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English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
a multitude of opportunities is unfolding		a multitude is unfolding..opportunities are unfolding	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
a nice set		waves ideal for surfing
a nip in the air		a sharp stinging cold
a pair under the pole		a pair (of horses) under the pole
A penclawdd cockle		Shellfish from Penclawdd in Wales, UK	Aisha Maniar
Entered by: Aisha Maniar
a phase of totemism and tabu		See below.	Yasutomo Kanazawa
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa
a piece of flannel stained with a blue bag		laundry blue bag stained flannel
a pillar of intensity		a standard of intense concentraton
a pool of dribblings		a pool of dog saliva
a quick flash of fangs		a sudden display of agressiveness
a ray of hope		a glimmer of hope
a romantic reflection of earlier times		an idealized look at the past / at the time when I was young	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
a rough-knuckled, hard-swinging ape		a brute that fights well and often
a special instruction / an especial instruction		a special instruction
a steaming load		bullshit / nonsense / rubbish
A steel sky		1. (physically) solidly gray in color, quite likely with solid gray clouds 2. (figuratively) bleak, somber
a structural necessity for sub-groups		sub-groups are necessary to maintain the social structure
a toned build		an athletic build
a warning of danger threatening		a sign/omen that one of the five children (in Pillarland) was in danger
a woodman's bent		a woodman's character/nature	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
abridged - unabridged		edition of book/version of software or unpublished book
absently graced		rerun playing silently on screen (no one watching)	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
accept something with pinches of the Syracuse product		not always completely believe what somebody says
across		on, at or from the other side of smth./sb. - more or less opposite smth./sb.
all of it paid for in money		speaking from experience
all the luck that we can spare		all the luck we don't need for ourselves
all thumbs, no instincts		no connection between the two phrases	Monika Rozwarzewska
Entered by: Monika Rozwarzewska
an alignment of patient grace		perfectly poised	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
an anecdote - the Bust		Henry Crabb Robinson - references	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
an odd duck of a book		an odd book
and his fate decided		he is honour/duty bound	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
and no matter		but that doesn\'t matter
and no mistake		indeed; for real; believe it or not
And nobody gets their cookies until the arrangements for this and this are done		get your reward..gets sexual pleasure	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
and precious little else we get there neither		and we get very little else apart from that / other than that in the servants' hall
angel's arm bared		refers to the garden of Eden
anger is one letter short of danger.		when one becomes angry, it is one step to being in a dangerous situation
another was lost to the temple sacrifices		sacrificed (killed)
anxiety over the likelihood		the anxiety may be about the probability (collocation: anxiety+over+noun)	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Any hypothesis regarding the origin of speech is a rhetorical act that inscribes		You\'re more or less right I think

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