May 10, 2018 16:30
6 yrs ago
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Dutch term

aarde aan iemand

Non-PRO Dutch to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Toen Maurice-Matisse en Jeanet elkaar het jawoord gegeven hadden en het tijd was om te kussen, keerde Matti zich naar Tink, die naast hem zat.
‘Mooi hè!’ fluisterde hij, maar er kwam geen reactie.
‘Aarde aan Tink. Over!’ probeerde Matti nog een keer.
Tink dook in elkaar van schrik.
"Wat?"
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 Earth to...

Proposed translations

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Selected

Earth to...

It's a way of getting someone's attention.
Peer comment(s):

agree Textpertise : From the space genre. It is said to someone who is far away in his/her thoughts - somewhere out in the universe. Earth should always be with a capital because it's the name of our planet.
4 mins
agree writeaway : Nanu nanu
5 mins
agree Marijke Singer : https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/earth to someone
1 hr
agree Kitty Brussaard
3 hrs
agree Verginia Ophof
1 day 20 hrs
agree Bryan Crumpler
6 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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