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16:23 Mar 27, 2007 |
German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Management / leadership seminar | |||||||
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4 +1 | To be right and be proved right |
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4 | to be right and to stay right |
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1 +3 | always right, no matter what (in every situation?) |
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3 +1 | the boss is always right |
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3 | To be right and never be wrong. |
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to be right and to stay right Explanation: Sounds right... |
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To be right and be proved right Explanation: Something with proved was my first instinct, and my Oxford Duden confirms this: d) Recht haben be right; Recht behalten be proved right; -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2007-03-27 16:30:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Of course, proven is an alternative to proved (I think I'd probably opt for this in British English) |
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always right, no matter what (in every situation?) Explanation: yet another -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2007-03-27 16:41:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- the need to always be right -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2007-03-27 16:42:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- no one can always be right |
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