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Man muß sich nur etwas einfallen lassen

English translation: You


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01:38 Dec 29, 2011
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
German term or phrase: Man muß sich nur etwas einfallen lassen
Sent in a letter.
John Brandeisky
English translation:You
Explanation:
just have to think of something. Or: come up with something, come up with an idea.
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:03
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3You
Kim Metzger
4You just have to improvise!
Ramey Rieger
4You/we will just have to come up with somethingPauline Alexiou


Discussion entries: 1





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
You


Explanation:
just have to think of something. Or: come up with something, come up with an idea.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: well, the German doesn't say more than this. 00 context and this is everyday language.
8 hrs
  -> Fair enough for someone who doesn't know a word of German, I'd say.
agree  Horst Huber: "Come up with an idea" might be the most accurate. Reminds me of a disgusted remark of Richard Strauss, "da ist mir überhaupt nichts eingefallen".
18 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans
19 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You/we will just have to come up with something


Explanation:
you/we will just have to come up with something/come up with a solution/will just have to decide what to do

Example sentence(s):
  • We will just have to come up with a solution to the problem.
Pauline Alexiou
Local time: 04:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks so much for taking the time out !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: solution is a bit specific for etwas. With 000 context it's best to be as vague and casual as the German
27 mins
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You just have to improvise!


Explanation:
OR

just improvise!

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 03:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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PRO / non-PRO		Non-PRO (3): Cilian O'Tuama, sibsab, SJLD


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Changes made by editors
Dec 29, 2011 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field (specific)Medical: Health Care => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Field (write-in)Surgery => (none)
Dec 29, 2011 - Changes made by SJLD:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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