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tomar distancia

English translation: stand back from it/distance yourself from it

15:38 Jun 17, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / travel guide
Spanish term or phrase: tomar distancia
No hay mejor modo de redescubrir un país que tomarle distancia.
Wibblet
Local time: 01:59
English translation:stand back from it/distance yourself from it
Explanation:
From the Oxford ES>EN:

tomar distancia (Militar) to measure an arm's length from the next person; hay que tomar distancia para ser objetivo in order to be objective you have to stand back from it o distance yourself from it o (familiar) get a distance on it
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:59
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6stand back from it/distance yourself from it
Simon Bruni
5to keep your distance (from sb/sth)
Araks Mnatsakanyan
5than to look at it from a distance
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3 +1mantain a distance
Constantinos Faridis (X)
4take a step back
bcsantos
3look at the bigger picture
Clifford Schisler


Discussion entries: 7





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
tomarle distancia
stand back from it/distance yourself from it


Explanation:
From the Oxford ES>EN:

tomar distancia (Militar) to measure an arm's length from the next person; hay que tomar distancia para ser objetivo in order to be objective you have to stand back from it o distance yourself from it o (familiar) get a distance on it

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Pedrosa (X): Stand back is good. Regards.
20 mins
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: stand back from it is how I read it, although the following sentences in the text are really needed to confirm.
23 mins
agree  Carol Gullidge: stand back, and agree with Noni that context wd help
2 hrs
agree  Bubo Coroman (X): I would put "to survey it at arm's length"
2 hrs
agree  liz askew: stand back from it.
3 hrs
agree  Marian Vieyra: Yes, stand back
16 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mantain a distance


Explanation:
14 Feb 2010 ... ISLAMABAD: The armed forces of the country would maintain a distance, for the time being, from tensions that have resurfaced between the ...
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp

Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 03:59
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Rubinstein
55 mins
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
look at the bigger picture


Explanation:
There is no better way to rediscover a country than to look at the bigger picture (look at it from afar). More context is needed to specify exactly who is implied in this case. Rediscover means you already are familiar with it...

Clifford Schisler
Paraguay
Local time: 20:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to keep your distance (from sb/sth)


Explanation:
to make suer you are not too near sb/sth

Araks Mnatsakanyan
Armenia
Local time: 04:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArmenianArmenian, Native in RussianRussian
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
than to look at it from a distance


Explanation:
HTH

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 20:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
take a step back


Explanation:
Take a step back to get a true picture/to reassess your opinion

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 02:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
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