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Bulgarian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Bulgarian term or phrase: контрирам | | "Който не дава пари за поправка на покрива ще бъде даден под съд. Аз съм на последния етаж и дъжда няма да ми капе върху главата заради вас!,'' - контрира (retorted?) на събранието домоуправителя. |
| | | counter | Explanation:
"To retort" denotes rather the action of saying sth against an authority (e.g. a child retorting to parents).
"To oppose" normally stands for a fundamental and consistent resistance/defiance (opposition).
"To object" means to verbally express dissent with a specific statement or action, in most cases claiming that this statement/action constitutes a breach of rules (logical or formal).
OTOH, "to counter" means:
speak in response
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/COUNTER - but also
1. To meet or return (a blow) by another blow.
2. To move or act in opposition to; oppose.
3. To offer in response: countered that she was too busy to be thorough.
v.intr.
To move, act, or respond so as to be in opposition.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/countered
–verb (used with object)
13.to go counter to; oppose; controvert.
14.to meet or answer (a move, blow, etc.) by another in return.
–verb (used without object)
15.to make a counter or opposing move.
16.to give a blow while receiving or parrying one, as in boxing.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/counter
"Yes," she admitted smilingly. He chuckled that low, malicious chuckle of his again. "Did you steal my computer?" she asked him suddenly and he laughed out loud. "I knew it! Paul Morlock, don't you ever ask?"
"Oh, but it's much more fun to take, Doctor Evans," he countered, still laughing.
. . . . .
"Smart girl. Will you do it?"
"Do you really have to ask?" she countered, smiling.
. . . . .
"What will happen when the Tower falls?" she asked him. Suddenly Paul Morlock didn't look so self-assured. His eyes widened like those of a lost little boy. "You don't know," Mariella stated. "How can you follow a course if you don't know the end?"
"Come on, Mariella," he countered. "Who ever knows the end of the path they choose?"
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5315912/1/Physician_Heal_Thyself... |
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invguy
Bulgaria
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Explanation:
"To retort" denotes rather the action of saying sth against an authority (e.g. a child retorting to parents).
"To oppose" normally stands for a fundamental and consistent resistance/defiance (opposition).
"To object" means to verbally express dissent with a specific statement or action, in most cases claiming that this statement/action constitutes a breach of rules (logical or formal).
OTOH, "to counter" means:
speak in response
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/COUNTER - but also
1. To meet or return (a blow) by another blow.
2. To move or act in opposition to; oppose.
3. To offer in response: countered that she was too busy to be thorough.
v.intr.
To move, act, or respond so as to be in opposition.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/countered
–verb (used with object)
13.to go counter to; oppose; controvert.
14.to meet or answer (a move, blow, etc.) by another in return.
–verb (used without object)
15.to make a counter or opposing move.
16.to give a blow while receiving or parrying one, as in boxing.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/counter
"Yes," she admitted smilingly. He chuckled that low, malicious chuckle of his again. "Did you steal my computer?" she asked him suddenly and he laughed out loud. "I knew it! Paul Morlock, don't you ever ask?"
"Oh, but it's much more fun to take, Doctor Evans," he countered, still laughing.
. . . . .
"Smart girl. Will you do it?"
"Do you really have to ask?" she countered, smiling.
. . . . .
"What will happen when the Tower falls?" she asked him. Suddenly Paul Morlock didn't look so self-assured. His eyes widened like those of a lost little boy. "You don't know," Mariella stated. "How can you follow a course if you don't know the end?"
"Come on, Mariella," he countered. "Who ever knows the end of the path they choose?"
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5315912/1/Physician_Heal_Thyself...
| invguy
Bulgaria
Local time: 23:35
Native speaker of:  Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 8
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| Reference: контрирам
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Речник на чуждите думи: ... 2) Осъществявам предприемам контраатака. 3) нов. Противопоставям се на някого в спор. Counter покрива 2) и 3). V.s. Collins.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2010-02-24 15:32:45 GMT)
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Офф: аз съм домоуправител и живея на последния етаж. Затова ме заинтригува въпросът.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2010-02-24 15:33:49 GMT)
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PONS: 1. СПОРТ counter
2. (нечии действия или изказвания) counter;
той контрира нападките на опозицията he countered the opposition's attacks.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2010-02-24 15:34:40 GMT)
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Тук съм солидарен с PONS.
| klyunchev
Bulgaria
Native speaker of:  Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Thanx for the helpful answer!
Asker: Блазе им на хората с такъв домоуправител като Вас! За жалост нашия е гола вода и наскоро доведе едни цигани на покрива дето обраха когото можаха.
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