On ne peut pas dire ce qu'il fait.
English translation: There's no way of telling what he/it is up to / You don't know what it's doing.
| 16:01 Jun 14, 2001 |
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| na | It can't be said what it does |
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| na | One can only guess what he/she/it does. |
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| na | There's no way of telling what he/it is up to / You don't know what it's doing. |
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| na | We cannot say what he does |
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19 mins
It can't be said what it does Explanation: I guess it is a funny comment probably about a convoluted routine whose meaning may be particularly obscure to understand reading the code |
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5 hrs
One can only guess what he/she/it does. Explanation: 'He/she' if the scentence refers to the person, and 'it' if it refers to anything else (d'uh!). The humor element is there either way. cya |
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10 hrs
There's no way of telling what he/it is up to / You don't know what it's doing. Explanation: There's no way of telling what he/it is up to. A rather British way of saying it. I read this one exactly along the same lines as the second answerer (urklvt). |
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1 day 9 hrs
We cannot say what he does Explanation: It’s a very common expression. Simply means: "nobody knows what he is occupied in". The pronoun “on” most of the time is translated in English with “we” |
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