grown prematurely coarse in feature and soured in mind

Russian translation: черты её лица огрубели раньше срока, а душа очерствела

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English term or phrase:grown prematurely coarse in feature and soured in mind
Russian translation:черты её лица огрубели раньше срока, а душа очерствела
Entered by: Andriy Yasharov

10:26 Sep 3, 2010
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English term or phrase: grown prematurely coarse in feature and soured in mind
his mother, in her youth handsome and bright, grown prematurely coarse in feature and soured in mind by daily toil and care
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черты её лица огрубели раньше срока, а душа очерствела
Explanation:
лицо постарело, а душа очерствела
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Andriy Yasharov
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4 +1черты её лица огрубели раньше срока, а душа очерствела
Andriy Yasharov
3 +1(от тяжелых трудов и забот) раньше времени огрубела лицом и озлобилась умом
Oleg Shmelev
4(преждевременно) огрубела и озлобилась
Alexander Ryshow
3с годами стала грубой и угрюмой женщиной
Igor Savenkov
3ее лицо огрубело рано, а трудная и беспросветная жизнь отняла веру в будущее
Igor Antipin


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с годами стала грубой и угрюмой женщиной


Explanation:
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Igor Savenkov
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(от тяжелых трудов и забот) раньше времени огрубела лицом и озлобилась умом


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Oleg Shmelev
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agree  tschingite: очень поэтично!
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(преждевременно) огрубела и озлобилась


Explanation:
(преждевременно) обрела грубый характер и (постоянно / неизменно) мрачное / кислое / раздраженное / озлобленное настроение

Alexander Ryshow
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черты её лица огрубели раньше срока, а душа очерствела


Explanation:
лицо постарело, а душа очерствела

Andriy Yasharov
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agree  Natalia Klimova
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ее лицо огрубело рано, а трудная и беспросветная жизнь отняла веру в будущее


Explanation:
От природы человек оптимистичен, а потом он может скиснуть.

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Примеры:
And I myself, soured in mind, in my worn leather coat and dirty boots, in a hat and dress sewn together in the prison out of some brownish-gray material ...

0 God, and spare me, that I may be neither broken in body nor soured in mind, but issue from these tribulations cheerful, serv- iceable and unambitious,

I know not if even this would have supported me, if at that epoch of life, when I was most wounded, most stricken in body, most soured in mind, my heart had ...

Igor Antipin
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 88
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