flitig

English translation: enthusiastic

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Swedish term or phrase:flitig
English translation:enthusiastic
Entered by: Charlesp

23:10 Jan 20, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Marketing / Market Research
Swedish term or phrase: flitig
Does flitig mean "careful" or "observant" in the context below:

"Vid tiden för flertalet av dem var det dock ingen allmänt spridd uppfattning att nötter är nyttigt, vilket talar emot att de flitigaste nötätarna var mer hälsomedvetna.
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 14:26
enthusiastic
Explanation:
(in this context)
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Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 23:26
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2biggest consumers of nuts
Sven Petersson
4frequent
Görel Bylund
3enthusiastic
Charlesp


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
frequent


Explanation:
or busy, industrious, habitual etc. You eat a lot of nuts, and often. (And btw, nuts are good for you!)

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-01-20 23:16:31 GMT)
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Well, industrious was perhaps not so well chosen... :-)

Görel Bylund
Sweden
Local time: 23:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
biggest consumers of nuts


Explanation:
Omskrivning.

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 23:26
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tess Whitty
25 mins
  -> Thank you very much!

agree  cologne
11 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
enthusiastic


Explanation:
(in this context)

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 23:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
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