Brent wrote: >Hey guys: > > This is the problem with any language (and one of the things I have broght > frowns and gales of laughter with in conversations other than my native > English). Most languages (especially English) are highly idiomatic. In > other words, we have an expression like: > >"It can't compare" > > And in English, it very clearly means that it is "inferior". However, the > strict "dictionary" translation is totally different than the colloquial use > of the phrase. (thus Pierre's response) but "I can't compare" does only have one meaning? Karl, whose mother tongue is German.
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