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и не пытались заглянуть ее глаза

English translation: and sought not to meet her eyes

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Russian term or phrase:и не пытались заглянуть ее глаза
English translation:and sought not to meet her eyes
Entered by: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.

16:23 Jul 4, 2016
Russian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Other / a poem
Russian term or phrase: и не пытались заглянуть ее глаза
follows my previous sentence
tania mourtzila
United States
and sought not meet her eyes
Explanation:
option

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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-07-04 22:51:04 GMT)
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correction: and sought not to meet her eyes

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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-07-04 23:28:01 GMT)
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Hester sought not to acquire any thing beyond a subsistence

and sought not to veil from his eye the grief that oppressed her.

Pangari desperately sought not to meet her eye

Her eyes closed, she sought not to see him, not to meet his gaze.

Suddenly he raised his eyes and ventured to meet her gaze for the first time

Sought not to tempt her from her secret nest,.



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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5[we, they] tried not to look her in the eye, not to meet her eyes
LilianNekipelov
3 +1and did not try to look her in the eye
David Knowles
3 +1and sought not meet her eyes
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
and did not try to look her in the eye


Explanation:
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David Knowles
Local time: 11:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 91

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty: Great minds think alike.
10 mins
  -> Thanks Jack - we're agreeing over this!
agree  Sofia Gutkin: I would have probably said "into her eyes"
5 hrs
  -> Yes - good suggestion!
disagree  LilianNekipelov: no, quite the opposite,. {we, they} tried not to look her in the eye, meet her eyes.
18 hrs
  -> that's what I meant! and [they] did not try to look her in the eye
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
and sought not meet her eyes


Explanation:
option

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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-07-04 22:51:04 GMT)
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correction: and sought not to meet her eyes

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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-07-04 23:28:01 GMT)
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Hester sought not to acquire any thing beyond a subsistence

and sought not to veil from his eye the grief that oppressed her.

Pangari desperately sought not to meet her eye

Her eyes closed, she sought not to see him, not to meet his gaze.

Suddenly he raised his eyes and ventured to meet her gaze for the first time

Sought not to tempt her from her secret nest,.





Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 213
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sofia Gutkin: You're missing a conjunction there somewhere. That doesn't sound like English.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Sofia: and sought not to meet her eyes. Inverted word order for poetic effect.
agree  LilianNekipelov: Or tried
18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Lillian.
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
[we, they] tried not to look her in the eye, not to meet her eyes


Explanation:
as an option

LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 06:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 33
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