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In Italian I could write Ho visto "l'albergo" dove lavori. (I saw the "hotel" where you work.) In that sentence, I am not quoting what somebody said, but I am using albergo in an euphemistic way, probably because I don't want to really call with its name what I have seen.

Is it possible to do the same in English, or should I use something different? In the latter case, what should I write instead of I saw the "hotel" where you work.?

In Italian I could write Ho visto "l'albergo" dove lavori. (I saw the "hotel" where you work.) In that sentence, I am not quoting what somebody said, but I am using albergo in an euphemistic way, probably because I don't want to really call with its name what I have seen.

Is it possible to do the same in English, or should I use something different? In the latter case, what should I write instead of I saw the "hotel" where you work.?

In Italian I could write Ho visto "l'albergo" dove lavori. (I saw the "hotel" where you work.) In that sentence, I am not quoting what somebody said, but I am using albergo in an euphemistic way, probably because I don't want to really call with its name what I have seen.

Is it possible to do the same in English, or should I use something different? In the latter case, what should I write instead of I saw the "hotel" where you work?

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Can I use quotation marks to mean a word is used euphemistically?

In Italian I could write Ho visto "l'albergo" dove lavori. (I saw the "hotel" where you work.) In that sentence, I am not quoting what somebody said, but I am using albergo in an euphemistic way, probably because I don't want to really call with its name what I have seen.

Is it possible to do the same in English, or should I use something different? In the latter case, what should I write instead of I saw the "hotel" where you work.?