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"english": "We went downtown",
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"text": "Vi gick ner på stan",
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"english": "There is a party downtown",
"literal_meaning": "There is party down [as a location] on the town",
"text": "Det är fest nere på stan",
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"english": "go [with a vehicle] into town",
"literal_meaning": "go [with a vehicle] in to the town",
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"english": "We are going into town to shop. Do you want anything? [See ska for why there is no åka (“go (with a vehicle)”) or the like]",
"literal_meaning": "We shall in to the town and shop. Do you want anything?",
"text": "Vi ska in till stan och handla. Vill du ha någonting?",
"translation": "We are going into town to shop. Do you want anything? [See ska for why there is no åka (“go (with a vehicle)”) or the like]",
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"english": "We are in town shopping",
"literal_meaning": "We are in/on the town and shop",
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"english": "We are in town shopping [The inne emphasizes the town as being a location you go into relative to another location (like one's home). Compare English over. \"Inne på stan\" sounds wrong though.]",
"literal_meaning": "We are inside the town and shop",
"text": "Vi är inne i stan och handlar",
"translation": "We are in town shopping [The inne emphasizes the town as being a location you go into relative to another location (like one's home). Compare English over. \"Inne på stan\" sounds wrong though.]",
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"english": "There is a party in town",
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"text": "Det är fest i/på stan",
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"english": "There is a party in town [The inne emphasizes the town as being located away from some other location (like the current location), like above. Compare English over. \"Inne på stan\" sounds wrong.]",
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"text": "Det är fest inne i stan",
"translation": "There is a party in town [The inne emphasizes the town as being located away from some other location (like the current location), like above. Compare English over. \"Inne på stan\" sounds wrong.]",
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"english": "I have never been to [in] that city [\"Stan\" is not idiomatic in this case and feels a bit sloppy compared to \"staden\" – see the usage notes below]",
"text": "Jag har aldrig varit i den stan",
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"text": "Vi ska in till stan och handla. Vill du ha någonting?",
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"literal_meaning": "We are inside the town and shop",
"text": "Vi är inne i stan och handlar",
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"literal_meaning": "There is party inside the town",
"text": "Det är fest inne i stan",
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