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I always hated it when I was learning German when people would point out that I'd said something silly but not tell me the "right" way to do it. In that spirit
by noonespecial 12y ago
I always hated it when I was learning German when people would point out that I'd said something silly but not tell me the "right" way to do it.
In that spirit, as a native speaker: "...from the context and the few words I recognised." would work just fine.
That's english for you. When the peasants are revolting, its very different from when the food is revolting...
- jdiez17 12y agoYep, thanks. Getting a basic handle on English is not too hard, because of the lack of gender pronouns and a few other things, but masquerading as a native speaker is exponentially harder :)
- gjm11 12y agoI think "a few words" is probably just slightly nearer the intended meaning than "the few words".