English term
I could do with a cookie actually
Daughter: So you've run out of change as well.
Mom: It seems so. I've run out of money altogether. I was so busy doing my accounts I didn't have time to get to the bank today.
Daughter: I'll give you some money.
Mom: From your piggy bank?
Daughter: No, from here.
Mom: Oh, no. That's the cookie jar.. I could do with a cookie actually, but this has no money in it.
Daughter: Ha, ha, ha, ha, oh yes it has. I've hidden some money in here as well.
Mom: Ha, you hide your money everywhere, don't you?
Daughter: Aha. How much do you need?
Mom: Oh, 5 dollars. I pay you back.
Thank you
Sep 6, 2020 11:59: Jennifer White changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Sep 14, 2020 17:10: NancyLynn changed "Term asked" from "Could you translate \"I could do with a cookie actually\" to simple English, please?" to "I could do with a cookie actually" , "Neophyte" from "Not Checked" to "Checked" , "From Test" from "Not Checked" to "Checked"
Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, Rob Grayson, Jennifer White
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Responses
United Kingdom
ES/PT/FR-EN Translator + EN Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 1 more.
I would like/love a cookie actually
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Türkiye
Expert biomedical scientist, Ph.D. (NYU)
Native in: Turkish 
Works in: English to Turkish, Turkish to English, Turkish, and 1 more.
In reality I would really like to have a piece of cookie right now
As a matter of fact, I would really like to have a piece of cookie right now,
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Alice Yang (X)
: I agree basically, but people don’t usually say “a piece of cookie.” They just say “a cookie.”
18 mins
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Thank you
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Sajad Neisi
23 mins
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Thank you
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Althea Draper
: It doesn't need 'in reality' or 'as a matter of fact' in simple English and 'piece of cookie' isn't right either
3 hrs
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: not a piece.
4 hrs
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Yvonne Gallagher
: We don't have a "piece" of cookie and "in reality" also not idiomatic
6 hrs
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Italy
Translator specialised in Finance (MSc)
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian, and 2 more.
I could use a cookie, actually
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writeaway
: use is misleading. Asker wants simplified, so very basic, clear English
18 mins
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Yvonne Gallagher
: "Use" not correct English
4 hrs
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B D Finch
: To prop the door open with? To use as a bookmark?
23 hrs
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United Kingdom
Travel, wine and scuba specialist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Italian to English, English
I'd love a biscuit, in fact.
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Althea Draper
: This would explain it in simple terms, but if they're talking about dollars and using 'Mom' then biscuit doesn't fit in with the rest of the conversation.
50 mins
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"Simple English" is what was requested, so that's what I provided!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: obviously not UK so not "biscuit"// seems to me they want an explanation so they can translate out of English. And doubt "cookie" is the problem here
3 hrs
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See above. The questioner appeared to want a translation.
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Sheila Wilson
5 hrs
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B D Finch
: I don't think "in fact" works and I believe that "biscuit" has a different meaning in EN-us.
22 hrs
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Yes. But that isn't why I wrote what I did. The asker clearly found the original expression confusing, and I was providing the requested "simple English" version EN-GB, as stated. I know the text is EN-US!
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