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“knew the anguish of the marrow" and the "“ague of the skeleton”


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14:42 Nov 6, 2011
English to Greek translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: “knew the anguish of the marrow" and the "“ague of the skeleton”
It is an abstract by T. S. Eliot, "Whispers of Immortality"
leno
Greece


Summary of answers provided
5 +1«ήξερε την οδύνη στο μεδούλι» και το «ρίγος απ’ το σκελετό»
Jasna Trandafilovska
4 +1Ήξερε την οδύνη του μυαλού, τον πυτερό του σκελετού
Cholidou Chr


  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
«ήξερε την οδύνη στο μεδούλι» και το «ρίγος απ’ το σκελετό»


Explanation:
Το απόσπασμα μπορείς να το βρεις στο βιβλίου του Τ.Σ. Έλιοτ, Άπαντα τα ποιήματα, σε μετάφραση του Αριστοτέλη Νικολαΐδη


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Jasna Trandafilovska
Greece
Local time: 08:17
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Native speaker of: Native in MacedonianMacedonian, Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yulia Bakhrekh
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
“knew the anguish of the marrow\" and the \"“ague of the skeleton”
Ήξερε την οδύνη του μυαλού, τον πυτερό του σκελετού


Explanation:
marrow =μυαλό ή μεδούλι
ague =πυρετός με ρίγη, ελώδης πυρετός
That's really literal but since it is poetry we have to go safe.

Cholidou Chr
Local time: 08:17
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Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek

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agree  Olga Hatzigeorgiou
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