ikke holder på
English translation: detain
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| 21:06 Mar 2, 2008 |
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|  Selected response from: Diarmuid Kennan Ireland Local time: 11:09 | ||||||
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| 4 | inconsistent (with) |
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| 3 | it doesn't make sense / it's not consistent |
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| 3 | detain |
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| 2 +1 | does not apply to |
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3 mins confidence: 
it doesn't make sense / it's not consistent Explanation: You say you don't have much context, but well, you don't give any at all! So I'm just guessing... ;-) |
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3 mins confidence:
detain Explanation: Just one possibility.....holde på » detain - They detained her for several minutes -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2008-03-02 21:13:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- at det ikke holder på sigt > it doesn't hold in the long run -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2008-03-02 21:16:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ikke holder på > doesn't hold onto..., doesn't stop at...etc, etc. |
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6 hrs confidence:
inconsistent (with) Explanation: my take on the info you added |
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10 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1does not apply to Explanation: -- just another guess! Even a fictive sentence of context would make all the difference, otherwise we are really fumbling in the dark with an expression like this. :) |
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