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On a happier note
Hi everyone,
I have trouble explaining this idiom "on a happier note" to my students. I checked several dictionaries, but none of them could explain what it is. Hope you can give me some clues. Here is the text where I read the phrase.
In 1972, Munich witnesses tragic scenes when the city staged the Olympic Games. Five Israeli athletes and a German policeman were killed by Palestinian terrorists, who took members of the Israeli. Olympic team hostage in the Olympic village. "On a happier note," the same Olympic Stadium complex staged several games during the 1974 Soccer World Cup, including the final in which Germany beat Holland 2-1.
It is a long paragraph. I guess "on a happier note" means some good event happened. What do you think? I sometimes find idioms too difficult to interpret into another language. Thanks for your opinions in advance.
Gloria
I have trouble explaining this idiom "on a happier note" to my students. I checked several dictionaries, but none of them could explain what it is. Hope you can give me some clues. Here is the text where I read the phrase.
In 1972, Munich witnesses tragic scenes when the city staged the Olympic Games. Five Israeli athletes and a German policeman were killed by Palestinian terrorists, who took members of the Israeli. Olympic team hostage in the Olympic village. "On a happier note," the same Olympic Stadium complex staged several games during the 1974 Soccer World Cup, including the final in which Germany beat Holland 2-1.
It is a long paragraph. I guess "on a happier note" means some good event happened. What do you think? I sometimes find idioms too difficult to interpret into another language. Thanks for your opinions in advance.
Gloria
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