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The thing is that I am translating this movie ("This Is England") into my mother language (Estonian), but I am having little problems with some phrases:


-And I've come to give you gyp


-You're drawing a fine line


-Ada

Well maybe somebody can explain me these phrases.
Here are also the longer dialogue:

- What's his name?
- Harvey.
- Harvey?
- What sort of a bloody girl's name is Harvey?
- Hello. I'm Harvey.
- And I've come to give you gyp.
- I've got one of these for you, Sonny Jim.
- I've got one of those for you.
- My name is Harvey.
- You're drawing a fine line.
- You're drawing a fine line. Eh?
- Bloody hell!
- Where the frig have you been?
- Bloody Ada!
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Default Re: About the movie "This Is England"

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The thing is that I am translating this movie ("This Is England") into my mother language (Estonian), but I am having little problems with some phrases:


-And I've come to give you gyp


-You're drawing a fine line


-Ada

Well maybe somebody can explain me these phrases.
Here are also the longer dialogue:

- What's his name?
- Harvey.
- Harvey?
- What sort of a bloody girl's name is Harvey?
- Hello. I'm Harvey.
- And I've come to give you gyp.
- I've got one of these for you, Sonny Jim.
- I've got one of those for you.
- My name is Harvey.
- You're drawing a fine line.
- You're drawing a fine line. Eh?
- Bloody hell!
- Where the frig have you been?
- Bloody Ada!
gyp: to cause someone problems. Here it means, 'I've come to make life difficult for you'.

to draw a fine line: to be overly meticulous, maybe pedantic.

bloody ada: is similar to 'bloody hell'.
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Blood Ada is a euphemism - it has no specific meaning. In your translation use a colloquial equivalent to "bloody hell".
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