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Apróságokon múlt

English translation: you lost, but it was close, you lost, but only by a bit, etc.

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Hungarian term or phrase:Apróságokon múlt
English translation:you lost, but it was close, you lost, but only by a bit, etc.
Entered by: Katalin Horváth McClure

09:54 Apr 26, 2011
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
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Hungarian term or phrase: Apróságokon múlt
"Vesztettél. De csak apróságokon/hajszálon múlt."
Egy játékban megjelenő felirat, ha a játékos elvesztette a játszmát.
Mi lenne itt a legjobb szóhasználat (nem szleng)?
Judit Lapikás
Hungary
Local time: 05:48
you lost, but it was close, you lost, but only by a bit, etc.
Explanation:
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
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Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
Local time: 23:48
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5you lost, but it was close, you lost, but only by a bit, etc.
Katalin Horváth McClure
3 +2not by much / only just
Ilona Roberts
5only by a hair
Bob Makovei
5you lost by a whisker
juvera
4Only by a hair's breadt
János Untener
4Almost, but not quite...
T. Toghia
3It only depended on a minuscule fact
T. Toghia


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
not by much / only just


Explanation:
"you lost, but not by much"

"you lost, but only just"

(javaslatok)

Ilona Roberts
Norway
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  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)
30 mins
  -> köszönöm!
agree  amanda solymosi
2 hrs
  -> köszönöm!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
only by a hair


Explanation:
"You've lost. But only by a hair..."

Bob Makovei
Hungary
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Only by a hair's breadt


Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hair's-breadth

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

János Untener
Hungary
Local time: 05:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Vesztettél. De csak apróságokon/hajszálon múlt.
you lost, but it was close, you lost, but only by a bit, etc.


Explanation:
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


Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
Local time: 23:48
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  László Domoszlai: nekem is az "it was close" tetszik
20 mins
agree  Ildiko Santana
5 hrs
agree  Tradeuro Language Services
3 days 23 hrs
agree  Katalin K.: "it was close", szintén
6 days
agree  Iosif JUHASZ
11 days
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
It only depended on a minuscule fact


Explanation:
There is no explanation, it just sounds good. I don't think that there is a definite rule for this expression.

Example sentence(s):
  • It only depended on a minuscule fact that you lost.
T. Toghia
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Almost, but not quite...


Explanation:
The term is short, to the point, conveys your message, is not slang, and is appropriate for this type of use.

T. Toghia
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 days 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
you lost by a whisker


Explanation:
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

juvera
Local time: 04:48
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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