English translation of "non ne avrebbe tratto vendetta" - "...he would not have taken revenge (on him for that)..."

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153 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:	non ne avrebbe tratto vendetta
Context:	Dopo l'arrivo a Roma dekke truppe alleate nel giugno 1944, Philipson tornò dall'Italia...
Keywords:	...meridionale dove era stato membro del governo di Badoglio a Bari. Fu riammesso al circle. In tale occasione mi raccontò in dettaglio quanto Giacomo Medici aveva fatto contro di lui, ed aggiunse che non ne avrebbe tratto vendetta, denunciandolo e facendolo arrestare, provvidimento che in quel periodo gli sarebbe stato agevole far adottare.

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153 months ago

wrote:

he did not want to be vindictive against him

153 months ago

wrote:

...he would not have taken revenge (on him for that)...

My comment:

Hope it helps :o)

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153 months ago

wrote:

he would not take his pound of flesh/he would not be vindictive

My comment:

as he could have denunciated him and doing so would have been beneficial to him, he might have got a promotion as he would have been seen in a favourable light

153 months ago

Josephine Cassar wrote:

he would not take his pound of flesh/he would not be vindictive

My comment:

as he could have denunciated him and doing so would have been beneficial to him, he might have got a promotion as he would have been seen in a favourable light

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