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angielski Poezja i literatura Translation Glossary

angielski term		angielski translation
dandelion-down blanket		dandelion down quilt	Louise Mawbey
Entered by: Louise Mawbey
dating on and off		dating intermittently
De Wolf Hopper's kings are the real thing		De Wolf's Hopper's portrayl of kings of the stage are authentic
decimally rich see-notes		C-notes ($100 bills) with lots of zeros on them
deep blowing to deep		overwhelmed/ one problem after another	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
deep-soiled		deep-soiled
demnition grind		a hard and lonely life
die copy		draft	Monika Rozwarzewska
Entered by: Monika Rozwarzewska
die storm		the storm
dinny		dinny - Denise	Thayenga
Entered by: Thayenga
dipped		slipped down, dangled	Yasutomo Kanazawa
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa
disappeared in		disappeared into
disciplinary registers		the types of language used in particular disciplines (fields of study)
ditto-graphed		mimeographed / printed using a spirit copier machine
dividend of national pride		bonus of national pride
doing nicely out of spying		earn a lot from spying
domain of Hermann and Kellar is poached upon		People who are not magicians illegitimately / illegally enter the domain of magicians
don't take me up		don't interrupt me / don't reject my offer
door-step		the step leading up to the front door
dove wrangler		dove wrangler
drag him to his feet		pull him up to a standing position
drama was not yet of his making		it was not yet time for the drama he had set in place	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
dramatic effect		to create suspense
draw		depict
draw back the better to leap		To leap better, draw back first
drawn to the stick		attracted to the clarinet
dread recompense		awesome/awe-inspiring recompense
dressed-down appearance		casually dressed, to be casually dressed
dripping		dripping with / weighed down with (pollen)	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
drowning in a digital sea of molten neon		the colours from the neon lights of the city looked like a sea of light
drunken loops		uneven/erratic oval or circular shapes (formed by birds) Random coiling patterns	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
dubious approval		an (in-, un-) dubious approval
dying		(in this context) having died
enfranchisement		emancipation (perhaps from the constrictions of conventional society)
Engirth		surround
engulfed by his own strength		shackled by his own strength
enlightened		liberal or promiscuous
eros		Greek god of love
evading		smoothly delivering me from my immortality
even be they		even though/if they were

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