flashbacks

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English term or phrase:flashes
Selected answer:flashbacks
Entered by: Patsy Florit

23:47 Sep 17, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Linguistics
English term or phrase: flashes
Is it correct to say : "She had flashes of what had happened", meaning : scenes all mixed up in her head and had to order her ideas. This is related to terrible things that happened one after the other.
Patsy Florit
Local time: 17:56
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Explanation:
Flashbacks (of those terrible events or whatever) {hit her|came to her mind|occurred} {all mixed up|in no particular order}
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Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 16:56
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Thanks, this will help a lot!
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Explanation:
Flashbacks (of those terrible events or whatever) {hit her|came to her mind|occurred} {all mixed up|in no particular order}

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 16:56
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
Thanks, this will help a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Powers (PhD): yes, "flahsbacks"
1 min
  -> Thanks, Michael!
agree  Olga Layer
37 mins
  -> Thanks, Olga!
agree  T o b i a s: flashes, no; flashbacks, yes.
49 mins
  -> Thanks, Toby!
agree  RHELLER: or she had flashbacks
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Rita! Of course "she had flashbacks" is all the meaning of it. I was just trying to throw in a clarification for the "scenes all mixed up"
agree  Jack Doughty: Flashbacks is certainly better, but flashes doesn't seem too out of place to me.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jack! I agree, "flashes" can be used, with proper qualifying context words making it clear what sort of flashes they are.
agree  Sheila Wilson: flashbacks really fits the bill, whilst agreeing with you and Jack about flashes
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sheila!
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marju!
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
2 days 11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Elena!
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