Betydning af i mangel af bedre | Babel Free

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faute de mieux, for lack of a better alternative

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“... hendes far, som jeg i mangel af bedre⟳ kaldte bedstefar, ...”

... her father, whom I, lacking a better alternative, called grandfather, ...

“... det var hendes hemmeligheder, jeg i mangel af bedre⟳ fantaserede om, og som jeg forgæves forsøgte at vriste ud af far.”

... it was her secrets that I, faute de mieux, phantasized about, and which I vainly tried to wrest from father.

“Hvad skal pigen hedde⟳? spurgte jeg i mangel af bedre⟳.”

What shall the girl be named? I asked faute de mieux.

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