English translation of "andavamo tanto bene" - "things were going so well"

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156 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	andavamo tanto bene
Context:	Parigi non era lontana. Neanche nel 1929. In ventiquattro ore ci si arriva...Ne parlai a..
Keywords:	...Darah. approvò l'idea. "Andavamo tanto bene," furono leuniche parole di rimbrotto che seppe pronunciare. Mi confermò che avrebbe dovuto informare Chicago...In this instance, darrah, who is famous for being uptight and rude with his employees, is talking to the protagonist abouthis impending transfer to the Paris office of the Chicago Tribune.

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156 months ago

wrote:

we were getting on so well

156 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

we got along so well

My comment:

or maybe even- we got along like a house on fire- but might be too much

156 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

we got along so well

My comment:

or maybe even- we got along like a house on fire- but might be too much

156 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

we felt so good, everything went so smoothly

156 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

things were going so well

My comment:

Depending on the context it could also be something like "we were getting on so well" (presumably at work before having to move to Paris) - but I'm not entirely sure of the context.

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156 months ago

wrote:

oeuf corse. andare bene, bien marcher....we were doing so well...

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