Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

The fires were backed very high

Polish translation:

płomienie wzbijały się bardzo wysoko/prawie do nieba

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Dec 26, 2019 10:06
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English term

The fires were backed very high

Non-PRO English to Polish Tech/Engineering Forestry / Wood / Timber Building a fire
Literatura piękna.

Francuscy drugowojenni bojownicy świętują zwycięstwo w swoim obozie pod gołym niebem.

"Toasts rippled round the fies, then there was singing, then more toasts. The fires seemed to have been backed very high."
Change log

Dec 26, 2019 10:06: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Dec 30, 2019 14:53: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

Discussion

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Dec 26, 2019:
Ale dlaczego wydawały się (seemed).
geopiet Dec 26, 2019:
dziwne to zdanie kto jest autorem? .. Francuz?

a może to typo, bądź błąd zecera, jeśli dawno temu wydane ...?

The fires seemed to have been stacked very high ...

Proposed translations

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płomienie wzbijały się bardzo wysoko/prawie do nieba

This is not an idiomatic expression but the sense appears to be that the flames rose very high.
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