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171 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

ne manquait pas de leur faire courir

Context:

Mais était-il bien raisonnable de ma part de vouloir vendre Épicure à des adolescents,..

Keywords:

...dont le bonheur consistait simplment à rester en vie au milieur des dangers que l'existence au milieu du Queens ou du Bronx ne manquait pas de leur faire courir tous les jours.

 

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171 months ago

Professional.Writer  See profile wrote:

never failed to keep them with their wits about them

My references:

http://www.traduguide.com/tr/47630.htm

171 months ago

Noelle Ward  See profile wrote:

which kept them on their toes or which kept them in a state of high alert

171 months ago

Noelle Ward  See profile wrote:

never failed to put a threat on them with every day

171 months ago

Geoff Bing  See profile wrote:

never failed to (get them to/make them) run daily

171 months ago

Geoff Bing  See profile wrote:

never failed to confront them with on a daily basis

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171 months ago

  See profile wrote:

never failed to expose them to on a daily basis

171 months ago

  See profile wrote:

... whose happiness resided simply in staying alive amidst dangers that life in the heart of the Queens or the Bronx never failed to expose them to on a daily basis.

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171 months ago

E S Translations  See profile wrote:

risks/dangers they were exposed to every day living in...

171 months ago

E S Translations  See profile wrote:

never failed to present them with or every dangers they faced every day

My comment:

hard to cut a sentence like that in the middle

dangers that living in the middle of Queens or the Bronx never failed to present them with every day...

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171 months ago

  See profile wrote:

I meant to write: dangers they faced every day