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English translation: about

22:04 Oct 31, 2023
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Religion
English term or phrase: around
we open our Bible, and around Faith Life Church we read a chapter per day.
Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Türkiye
Local time: 14:03
Selected answer:about
Explanation:
about Faith Life Church we read a chapter per day.
Selected response from:

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:03
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +4about
Rachel Fell
3 +3at
Michael Beijer
4at or in
Norbert Fuchslehner
3IN or AT
Habga Adam
4 -2en / aquí
Richard VH
3 -1at, in or close by on all sides
Lisa Rosengard
3 -1walking or staying around the Church
Susana E. Cano Méndez


Discussion entries: 10





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
en / aquí


Explanation:
Supongo que la pregunta es el significado en español de "around" en ese contexto.

Richard VH
Venezuela
Local time: 07:03
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  writeaway: English language (monolingual) [PRO] Religion /Not really. It's clearly in English and Asker wants an explanation in English too.
25 mins
  -> The question is a little ambiguous, isn't it?
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: Disagree is harsh. Most of us get the language combo wrong once in a while. :-)
5 hrs
disagree  AllegroTrans: Question is monolingual - no ambiguity about that
13 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
at, in or close by on all sides


Explanation:
They're at, in or close by the church. If they read around the chapter, they read the parts that figure immediately before and after, as well as the particular chapter itself.

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Makes no sense, it's simply about reading the bible
13 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
at


Explanation:
hmm

Assuming "Faith Life Church" is these guys: https://www.faithlifechurch.org/

"Faith Life Church is a diverse, contemporary church. We share the good news of the gospel and principles of the kingdom of god. Experience the good life god ..."

I suppose it means sth like: "At Faith Life Church, we read a chapter of the bible every day."

I'm not sure why it's so strangely formulated, though.

Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Björn Vrooman: It's a bit like "Around here, we..." E.g.: "Around our church we regularly say..." https://jdgreear.com/thy-kingdom-come-or-my-kingdom-come/ Could be replaced with "among our congregation" or the like. Don't see anything wrong with it, tbh.
13 hrs
  -> Danke!
agree  Clauwolf
15 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
agree  Michael Landman
2 days 16 hrs
  -> Dankie!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
about


Explanation:
about Faith Life Church we read a chapter per day.

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Beijer: yeah, that's how I would usually read "around". definitey a possibility, especially as it makes slightly more sense grammatically
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  AllegroTrans: about/concerning/relating to
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  writeaway
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Thank you
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
walking or staying around the Church


Explanation:
Why not?
Just guessing...


    https://faithlife.com/bible-year
Susana E. Cano Méndez
Spain
Local time: 13:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Makes no sense, it's about reading the bible
29 mins
  -> The question was only on «about». It might have a geographical sense, as in «whereabouts». They can read the Bible while they walk or gather in groups near the Church.
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2 days 30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
at or in


Explanation:
instead of around, I would use
AT, if you want to talk about the church in general
IN, if you want to highlight that something is inside the building

Example sentence(s):
  • at Faith Life Church, we read a chapter per day. (about the church in general)
  • in the Faith Life Church, we read a chapter per day. (inside the building)
Norbert Fuchslehner
Austria
Local time: 13:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: so how do yopu know that "around" doesn't mean "concerning" or "about"?
14 hrs
neutral  Michael Beijer: hmm, that's basically my answer
17 hrs
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
IN or AT


Explanation:
When you are talking about the Faith Life church which is a building or the place where the church is, we use AT. It may be ouside of the building.
IN is used when you want to talk about something that is inside the building(Faith Life Church).

Exemple de phrase(s) :
We read a chapter per day at Faith Life Church(We talk about the church in general)
We read a chapter per day in Faith Life Church(here, we are inside the building)

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Note added at 6 jours (2023-11-07 05:16:51 GMT) Post-grading
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Faith Life Church is an organization

Habga Adam
Cameroon
Local time: 12:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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