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Old 22-Feb-2007, 08:45
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Hi all there,

I don't know if this is the correct forum to post this. Please, feel free to move it to the correct one if it's necessary. Thank you.

I don't know how to translate this sentence:

You know, I have no will power.

I was talking with an American friend and she said that.... I don't remember the context, , I just note it because I knew I would forget it... ...

The translation I'm thinking about it is to literaly to be true. I guess that "will" here means "voluntad" but... I don't know...

Hope you can help me!

Cheers

Mei
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Hi Mei.

rewrite the sentence as 'you know, I have no will-power'

'Will-power' is a compound noun, meaning determination.
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Oh, ok Andrew, thanks for your help.

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