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167 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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166 months ago

   wrote:

On Monday it overflowed with greenery, now it was a decrepit being downed by a sudden illness.

My comment:

Hope this helps.

My references:

A.Inclan PHD

167 months ago

P Diane   wrote:

While on Monday it was lush and green, now it was a decrepit thing attacked by a sudden illness.

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167 months ago

Peonia Kempenich   wrote:

On Monday, it exuded emerald, and now...

My comment:

In my opinion, writing (and translating) Literature is all about being creative, evoking images and creating beauty with words. (Definitively not a word by word task).

My references:

My brain :0)

167 months ago

Ana Florencia Fernández   wrote:

On Monday, it was /shone verdant...

167 months ago

Ana Florencia Fernández   wrote:

on the (following) Monday, it displayed (or it splashed with) a lush (green) vegetation

My comment:

I think the subject is the tree and not Monday

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167 months ago

CALENA TRANSLATIONS   wrote:

I would choose this option!

167 months ago

Ana Florencia Fernández   wrote:

Bertrand, I don't think it refers to the following Monday but to the day before. One day -Monday- the tree was green and healthy and on Tuesday -the very next day and quite surprisingly, it was almost dead.

167 months ago

Ana Florencia Fernández   wrote:

You're correct, Ana.

167 months ago

Margarita Viada   wrote:

the lush green Monday

My comment:

..., now had turned into...

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167 months ago

Ana Florencia Fernández   wrote:

Margarita, it refers to the tree. :)

167 months ago

Margarita Viada   wrote:

You are right, I read in too much of a hurry. It would be: On Monday, it was a lush green, now it had turned into...

167 months ago

Rita Solis Radius - Conseil en Création Littéraire   wrote:

On Monday, the tree had lost its greenness

My comment:

It was a big and young tree. On monday, the tree had lost its greenness, now it was a decrepit being assaulted by a sharp disease.

My references:

Collins DICCIONARIO INGLES
ESPANOL INGLES / ENGLISH SPANISH

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167 months ago

Peonia Kempenich   wrote:

Actually, it's the total opposite: On Monday, the tree was radiant and vibrant... I totally agree with Ana F.