It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.
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Such-and-such
Synonyms for "such-and-such" (2 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Determiner(1 words)
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- δεῖνα (deîna) noun (generic placeholder)
Arabic
2 entries- كَذَا noun (generic placeholder)
- كَذَا وَكَذَا noun (generic placeholder)
Bashkir
2 entries- фәлән det (indefinite; some or other)
- фәлән-фәлән det (indefinite; some or other)
Bulgarian
1 entries- някой си det (indefinite; some or other)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- فِڵان و فیسار noun (generic placeholder)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 某某 noun (generic placeholder)
Esperanto
1 entries- tio kaj alio noun (generic placeholder)
Finnish
2 entries- se ja se det (indefinite; some or other)
- se ja se noun (generic placeholder)
French
1 entries- Untel noun (generic placeholder)
German
1 entries- dies und das noun (generic placeholder)
Italian
1 entries- tal dei tali noun (generic placeholder)
Japanese
1 entries- 何々 noun (generic placeholder)
Persian
2 entries- فلان و بهمان noun (generic placeholder)
- چنین و چنان noun (generic placeholder)
Polish
2 entries- taki owaki det (indefinite; some or other)
- taki owaki noun (generic placeholder)
Portuguese
2 entries- tal e tal det (indefinite; some or other)
- tal e tal noun (generic placeholder)
Russian
3 entries- тако́й-то det (indefinite; some or other)
- и то и сё noun (generic placeholder)
- то́-то и то́-то noun (generic placeholder)
Spanish
2 entries- tal o cual noun (generic placeholder)
- tal y tal noun (generic placeholder)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[…] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer.
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We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such
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I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.
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