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English
Adverb
mind you
- (idiomatic, colloquial, chiefly UK) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying
- Synonyms: however, nevertheless, be aware, nonetheless, on the other hand, but
These shirts are very expensive. Mind you, they are excellent quality.
1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47:Mind you, it was not an outing I would recommend as relaxing.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
Translations
introducing a qualification or contrastive statement
- French: ceci dit (fr)
- German: wohlgemerkt (de)
- Hungarian: viszont (hu), azonban (hu), ugyanakkor (hu), ám (hu), az viszont/persze igaz, hogy, no persze, ezzel együtt, másfelől viszont
- Russian: прошу́ заме́тить (prošú zamétitʹ), заме́тьте (zamétʹte), заме́ть (ru) (zamétʹ), учти́ (učtí), учти́те (učtíte), впро́чем (ru) (vpróčem), пра́вда (ru) (právda) (сonjunction)
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