Explanation: Presenting the person: "Meet Juan, who ..."
afterwards, after he's gone "There goes a good and very generous person"
In my experience, the latter phrase can be said with a great deal of affection of someone who has departed...
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Sorry, but I'm UK EN! Don't know if this makes a difference, but might inspire a natural sounding expression in US EN - I hope!
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Instead of the rather bald "Meet Juan..", you could always use something softer, such as "I'd like to introduce you to Juan...", or any of those standard expressions of introduction
Thanks to everyone for their help. The presentation actually took another form, but this would work very well. 2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
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Maybe "right before your eyes" or "Behold" for the first one and "there you have" for the second one? (And there you have him, a very good and generous person.)
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Behold Juan, who...
Here, right before your eyes, is Juan, who...
or even "Here you see Juan, who..."
I think I prefer the first one.
Cindy Chadd Spain Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 27
Aqui donde lo ves: Meet/Ahí donde lo ves: There goes
Explanation: Presenting the person: "Meet Juan, who ..."
afterwards, after he's gone "There goes a good and very generous person"
In my experience, the latter phrase can be said with a great deal of affection of someone who has departed...
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-30 09:16:45 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Sorry, but I'm UK EN! Don't know if this makes a difference, but might inspire a natural sounding expression in US EN - I hope!
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-30 09:18:30 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Instead of the rather bald "Meet Juan..", you could always use something softer, such as "I'd like to introduce you to Juan...", or any of those standard expressions of introduction
Carol Gullidge United Kingdom Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 30
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Thanks to everyone for their help. The presentation actually took another form, but this would work very well.
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