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Sentence #73818

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Liface Liface April 10, 2010 April 10, 2010 at 11:18:50 PM UTC link Permalink

Now is this like "they used to say" or "they WOULD say, if they could". I think it should be distinguished.

blay_paul blay_paul April 10, 2010 April 10, 2010 at 11:39:39 PM UTC link Permalink

The Japanese is about future expectations. It's probably a line taken out of context from a larger work, but I don't know what that context is.

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"Aha!" they would say.

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