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A SOMETHING OVERTAKES THE MIND - WE DO NOT HEAR IT COMING

German translation: Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen


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English term or phrase:A SOMETHING OVERTAKES THE MIND - WE DO NOT HEAR IT COMING
German translation:Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen
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10:54 Aug 12, 2008
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / words I read in an installation
English term or phrase: A SOMETHING OVERTAKES THE MIND - WE DO NOT HEAR IT COMING
by Kiki Smith: Her Home
xxxheixly
Local time: 17:50
Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen
Explanation:
Habe mir die Passagen angeschaut und denke, dass könnte passen.
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Ilona Hessner
Germany
Local time: 17:50
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3Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen
Ilona Hessner
2Was über unseren Horizont geht, nehmen wir nicht wahr
hazmatgerman
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a something overtakes the mind - we do not hear it coming
Was über unseren Horizont geht, nehmen wir nicht wahr


Explanation:
Etwa wie "solange wir etwas nicht verstehen, scheint es Zauber/Magie zu sein". Technology sufficiently advanced will appear as magic to inhabitants of Sol III.

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a something overtakes the mind - we do not hear it coming
Etwas holt uns ein - wir können es noch nicht erfassen


Explanation:
Habe mir die Passagen angeschaut und denke, dass könnte passen.

Ilona Hessner
Germany
Local time: 17:50
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Reference information:
It's an Emily Dickinson fragment. See ref below.


    Reference: http://books.google.at/books?id=jT2d6_R9VFUC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA2...
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Norway
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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