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English
Pronunciation
Phrase
the thing is
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Used to introduce the main point or issue
- I'd like to come, but the thing is, I just can't afford it.
Translations
introduce main point
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 問題是.../问题是... (zh), 问题是... (zh) (wèntí shì...), 是這樣的..., 是这样的... (shì zhèyàng de...)
- Finnish: kysymys on siitä, että
- Hungarian: az a helyzet, hogy…, az az igazság, hogy…, az igazság az, hogy…, a helyzet az, hogy…, az van, hogy…
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Norwegian: greien her
- Polish: rzecz w tym
- Portuguese: é que
- Russian: де́ло в то́м, что (délo v tóm, što)
- Spanish: es que
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