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19:53 Jan 27, 2011 |
German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Beautiful phrase | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Kim Metzger Mexico Local time: 23:31 | ||||||
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4 +7 | to learn to shut up |
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5 | Möglichkeiten frei zu übersetzen |
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3 | learn how to be silent/ master silence |
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to learn to shut up Explanation: I've seen two versions. Sixty to learn to shut up and a lifetime. It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to shut up. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2011-01-27 20:00:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hemingway noted that it takes two years to learn to talk and a lifetime to learn to shut up. http://www.thefatherofthebridespeech.com/father-of-the-bride... |
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