thing

/θɪŋ/

Translation

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⇨ cosa

Don't say such things

No digas esas cosas

for one thing

⇨ para empezar

the thing is (inform)

⇨ el caso es

I want to go with you, but the thing is I've got homework to do

Me gustaría acompañarte, pero el caso es que tengo deberes

to be a good thing (inform)

⇨ menos mal (que)

⇨ ser una suerte

Véase tb: chance would be a fine thing; the next best thing; the next thing I knew; the real thing; to be a good {job/thing}

(Definition of thing n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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