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догадаться испугаться

English translation: it finally occurred to her to take him seriously

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Russian term or phrase: догадаться испугаться
English translation:it finally occurred to her to take him seriously
Entered by: turkjey5

04:25 Feb 1, 2013
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: догадаться испугаться
– А если не верю? – поставил вопрос Виталий.
– Убеждать не собираюсь!
– Так. Ясно. Ладно. Облегчу тебе задачу, сам уйду!
Виталий встал, взял с горделивой сиротливостью крошечный ломтик огурца: больше, дескать, ничего не надо в этом доме! И пошел к двери.
Людмила наконец догадалась испугаться:
– Виталя, ты чего?
turkjey5
it finally occurred to her to take him seriously
Explanation:
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Yulia Spektor (X)
United States
Local time: 05:03
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Summary of answers provided
2 +6it finally occurred to her to take him seriously
Yulia Spektor (X)
4 +1came to, frightened:
Olga Kuchuk
3 +1finally figured out she had to act frightened
Roman Bardachev
4wised up to the need to get frightened
Michael Korovkin
4She finally got worried (that he would leave)
LilianNekipelov
4it finally dawned on her that she had reason to fear
Judith Hehir
3at last, she woke in fright:-
Yuri Radcev


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +6
it finally occurred to her to take him seriously


Explanation:
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Yulia Spektor (X)
United States
Local time: 05:03
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Geoghegan: You could add: The penny dropped and it finally occurred to her to take him seriously
4 hrs
agree  Katerina O.
6 hrs
agree  Scott Bean
7 hrs
agree  MariyaN (X)
11 hrs
agree  Natalia Zakharova
1 day 13 hrs
agree  sleyzerzon
1 day 15 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
came to, frightened:


Explanation:
Kак будто она была в трансе и ничего не понимала до этого момента, а вдруг очнулась.
She, finally, came to, frightened (scared)(numb would also work here) :

Olga Kuchuk
Local time: 05:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cyhul
25 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
finally figured out she had to act frightened


Explanation:
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Roman Bardachev
Canada
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rikka
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Rikka
neutral  Katerina O.: I don't think it refers to pretending. It just occured to her, that it's frightening.
5 hrs
  -> You won't know without having a broader context, but thanks for your opinion
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
at last, she woke in fright:-


Explanation:
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Yuri Radcev
Local time: 12:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
wised up to the need to get frightened


Explanation:
it sounds at least ironic, if not sarcastic
Has nothing to do with getting out of a trance, etc.
She simply got carried away and then understood that if she doesn't show fright at the guy's decision to go, he might really up and leave her!

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 11:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 174
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
She finally got worried (that he would leave)


Explanation:
I would translate it this way.




LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 05:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
it finally dawned on her that she had reason to fear


Explanation:
Another variant to consider

Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 05:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 82
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