Aug 30, 2013 20:55
10 yrs ago
Russian term

не застав

Russian to English Law/Patents Law (general) investigations
...к нему явились домой, не застав.

Proposed translations

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3 mins
Selected

but he wasn't there

From заставать.
Note from asker:
Ah, of course! Thanks!
Peer comment(s):

neutral Oleg Lozinskiy : Are you 100% sure that 'he wasn't there'? || Sure, you weren't!
46 mins
Well, I wasn't personally there :D
agree philolog
1 hr
Thank you.
agree cyhul
5 hrs
Thank you.
agree LilianNekipelov : Absolutely.
13 hrs
Thank you.
agree danya
13 hrs
Thank you.
agree svetlana cosquéric
13 hrs
Thank you.
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37 mins

but he was out/unavailable

As an option.
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-1
4 hrs

not late in coming

or not long in coming

"not late in coming" image example:
http://www.nizovtsev.net/eng/sobitia/?doc=833
Peer comment(s):

disagree LilianNekipelov : No, unfortunately.
8 hrs
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-1
13 hrs

but failed to find him out

+
Example sentence:

... and yet they failed to find him out initially, took them 8 years to track him.

Peer comment(s):

disagree danya : перемудрили)
13 mins
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2 days 4 hrs

and found him missing

and found him absent
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