Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hungarian term or phrase:
Apróságokon múlt
English translation:
you lost, but it was close, you lost, but only by a bit, etc.
Added to glossary by
Katalin Horváth McClure
Apr 26, 2011 09:54
13 yrs ago
Hungarian term
Hungary
Apróságokon múlt
Hungarian to English
Art/Literary
Gaming/Video-games/E-sports
"Vesztettél. De csak apróságokon/hajszálon múlt."
Egy játékban megjelenő felirat, ha a játékos elvesztette a játszmát.
Mi lenne itt a legjobb szóhasználat (nem szleng)?
Egy játékban megjelenő felirat, ha a játékos elvesztette a játszmát.
Mi lenne itt a legjobb szóhasználat (nem szleng)?
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Jul 22, 2011 22:48: Katalin Horváth McClure Created KOG entry
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Katalin Horváth McClure
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Hungarian term (edited):
Vesztettél. De csak apróságokon/hajszálon múlt.
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you lost, but it was close, you lost, but only by a bit, etc.
Sok variáció lehetséges, a hajas változatok szerintem kevésbé használatosak az élő nyelvben.
Nekem az "it was close" a kedvencem, mert nem azt hangsúlyozza, hogy milyen kevéssel vesztett, hanem hogy milyen szoros volt a verseny. Végülis ugyanazt jelenti, de valahogy a hangsúly pozitívabb (szerintem).
Mindenesetre itt van egy sor javaslat, lehet válogatni.
you lost, but it was close
you lost, but only by a bit
you lost, but only by a little bit
you lost, but only by a narrow margin
you lost, but only by a slim margin
Nekem az "it was close" a kedvencem, mert nem azt hangsúlyozza, hogy milyen kevéssel vesztett, hanem hogy milyen szoros volt a verseny. Végülis ugyanazt jelenti, de valahogy a hangsúly pozitívabb (szerintem).
Mindenesetre itt van egy sor javaslat, lehet válogatni.
you lost, but it was close
you lost, but only by a bit
you lost, but only by a little bit
you lost, but only by a narrow margin
you lost, but only by a slim margin
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Ilona Roberts
Norway
Norway
Native in Hungarian
Norway
Academic Translator
Native in: Romanian 
, Hungarian
Works in: Romanian to English, Hungarian to English, Swedish to English
not by much / only just
"you lost, but not by much"
"you lost, but only just"
(javaslatok)
"you lost, but only just"
(javaslatok)
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Gusztáv Jánvári
: azt hiszem, ez a legnemzetközibb, amit az angolul olvasó, de nem angol anyanyelvűek is könnyen megértenek (és nem von be szőröket sem a képbe :D)
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amanda solymosi
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Bob Makovei
Hungary
Hungary
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Hungary
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Native in: Hungarian
Works in: English to Hungarian, Hungarian to English
only by a hair
"You've lost. But only by a hair..."
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Only by a hair's breadt
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hair's-breadth
A small space, distance, or margin: won by a hairsbreadth.
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jajj, h betűt lehagytam, és nem láttam még Bob megoldását mikor ezt írtam
A small space, distance, or margin: won by a hairsbreadth.
egy lehetséges megoldás
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Note added at 7 mins (2011-04-26 10:02:09 GMT)
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jajj, h betűt lehagytam, és nem láttam még Bob megoldását mikor ezt írtam
22 hrs
It only depended on a minuscule fact
There is no explanation, it just sounds good. I don't think that there is a definite rule for this expression.
Example sentence:
It only depended on a minuscule fact that you lost.
2 days 13 hrs
you lost by a whisker
A "vesztettél" szerves része ennek a mondatnak, és angolul leginkább a fenti mondást szokás használni.
...Christie, who I advised and supported avidly in her Senate race against Bill Bradley, which she lost by a whisker...
www.polyconomics.com/memos/mm-971105.htm
Campbell-Bannerman stood in a by-election in Stirling Burghs against a more Whiggish Liberal and lost by a whisker.
www.liberalhistory.org.uk/item_single.php?item_id=4...
...promising start against England, a game that they lost by a whisker. www.sportspundit.com/article/6706/
And not just lost by a whisker, but lost resoundingly.
healthimpactnews.com/.../why-farmers-must-move-from-defense-to-offense- for-raw-milk-rights/
Lost by a Whisker…
So I failed to bag the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer.
www.joeabercrombie.com/2008/08/10/lost-by-a-whisker-2/
...for U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps in a sport where races can be won or lost by a whisker. uk.reuters.com/.../us-olympics-swimming-shave-idUKSP3593320080807
...Christie, who I advised and supported avidly in her Senate race against Bill Bradley, which she lost by a whisker...
www.polyconomics.com/memos/mm-971105.htm
Campbell-Bannerman stood in a by-election in Stirling Burghs against a more Whiggish Liberal and lost by a whisker.
www.liberalhistory.org.uk/item_single.php?item_id=4...
...promising start against England, a game that they lost by a whisker. www.sportspundit.com/article/6706/
And not just lost by a whisker, but lost resoundingly.
healthimpactnews.com/.../why-farmers-must-move-from-defense-to-offense- for-raw-milk-rights/
Lost by a Whisker…
So I failed to bag the John W. Campbell award for Best New Writer.
www.joeabercrombie.com/2008/08/10/lost-by-a-whisker-2/
...for U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps in a sport where races can be won or lost by a whisker. uk.reuters.com/.../us-olympics-swimming-shave-idUKSP3593320080807
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