будут мельчать

English translation: will grow shorter with time

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Russian term or phrase:будут мельчать
English translation:will grow shorter with time
Entered by: David Knowles

15:08 Jul 24, 2005
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: будут мельчать
Из таких маленьких жизней (которые постепенно ) складывается большая жизнь Ивана Денисовича, его родителей и всех, всех, всех…

(Под "мельчать" имеется в виду, что дни взрослых уже не похожи на целую жизнь, и не тянутся так долго.)

These little lives (that would ) will comprise the big life of Ivan Denisovich, the one of his parents and of every one else…
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will grow shorter with time
Explanation:
much the same as your version!
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4 +2will grow shorter with time
David Knowles
4the details will become more and more vague with time /(gradually)
Сергей Лузан


  

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будут мельчать
will grow shorter with time


Explanation:
much the same as your version!

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будут мельчать
the details will become more and more vague with time /(gradually)


Explanation:
not so literal, but conveys the idea IMHO. Hope it helps. Good luck, xxxEdelweiss!
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... will be fairly accurate, but as the timeline moves further back in time away from the present, the details will become more vague and inaccurate. ...
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