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dejaron pasar un tiempo...

English translation: they gave themselves some time to....


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Spanish term or phrase:dejaron pasar un tiempo...
English translation:they gave themselves some time to....
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy
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15:24 Jul 28, 2009
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Psychology
Spanish term or phrase: dejaron pasar un tiempo...
En un informe psicosocial para una adopción, aparece la frase siguiente:
"Dejaron pasar un tiempo para superar el duelo del hijo biológico, para superar el dolor por la pérdida de esa opción de ser padres"

"They ..... to overcome the grief of the biological child, to overcome the pain of lossing the option of becoming parents..
Bernadette Mora
Spain
Local time: 18:13
they gave themselves some time to....
Explanation:
They gave themselves some time to come to terms with the loss of their child.....

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Note added at 17 horas (2009-07-29 09:08:53 GMT)
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Options:
1. "They gave themselves some time to come to terms with the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of being denied parenthood."

2. "They gave themselves some time to grieve the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of being denied parenthood."

3. "They gave themselves some time to grieve the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of not being parents."

4. "They gave themselves some time to grieve the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of not being parents."
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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 18:13
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2they let some time pass
Maria Elena Martinez
4 +1they gave themselves some time to....
Lisa McCarthy
4They waited awhile / They let time pass
Jenni Lukac
4they allowed themselves a little time to/so that they could overcomeBarbara Cochran
3they let a little time go by
ormiston


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
they let a little time go by


Explanation:
...to get over the death of their biological child, and to come to terms with losing their chance of parenthood

ormiston
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: English
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
they let some time pass


Explanation:
(( Devastated, they let some time pass so they could heal and wait to see what God had planned for them. A few months ago Holly was led to Reece s Rainbow ...
reecesrainbow.com/sponsorgibson.htm

They let some time pass for the mea culpa to work,and back Eyman roared, none the worse for it. Conservatives do not tear each other to shreds to advance ...
slog.thestranger.com/.../the_difference_between_conservatives_and.comment -

Maria Elena Martinez
Netherlands
Local time: 18:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ione Wright
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Ione

agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Alejandro
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
they allowed themselves a little time to/so that they could overcome


Explanation:
HTH

Barbara Cochran
Local time: 12:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
They waited awhile / They let time pass


Explanation:
Either would suffice.

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-07-28 15:37:42 GMT)
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To complete the sentence you could avoid the repetition of "overcome" by omitting the redundance: "They waited awhile to overcome the grief of losing a biological child and the possibility of being biological parents... (En cuanto al final, supongo que hay una explanación de algún impedimiento a la fertilidad que descarta otro hijo biológico en el informe.)

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
they gave themselves some time to....


Explanation:
They gave themselves some time to come to terms with the loss of their child.....

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Note added at 17 horas (2009-07-29 09:08:53 GMT)
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Options:
1. "They gave themselves some time to come to terms with the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of being denied parenthood."

2. "They gave themselves some time to grieve the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of being denied parenthood."

3. "They gave themselves some time to grieve the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of not being parents."

4. "They gave themselves some time to grieve the loss of their biological child and to overcome the pain of not being parents."

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: I do like this rendering (do you think the biological was meant for the next bit & just for interest how would you go on...?)
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ormiston - I would put 'biological child' or 'own child' - left it out by mistake in my sentence. :-)
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