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English translation: thoughts meander far afield/the mind wanders off
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|  Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 07:48 | ||||||
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thoughts meander far afield Explanation: THE BEATLES - ACROSS THE UNIVERSE LYRICS mages of broken light, which Dance before me like a million eyes, They call me on and on across the universe. Thoughts meander like a Restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 27 mins (2014-01-20 00:41:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The mind wonders off into the distance -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 27 mins (2014-01-20 00:41:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- sorry, wanders -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2014-01-20 00:43:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- thoughts meander far and wide Example sentence(s):
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51 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1her thoughts are so far Explanation: Или, возможно, даже so far and wide. |
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Her mind distant Explanation: The particulars depend on how you're structuring the rest of that paragraph, but something around the simple image of a distant mind. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2014-01-20 01:24:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Withdrawn! |
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peer agreement (net): +2thoughts trail off/trail away into the distance Explanation: "(His) thoughts trail off into the distance but the reason for her sadness remains a mystery to him." Or "As his thoughts trail away into the distance, he tries to comprehend what's making her so sad but does not find a solution." example: the husband says to his wife, as his thoughts trail off in the distance on a metaphoric path I confess I wanted to follow as far away from this pair as I could possibly get. (reference from: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/theaterl... Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/trail+off |
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