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Ask for help > "bumper-to-bumper"
"bumper-to-bumper"
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crissorrir
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"bumper-to-bumper"
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Hello dear teachers! I need your help again. I have to translate a document and I couldn�t understand the expression in red. I have looke for in dicitionaries but I didn�t really understand. "Indexing system is a total material handling solutions in sterilizer station. The
latest generation is less maintenance, bumper-to-bumper cage movement for
single cage and/or twin cage movement." Could you please help me with this? Regards, Cristina. |
24 Mar 2014
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teacher1976
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Hi, I think bumper-to-bumper means "very close together" like cars in a traffic jam. Hope this helps?!
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24 Mar 2014
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Marribel
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Perhaps it could be very slow |
24 Mar 2014
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mari_18cf
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bumper-to-bumper
Used of traffic "bumper-to-bumper traffic"
slow |
24 Mar 2014
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yanogator
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Yes, it could mean "very close together", or even "from front to back" (from the front bumper to the rear bumper), depending on which fits the situation. New cars come with a "bumper to bumper warranty", which means the entire car is guaranteed, from the front bumper to the rear bumper. Bruce
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24 Mar 2014
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lenalopesbr
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Em trafico � quando o transito est� engarrafado. No seu caso acho que seria uma estufa com ferramentas sequenciais, ou seja uma atr�s da outra. |
24 Mar 2014
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Tere-arg
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- From Oxford Dictionaries
- bumper-to-bumper
*Very close together, as cars in a traffic jam: "Traffic was bumper-to-bumper after police closed part of Ribbleton Lane
and Deepdale Road, near the prison, and also St Mary �s Street, off
Ribbleton Lane."
*(Of an insurance policy) comprehensive; all-inclusive: "choose our 3-year/36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty"
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24 Mar 2014
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