"Present company excepted" nghĩa là gì?

"Tôi không nói đến các bạn ngồi đây hôm nay..." Photo by SweStAna

"Present company excepted" hoặc "excepting present company" nghĩa là trừ các bạn ra, trừ quý vị ra, không liên quan đến các bạn. "Company" được hiểu là nhóm người, bạn bè.

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Let’s be honest, present company excepted, reading most newspapers is a waste of time. We have more time for books now. I for one have been using it.

Take a look at their conversations (cuộc trò chuyện) from earlier in the week with Yamaha and Harley-Davidson, and come back this week for their chats with Triumph and Kawasaki, but make sure to see here what they thought of the show itself. And where were all the old, fat, bald (hói) guys anyway — present company excepted?

Perhaps the most interesting part of the plan is the call to collect accurate data (dữ liệu chính xác). The government (present company excepted) relies on data to shape policy (định hình chính sách). Biden wants to ensure questions about sexual orientation (xu hướng tính dục) and gender identity (bản dạng giới) are included in national surveys, like the Census and the American Community Survey.

Thu Phương

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