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synonym " news came back"

English translation: reports were received in their country/place of origin


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English term or phrase:news came back
English translation:reports were received in their country/place of origin
Entered by: Charles Davis
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11:55 Dec 22, 2011
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / synonym
English term or phrase: synonym " news came back"
hello, can you find a synonym? "There were plenty of Greeks in East Africa in those days, and news came back that they were all making money hand over fist"?
xxxPantheon
reports were received in their country/place of origin
Explanation:
"News" means reports or information on what was happening to the Greeks in East Africa or what they were doing. "Came back" means that these reports reached the place from which the Greeks has gone to East Africa, which was presumably Greece, or some particular part of Greece. "Back" implies returning: the reports travelled in the reverse direction to that in which the Greeks had gone to East Africa.
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Charles Davis
Local time: 04:10
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2reports were received in their country/place of originCharles Davis
4 +2it became known / x heard that
Liz Broomfield
5 +1we were informed that
airmailrpl
4 +1and there was word thatLuiza Modesto


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
it became known / x heard that


Explanation:
It became known would do - or if you're talking from the perspective of "they" or "we" left behind

"we heard that"
"they heard that"
"those left behind heard that"

Liz Broomfield
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: it became known
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Tony M: And you've made an important point there
9 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
and there was word that


Explanation:
Another option..

Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 23:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: -
17 mins
  -> Happy holidays and 2012! Thanks. :)
neutral  Tony M: Depending on just why Asker is asking... if they simply don't understand the source expression, I think this is probably equally hard for a foreigner to understand.
7 hrs
  -> Very true. Happy holidays and 2012!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
reports were received in their country/place of origin


Explanation:
"News" means reports or information on what was happening to the Greeks in East Africa or what they were doing. "Came back" means that these reports reached the place from which the Greeks has gone to East Africa, which was presumably Greece, or some particular part of Greece. "Back" implies returning: the reports travelled in the reverse direction to that in which the Greeks had gone to East Africa.

Charles Davis
Local time: 04:10
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: reports were received that
6 mins
  -> Thanks, airmailrpl
agree  Ty Kendall
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Ty, and Happy Christmas :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
we were informed that


Explanation:
news came back that => we were informed that

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 23:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luiza Modesto: repaying your kindness ;)
7 mins
  -> thank you kindly
neutral  Tony M: Fine, except we don't know if the writer is speaking in the 1st or 3rd person. / Yup, that too!
7 hrs
  -> and we don't know if they were reports or just verbal information
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