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Turkish translation: duvar dibindeki solgun çiçek

21:54 Apr 20, 2019
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / historical romance
English term or phrase: wallflower
She waved a hand. “There was a time when I was a part of it. Right at the center of it all. I was incredibly popular. Everyone wished to know me.”
“And what happened?”
She spread her hands wide again, a movement that was beginning to be familiar. “I don’t know.”
He raised a brow. “You don’t know what made you a wallflower?”
“I don’t,” she said softly, confusion and sadness in her tone. “I wasn’t even near the walls. And then, one day”—she shrugged—“
there I was. Ivy."

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elleripley
Local time: 18:05
Turkish translation:duvar dibindeki solgun çiçek
Explanation:
"I wasn’t even near the walls"taki anlamı yansıtabilmek için "duvar" kelimesini kullanmak kaçınılmaz gibi duruyor, o nedenle böyle bir karşılık öneriyorum.
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Recep Kurt
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Local time: 18:05
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5Yapayalnız
Salih YILDIRIM
4Değersiz, ezik
Fırat Temiz (X)
4silik
Veli TÜRKOĞLU
2duvar dibindeki solgun çiçek
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Değersiz, ezik


Explanation:
imho

Fırat Temiz (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 18:05
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
silik


Explanation:
İnsanların pek dikkat etmediği, önemsemediği kişi.

Veli TÜRKOĞLU
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
duvar dibindeki solgun çiçek


Explanation:
"I wasn’t even near the walls"taki anlamı yansıtabilmek için "duvar" kelimesini kullanmak kaçınılmaz gibi duruyor, o nedenle böyle bir karşılık öneriyorum.

Recep Kurt
Türkiye
Local time: 18:05
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1 day 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Yapayalnız


Explanation:
IMO

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 11:05
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