Certo che...
English translation: we were not able to figure out how they could avoid ...
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Reply: Explanation: Of course we have wondered very many times how they manage to avoid such detection...and the response is...with a badge and a policeman's stick, they can do whatever they like. (In other words, the policemen erroneously "nabbed" seem to have believed that as long as they had a policeman's "tricks of the trade" on their persons, so to speak, they could go about their "business" unnoticed...or so they thought...!);-) Buon lavoro! Gary IT-EN Translator |
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Of course, we've asked ourselves many times... Explanation: Certo che is a common expression in Italy meaning of course, or obviously |
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too right.... Explanation: How colloquial is your text? What about - Sure, we wonder all the time about how they manage to avoid being picked up ... there's your answer ... police ID and flicker so they can get away with anything. Angela |
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we were Explanation: less literally |
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we were not able to figure out how they could avoid ... Explanation: it was a mistery to us how they could avoid... and this is the answer, with a badge and a ?? they can do as they like Don't worry about "certo" saluti Paola L M |
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