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01:24 Sep 12, 2018 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Religion / Vatican II | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Wendy Streitparth Germany Local time: 13:22 | ||||||
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to drop into thin air Explanation: To fall into nothingness Come to nothing... A couple of possibilities. |
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let/allowed to slip away completely Explanation: lasciata completamente e colpevolmente ***cadere nel nulla*** dal “buon papa Giovanni”. That the good Pope John (or John the "good Pope") let/allowed to slip away completely If you use to let you can omit the "guilty" part which makes the construction too heavy IMO. |
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sink/fade into oblivion/obscurity Explanation: Because the sense is of something that will be completely forgotten as if it never existed. |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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