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Sentence #329239

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sundown sundown May 5, 2023 May 5, 2023 at 6:03:24 AM UTC link Permalink

a doddle:

https://www.collinsdictionary.c...english/doddle

I can't read the Japanese sentence it's linked to, but how about:

With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't get too big for your boots: apply yourself diligently like everyone in your class.

@JimBreen, @Pfirsichbaeumchen, @small_snow

JimBreen JimBreen May 5, 2023 May 5, 2023 at 6:24:21 AM UTC link Permalink

I'll comment on #74480.

JimBreen JimBreen December 28, 2023 December 28, 2023 at 7:59:57 PM UTC link Permalink

Fixed.

AlanF_US AlanF_US January 24, 2024 January 24, 2024 at 8:49:12 PM UTC link Permalink

>With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't be prideful of that but first apply yourself diligently with everyone in your class.

Is there be a reason not to change the text to sundown's suggestion or to something that preserves the use of "doddle" but is otherwise close to #11737702? Based on the comments already left here and elsewhere, I don't think any of the three of us likes the existing wording. To be specific:
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- the use of "but" twice in the same sentence makes it hard to parse

- "be prideful of that" sounds worse than "get too big for your boots" or "be arrogant about it"

- "apply yourself diligently *with* everyone in your class" sounds less natural than "apply yourself diligently *like* everyone else in your class".

JimBreen JimBreen January 25, 2024 January 25, 2024 at 2:43:02 AM UTC link Permalink

I use 11737702 instead of this one.

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With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't be prideful of that but first apply yourself dilligently with everyone in your class.

added by blay_paul, June 24, 2008

With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't be prideful of that but first apply yourself diligently with everyone in your class.

edited by JimBreen, December 28, 2023

With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't get too big for your boots: apply yourself diligently like everyone in your class.

edited by AlanF_US, January 25, 2024