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des comptes rendus d’après nature

Bonjour, Je lis une courte histoire et je suis tombé sur cette phrase "des comptes rendus d’après nature". Une personne parle d'une baleine qui s'est échouée sur le rivage et c'est le paragraphe...

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tironeado entre el bien y el mal

Pregunta para españoles. ¿Se usa en España el verbo "tironear" o se usa "dividir"? El personaje femenino de la serie está tironeado entre el bien y el mal.

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one that gets really confused by a lot of people

A native english speaker teaches some common words which are very close in meanings. She says: "This is one that gets really really confused by a lot of people."Famous" and "popular". The use of "get...

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Better lose the saddle than the horse

Hi my friends ,🐣🌸🌸 I hope you are wonderful. 😄 Finally, the friday came. 😍 Meaning: The one should stop his mistake because it is never late to turn back from his mistake. Otherwise, he or she could...

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Şahtın şahbaz oldun !

Herkese merhaba arkadaşlar, (Hello my friends) 🐣 Umarın iyisinizdir ( I hope you are fine ) 😍 Anlamı: (Meaning) Bir kişinin önceden garip veya çirkin gözüktüğü. Daha sonra uygulanan makyaj ve make over...

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Snitch

According to Collins, snitch means “To snitch on a person” means to tell someone in authority that the person has done something bad or wrong. [informal] Example sentence: She felt like a fifth-grader...

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Marker lesion experiments

Hola. No encuentro la traducción de marker lesion al español (de España). Tengo la siguiente información, pero aún así no encuentro nada en español sobre el tema: In marker lesion experiments a single...

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Be marked by

Все добрый день, уважаемые! Сперва наперво пример из книги : Julius was marked, however, by two more striking peculiarities. ✍️ be marked by: если посмотреть в словари , то приводятся следующие...

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ekmetresai

Hello, everyone. I'm translating a work by Michel Serres (Hermes II) from French to English. The author has this footnote with little explanation. He is discussing the origin of geometry: "The term...

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I don't like your changing

Can I say "I don't like your changing"? (Meaning I don't like the fact that you've changed, or I don't like the changes in you) For example, "The lord will watch over your coming and going" is a very...

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The reason is

1. The reason Mark called Mary yesterday is "that" he needed to ask her a favor. 2. The reason Mark called Mary yesterday is "because" he needed to ask her a favor. 3. The reason Mark called Mary...

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I wish my mate had gone to the destination safely

Context: Two foreigners from Brazil came to our country, and one of them went back to Brazil after a few months and none of them contacted each other since one brazilian left the country. Then another...

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La que más se pega

Hola, amigos. ¿Qué tal? No entiendo muy bien esta frase de la canción Fiebre de Bad Gyal. ¿Me echáis un cable? “Es un placer conocerte Quizá' tú me traiga' pena Pero no puedo perderte El número uno, la...

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despair was my loyal ally

Hi everyone What is meant by "but despair was my loyal ally" in the following context from "Nowhereman" by Aleksandar Hemon: I mean How do you parphrase it? Does he say that "but it was alright,...

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painted with many colors

Hi everyone What is meant by "painted with many colors" in the following context from "Nowhereman" by Aleksandar Hemon: Humid evening heat; the streets covered with a dark, oily placenta. A man named...

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mougeon

Hi Everyone, Long time no speak! I am trying to convey the meaning of the noun "Le mougeon" which is a satyric name that was created in the early 2000s to designate people who are gullible, stupid,...

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What rolls over the devil’s back slides up under his belly

Hello my friends, 😍 I hope you are wonderful 🌸🌸 Meaning : If someone harms/hurts the other one, he /she pay for this in the future. This person will live karmic events (pain, sufferings, loss). So he...

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All dialects: What's your problem, what's wrong with you

For me in Lebanese: شو قصتك، شو إشبك، شو بيك (I don't use the last one much, I forget if it's 2ms bek or bēk) You can ask someone بيك شي؟ or إشبك شي؟ for "is something wrong with you?", but not قصتك...

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12-step community based support group meeting

I am translating a contract for a Drug Court Program in New Mexico. One of the requirements is to "attend at least one 12-step community based support group meeting per week". I have translated it...

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ill ease

Hi everyone, please, from The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene: Within any group, trouble can most often be traced to a single source, the unhappy, chronically dissatisfied one who will always stir up...

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