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113 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

General

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

tanto più il suo orgoglio si sfogava

Context:

Non era nato per fondare e amministrare città, e tantomeno per gestire una massa tanto eterogenea e indisciplinata di persone.

Cercava di fare del suo meglio, man non riusciva a far valere la sua autorità. Quanto più se ne rendeva conto, tanto più il suo orgoglio si sfogava distribuendo punizioni sempre più dure.

 

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113 months ago

  See profile wrote:

the more he realized it, the more his pride vented itself by giving out harsher and harsher punishments

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113 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

he gave vent to his pride by .....

My comment:

he vented his pride by even harsher penalties/punishments

113 months ago

Charles Ferguson  See profile wrote:

All the more his pride got the better of him

My comment:

or "his pride ran away out of control" though I prefer the first option.