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English translation: She can burp better than she admits

04:22 Mar 29, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Sports / Fitness / Recreation
English term or phrase: sentence traslation
April 5 issue-- Cameron Diaz is a much better burper than she lets on.
What's mean?
Thanks.
macky
Local time: 05:12
Selected answer:She can burp better than she admits
Explanation:
I'm not sure how this is supposed to fit in with sports, but she can release air from her stomach, as in belching:


1 : to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth
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Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 15:12
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4 +10She can burp better than she admits
Nancy Arrowsmith


  

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She can burp better than she admits


Explanation:
I'm not sure how this is supposed to fit in with sports, but she can release air from her stomach, as in belching:


1 : to expel gas suddenly from the stomach through the mouth



    Reference: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=bel...
Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 15:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
20 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
46 mins
agree  ohemulen
50 mins
agree  Liesbeth Huijer
1 hr
agree  Mario Marcolin
2 hrs
agree  Tony M: Yes, and I guess author is probably being ironic here, since one can hardly imagine that ability to burp is a GOOD quality!
2 hrs
agree  Laurel Porter (X): Yes - possibly referencing the scene in "Shrek", where her character burps raucously in her delicate princess persona.
2 hrs
agree  senin
2 hrs
agree  vixen
3 hrs
agree  Rajan Chopra
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