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Raizin Raizin November 7, 2015, edited November 7, 2015 November 7, 2015 at 2:17:39 PM UTC, edited November 7, 2015 at 10:11:31 PM UTC link Permalink

For the native English contributers:

A while back I have started keeping track of English words and expressions I found as I used Tatoeba, that have no or very few Tatoeba sentences. I thought it might be useful for our more active English contributers, such as @CK, @Hybrid, @patgfisher, @AlanF_US, etc. Or anyone else who wants to use them of course.

I'll just start with the first ten:

- general populace
- have it black on white
- good grief
- geez / jeez
- if I (do) say so myself
- prime time (like on TV)
- [noun] friendly
( ↑ such as "customer friendly")
- one-on-one
- unsurprising(ly)
- day care / day-care center

You can add your sentences to this list, if you like:
https://tatoeba.org/nld/sentences_lists/show/4898

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AlanF_US AlanF_US November 7, 2015 November 7, 2015 at 2:58:19 PM UTC link Permalink

If you create a public list and give us a link to it, we can fill it up with sentences that use these words. Then you can find them more easily, and we can see which ones have already been translated.

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Raizin Raizin November 7, 2015 November 7, 2015 at 3:35:08 PM UTC link Permalink

Good idea! I've made a list (https://tatoeba.org/nld/sentences_lists/show/4898) and added a link in the first comment.

Hybrid Hybrid November 7, 2015 November 7, 2015 at 5:49:20 PM UTC link Permalink

And it's my sentence!!!! http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/2195121

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CK CK November 7, 2015, edited October 30, 2019 November 7, 2015 at 6:00:53 PM UTC, edited October 30, 2019 at 10:33:04 AM UTC link Permalink

[not needed anymore- removed by CK]

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Raizin Raizin November 7, 2015, edited November 7, 2015 November 7, 2015 at 10:09:43 PM UTC, edited November 7, 2015 at 10:12:40 PM UTC link Permalink

Yeah, I meant to update my post, but I guess I got distracted adding translations to all of those.

I agree we could use some more good examples. And I'd say preferably one or two with "customer-friendly" and "user-friendly", since those are pretty common. And maybe "family-friendly"

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Selena777 Selena777 November 8, 2015 November 8, 2015 at 7:47:12 AM UTC link Permalink

"Eco-friendly" is very common, too.