How do you “business card” in Hebrew?
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| I scribbled over the phone number so that he doesn’t get swamped. |
The plural is כַּרְטִיסֵי ביקור (kahr-tee-SAY bee-KOOR) – cards of visit.
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| I scribbled over the phone number so that he doesn’t get swamped. |
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