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144 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

non bastava farsi belli con qualche fuoco d'a

Context:

Dopo essersi dimenticato di avermi detto che il mio lavoro era stato 'sensazionale', mi...

Keywords:

...ha rimproverato, qualche settimana dopo, che dormivo, e che [no bastava farsi belli con qualche fuoco d'artificio] ogni tanto. Allora mi resi conto che Snyder speculava sulla mia buona fede e sulla certezza che mai avrei fatto scalpore, qualunque fosse stato il torto che avessi ricevuto...I'm looking for the translation of the entire phrase in brackets...Thank You

 

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143 months ago

  See profile wrote:

that it wasn't enough to redeem oneself once in a while

My comment:

I think the essence is this as he was reproving him for doing work when he wanted only, not consistently; to outshine once in a while

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143 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

that it wasn't enough to redeem oneself once in a while

My comment:

I think the essence is this as he was reproving him for doing work when he wanted only, not consistently; to outshine once in a while

The asker rated this answer best

143 months ago

HRP  See profile wrote:

one must not just be honourable but must appear to be so