póruljárt spekulánsok
English translation: failed speculators
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| 20:47 Mar 8, 2007 |
| Hungarian to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Katarina Peters Canada Local time: 05:30 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | unlucky speculators |
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| 4 | failed speculators |
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| 4 | (come) unstuck, hapless, ill-fated... |
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| 3 | stock trader blues |
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| 3 | crestfallen trader |
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failed speculators Explanation: I could think of several options, such as: "speculators out of luck, defeated speculators, speculators who fell flat on their faces" etc. "to come a mucker" I've never heard, could it be "to run amock" ? |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1unlucky speculators Explanation: egyszerű, de nagyszerű ;-) |
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stock trader blues Explanation: lehet, hogy ez? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2007-03-09 04:32:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- helyesebben: stock market blues |
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crestfallen trader Explanation: ilyesmire gondolsz? |
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(come) unstuck, hapless, ill-fated... Explanation: Az unstuck mondatban: "their clever ideas came unstuck", vagy "they came unstuck when/because..... Ebben benne van, hogy a tervük, ami kezdetben, vagy az ő szemükben jónak nézett ki, a végén rosszul sült ki. És még egy pár hasonló: frustrated, bootless, luckless, doomed, jinxed. |
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