Japanese Reading No.182

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discourse and implicationTranslationConcession, causality, and rhetorical focus

彼の発言は批判というより、状況への不安を表したものだろう。

Q. Translate this Japanese sentence into natural English.

Natural English

His remarks were probably an expression of concern about the situation rather than criticism.

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