وفا نکردن
English translation: not to last very long
| 10:46 Apr 20, 2012 |
| Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Edward Plaisance Jr Local time: 22:04 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | he died / his life ended / he didn't live long |
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| 5 +1 | be disloyal to/break faith with |
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| 5 +1 | his life failed him |
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| 5 +1 | not to last very long |
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| 5 | to die soon |
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| 3 | perished unexpectedly |
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1 min confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1he died / his life ended / he didn't live long Explanation: . |
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1 min confidence:
to die soon Explanation: . -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 min (2012-04-20 10:48:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- there is no need to translate so literally! |
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3 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1be disloyal to/break faith with Explanation: I think a literal translation would also work, and even is needed to keep the color of the original. |
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16 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1his life failed him Explanation: |
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4 hrs confidence: 
perished unexpectedly Explanation: . |
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6 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1not to last very long Explanation: ...why his life didn't last very long/why he met an untimely end |
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