Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
и не пытались заглянуть ее глаза
English translation:
and sought not to meet her eyes
Russian term
United States
и не пытались заглянуть ее глаза
Jul 5, 2016 19:48: Margarita changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jul 6, 2016 10:40: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Ilan Rubin (X), Sofia Gutkin, Margarita
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Proposed translations
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English 
, Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
and sought not meet her eyes
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Note added at 6 hrs (2016-07-04 22:51:04 GMT)
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correction: and sought not to meet her eyes
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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-07-04 23:28:01 GMT)
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Hester sought not to acquire any thing beyond a subsistence
and sought not to veil from his eye the grief that oppressed her.
Pangari desperately sought not to meet her eye
Her eyes closed, she sought not to see him, not to meet his gaze.
Suddenly he raised his eyes and ventured to meet her gaze for the first time
Sought not to tempt her from her secret nest,.
Specialist in Civil Law & Contracts
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, English, Ukrainian to English
and did not try to look her in the eye
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Jack Doughty
: Great minds think alike.
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Thanks Jack - we're agreeing over this!
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Sofia Gutkin
: I would have probably said "into her eyes"
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Yes - good suggestion!
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LilianNekipelov
: no, quite the opposite,. {we, they} tried not to look her in the eye, meet her eyes.
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that's what I meant! and [they] did not try to look her in the eye
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United States
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) , Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, Swedish to English
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