«Ему уже стало казаться, что дело сдвинулось с мёртвой точки, но она опять пошла на попятную.» / Lingvo Live

Tatiana Gerasimenkoasked for translation 4 years ago

How to translate? (en-ru)

Ему уже стало казаться, что дело сдвинулось с мёртвой точки, но она опять пошла на попятную.

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Things were at a standstill, but he had already started to see some advancement. Then, just as things took three steps forward, she once again took three steps back.
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It had started to seem to him that things were (finally) going to move along, but once again she got cold feet.
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Just when he started thinking things were moving along (from a dead halt), she backpedaled again.
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Rydmanadded a comment 4 years ago

He felt like the deal got shifted from deadlock but it was backing away again.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 years ago

He already started thinking that the matter got rolling when she backpedaled (for some reason/out of the blue).

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

He HAD already started thinking that the matter HAD gotTEN rolling when she backpedaled for some reason/out of the blue.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 4 years ago

Uly, огромное спасибо за переводы и исправления! 🙏🙏👍

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 4 years ago

👍🏼😉