mind you en · ADV
Meanings
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(colloquial, idiomatic) Used to introduce a qualification or contrastive statement, especially when toning down or rectifying
These shirts are very expensive. Mind you, they are excellent quality.
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN:Mind you, it was not an outing I would recommend as relaxing.
1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 47:
Synonyms
nevertheless · on the other hand · however · but · nonetheless · be aware
Translations (19)
fr ceci dit (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu az viszont/persze igaz, hogy (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · ru впро́чем (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · ru учти́те (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · ru заме́тьте (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · es eso sí (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · ru прошу́ заме́тить (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu ezzel együtt (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu másfelől viszont (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu azonban (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · es ojo (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · ru учти́ (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · ru пра́вда (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · de wohlgemerkt (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu viszont (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu no persze (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu ugyanakkor (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · ru заме́ть (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement) · hu ám (introducing a qualification or contrastive statement)