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That's a long way of stating

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25-Aug-2005, 20:37

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That's a long way of stating

When someone writes:

That's a long way of stating that we hope very much that ABD can attend to progress and finalise negotiations.

What this person is trying to say is:

We are far from negotiations or
We are close for negotiations

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Last edited by palfonzo; 25-Aug-2005 at 20:40.

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