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TRACE “Ive, wearing a royal-blue T-shirt, was affable, but there was little trace of English irony.” 1{little trace of English irony}? Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple - The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/shape-things-come via Instapaper

29 мар. 2015 г., 15:34

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"Trace" means a small amount of something. For example, people who support organic farming talk about "traces of pesticides" - small amounts of pesticides that are left behind on food. So, in your sentence, the interviewer didn't notice any English* irony in Ive's speech or personality. *Here, "English" means "from England," not the English language.

1 апреля 2015 г.

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