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 lilygilder lilygilder January 3, 2010 January 3, 2010 at 4:11:26 PM UTC link Permalink

I fixed the Englisch sentence. Can anyone check if the translation still fits?

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You may as well read some novel as look at the ceiling.

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➜ #125203天井を眺めているくらいなら、小説でも読んだほうがよい。

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You might as well read a novel instead of starring at the ceiling.

edited by lilygilder, January 3, 2010
You might as well read a novel instead of staring at the ceiling.

edited by nickyeow, January 4, 2010
➜ #347122望着天花板发呆,还不如读一读小说。

linked by zhouj1955, January 4, 2010
➜ #500805Tu ferais tout aussi bien de lire un roman plutôt que de contempler le plafond.

linked by sacredceltic, September 6, 2010
➜ #500806Vous feriez tout aussi bien de lire un roman plutôt que de contempler le plafond.

linked by sacredceltic, September 6, 2010
➜ #739772छत पर घूरने के बजाए उपन्यास ही पढ़लो।

linked by minshirui, February 3, 2011
➜ #1233135Podrías estar leyendo una novela en vez de estar mirando el techo.

linked by marcelostockle, November 12, 2011
➜ #2429476Du kunne lige så godt læse en roman i stedet for bare at stirre op i loftet.

linked by danepo, May 12, 2013
➜ #3939002Tavana bakma yerine bir roman okuyabilirsin.

linked by duran, March 8, 2015
➜ #6002698אולי מוטב שתקרא ספר במקום לבהות בתקרה.

linked by fekundulo, April 8, 2017