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Sentence #32061

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shekitten shekitten October 28, 2022 October 28, 2022 at 7:29:15 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

The typical saying goes "Waste not, want not." It doesn't follow modern English grammar, but that's how sayings often are.


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mutskt mutskt October 28, 2022 October 28, 2022 at 8:25:41 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Well I know... I just added "something" because of the German sentence that I've translated as it has "etwas" (something) in it


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Horus Horus October 30, 2022 October 30, 2022 at 8:32:04 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Duplicates of this sentence have been deleted:
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Waste not, want not.

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