Glossary entry

Romanian term or phrase:

să nu se strice

English translation:

will be / may be led astray from

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Apr 15, 2014 21:27
10 yrs ago
Romanian term

să nu se strice

Romanian to English Art/Literary Religion
după cum șarpele a amăgit pe Eva cu șiretlicul lui, tot așa și gândurile voastre să nu se strice de la curăția şi credincioşia care este față de Hristos (s.n.).

stric, a -á v. tr. Deteriorez, desfac, fac să nu maĭ fie bun saŭ folositor; a strica o mașină, o pușcă, o stradă, niște haĭne. Trec, consum, întrebuințez: a strica multă apă la spălat, a strica orzu pe gîște (V. orz). Fig. Prăpădesc, ruinez: a strica țara, a-țĭ strica sănătatea. Demoralizez: a strica copiiĭ pin exemple rele. A strica o casă, a nimici o căsnicie. V. refl. Mă deteriorez, mă alterez, mă prefac în răŭ: podu, vinu, laptele, grîu, timpu, lumea s’a stricat. A te strica de rîs (est), a muri de rîs, a rîde pînă nu maĭ poti. A te strica cu cineva, a rupe relatiunile cu el. V. intr. Vatăm, fac răŭ: geru a stricat viilor, eŭ nu stric nimănuĭ nimic.
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Apr 18, 2014 17:20: Lara Barnett Created KOG entry

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will be / may be led astray from

"will be" or "may be" depending on what comes before "as before the serpent..."

"led astray from" is a common expression.
Example sentence:

"But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds WILL BE LED ASTRAY from the simplicity and purity of devotion to christ."

"But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts WILL BE LED ASTRAY FROM a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:1-3 RSV)"

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agree Mihaela Ghiuzeli : I was thinking of 'corrupt" see the quote but "led astray" is better 2 Corinthians 11:3 NLT: But I fear that somehow your pure ... biblehub.com/nlt/2_corinthians/11-3.htm‎ ... that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, .
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agree Lorena Chirita
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remain unspoilt/unblighted

What organs and tendons cause our favorite company to run freely and remain unblighted by disease?
http://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/49370/anat...
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mai not be spoilt

Beware that, as the serpent has deceived Eve with his trickery, your thoughts may not be spoilt from the purity and faithfulness towards Christ
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disagree Lara Barnett : "Beware that.... may not" is grammatically incorrect and makes no sense.
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