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hoping for smth to tear it

English translation: another victim to tear apart

11:09 Feb 22, 2005
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / children's literature
English term or phrase: hoping for smth to tear it
They were roaming among the trees always hoping for another victim to tear it apart.

(From the description of Deadwights, or Zombies)


Is it possible to put the phrase this way, or is such a construction too colloquial? What I mean here is "hoping to meet another victim and tear it apart"?

This has been translated from Russian.
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 09:25
Selected answer:another victim to tear apart
Explanation:
or: another victim that they could tear apart.

Your version is fine if you omit the "it" which isn't needed and makes the sentence confusing (because you can't tell what "it" refers to)
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Armorel Young
Local time: 03:25
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, Armorel!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +7another victim to tear apart
Armorel Young


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
another victim to tear apart


Explanation:
or: another victim that they could tear apart.

Your version is fine if you omit the "it" which isn't needed and makes the sentence confusing (because you can't tell what "it" refers to)

Armorel Young
Local time: 03:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Thanks for your help, Armorel!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: That's it! :-)
1 min
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: i think "that" may be omitted to help the flow
10 mins
agree  Louise Mawbey
17 mins
agree  jerrie
27 mins
agree  George Thomson: yes.. 'looking' perhaps sounds a little more menacing though..
48 mins
  -> yes - looking is good
agree  mportal
2 hrs
agree  Rania KH
3 hrs
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