Thread: America's Next Top Model

Originally Posted by kgcole

I'm not sure if that's the final translation Lena, but it would need to be rephrased; i.e., "At first, I felt like there were some bumps and hiccups." It might have to change, too, according to the context of the paragraph, tense, etc.

I'm starting to feel that "bumps and hiccups" is not an idiomatic expression in the English language. Did the girl just say what she was feeling? Did she just give her own comparison of her difficulties with bumps and hiccups?

Originally Posted by Lena

I'm starting to feel that "bumps and hiccups" is not an idiomatic expression in the English language. Did the girl just say what she was feeling? Did she just give her own comparison of her difficulties with bumps and hiccups?

Watch this and maybe it will help...




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Originally Posted by rockzmom

Watch this and maybe it will help.

So, they both are idioms. The video was really helpful, rockzmom. Thank you.
I also looked up the whole resourse and was amazed at it. Its having subtitles was a pleasant bonus.