Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
et Dieu sait s'il lui en passait, par la tête,
English translation:
and God knows, he certainly did have some / masses of ... going through his mind / on in his mind
French term
Et Dieu sait s'il lui en passait, par la tête,
Apr 13, 2007 07:55: writeaway changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Proposed translations
And God knows, he certainly did have some / masses of ... going through / in his mind
And I think the phrase works better too if you add in the emphatic 'certainly did...' or something of that kind, and likewise something to convey the idea of 'loads off / masses of', rather than the weak 'some'.
And God knew what came to his mind
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writeaway
: by using the past tense of 'know', it sounds like a religious sermon, but it's just an expression.
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