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Sentence #282081

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 Shiawase Shiawase May 30, 2011 May 30, 2011 at 11:55:18 PM UTC link Permalink

--responding to @needs native check--
OK
variation with "close call" could be added.

Shiawase Shiawase May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011 at 11:35:55 AM UTC link Permalink

I'm not so good at punctuation. ;:.
After doing a little reading,
with quote marks, I think a comma would be best;
with a colon, the quote marks can be removed.

Swift Swift May 31, 2011 May 31, 2011 at 5:30:22 PM UTC link Permalink

Cheers, I've changed the colon to a comma.

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➜ #121922猫をさけるためバスは道をそれてドライバーは「危ういところだったな」といった。

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When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, That was a close one!

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When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said: “That was a close one!”

edited by Swift, December 19, 2010
When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, “That was a close one!”

edited by Swift, May 31, 2011
➜ #1837917Quando il bus sbandò per evitare un gatto, l'autista disse, "C'è mancato poco!"

linked by hitori37, September 14, 2012
➜ #2698439Als er mit dem Bus einen Schlenker fuhr, um einer Katze auszuweichen, sagte der Fahrer: „Das war aber knapp.“

linked by al_ex_an_der, August 25, 2013
When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, "That was a close one!"

edited by JimBreen, November 27, 2016