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| Language | Translations for "OPEN AND SHUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | thjesht (but, merely, plain, plainly, purely, simply, without ceremony), i qartë (apparent, articulate, candid, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | очевиден (apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, conspicuous, demonstrable, evident, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, palpable, patent, self evident, self-apparent, self-explanatory, sheer, stark, transparent, unmistakable, visible), лесно разрешим, лесно определим, прост (abc, artless, childlike, common, commonplace, easy, elemental, elementary, funky, grave, homelike, homespun, humble, illiberal, low, native, onefold, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, rugged, rustic, simple, sleazy, straight, straightforward, uncomplicated, unpretentious, vulgar). (various references) | |
Czech | jednoduchý (easy, elementary, homely, mere, simple, single, singular, unsophisticated). (various references) | |
German | simple. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ברור לגמרי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tiszta (pure, clean, clear, franchised, light, saintly, transparent), nyilvánvaló (conspicuous, evident, obvious, overt, self-evident), egyszerû (austere, easy, homely, inglorious, mean, modest, primitive, simple, undress, unpretentious, unsophisticated). (various references) | |
Italian | ovvio (obvious, natural). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | openay anday utshay.(various references) | |
Russian | ясно до конца, элементарный (elementary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lako rešivo, lako rešiv. (various references) | |
Spanish | evidente (plain, clear, distinct, manifest, obvious, overt). (various references) | |
Swedish | självklar (obvious), enkel (single, homely, homespun, plain, primitive, simple). (various references) | |
Turkish | kolayca yapılan, kolay (cushy, downhill, easy, effortless, facile, flowing, ready, simple, smooth, straightforward, uncomplicated, unlaboured). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нескладний (broken, cumbersome, fool-proof, lob, off-key, onefold, ordinary, primitive), найпростіший (elementary, primary), з проясненнями, елементарний (abecedarian, basic, elementary, rudimentary). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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