a sign he was becoming stuffed up with spiritual pride

01:05 Feb 19, 2005
English to Persian (Farsi) translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: a sign he was becoming stuffed up with spiritual pride
Being a natural optimist he sometimes continued this calculation through the whole span of his prospective existence and the total was breathtaking. He would die worth hundreds.

If I had only known it, this was a bad sign; a sign he was becoming stuffed up with spiritual pride and imagining himself better than his neighbors.
Afsaneh Pourjam
Iran
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5alAmat inkeh ?u Akande az ghorur-e ma'navi mishod.
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alAmat inkeh ?u Akande az ghorur-e ma'navi mishod.


Explanation:
a sign he was becoming...: a sign THAT he was becoming...

If I had only known it, this was a bad sign; a sign he was becoming stuffed up with spiritual pride and imagining himself better than his neighbors.
afsus ke nemidAnestam/kAsh midAnestam, in yek alAmat-e bad/nahs bud. alAmat inkeh ?u Akande az ghorur-e ma'navi mishod va khod rA behtar az hamsAyegAnash tasavor mikard.

Ali Beikian
Iran
Local time: 10:40
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Explanation:
I think this is what the sentence means.

Arsen Nazarian
Netherlands
Local time: 09:10
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 23
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