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(The title roughly translates as "Dreams and Nightmares."). From Wordnik.com. [The Pitch | Complete Issue] Reference
The title roughly translates to Brave 30, or Valiant Heroes 30. From Wordnik.com. [PSP Updates] Reference
The organization's name roughly translates as the "Founding Native People of Kohola Hill Temple.". From Wordnik.com. [Showdown in Honolulu] Reference
Less poetic, is the derivation from German, in which case the name roughly translates as “son of a peasant.”. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Jon Stewart, Don’t Go Changin’ « The Blog at 16th and Q] Reference
Its Latin name roughly translates as Rainbow Bluff, an area in rural Winston County where a soil sample containing the bacteria was found. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from Tuscaloosa News] Reference
The subtitle roughly translates as "The True Story Behind the American Rich.". From Wordnik.com. ['Richistan' gets] Reference
The name roughly translates to "laughing at life" in French. From Wordnik.com. [ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs] Reference
The word Ayurveda roughly translates as "The Science of Life.". From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
That roughly translates as "What have I not seen in Your Love?". From Wordnik.com. [altmuslim] Reference
This roughly translates as "the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina". From Wordnik.com. [TODAYonline] Reference
My Arabic is rusty but I think that roughly translates as "you'll be lucky". From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
The word comes from the Greek, and roughly translates as 'poverty of flesh'. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
I'm fairly sure it roughly translates as "You're hot, so 'me love you long time!'". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
The law of karma, of action and reaction, roughly translates as "You will reap what you sow.". From Wordnik.com. [Katrina and Karma] Reference
Sanssouci roughly translates as 'care free' and that's the best way to approach a morning here. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
(That roughly translates as "My island is a lovely place, where my umbilical cord forever lies."). From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Piola Vago (which roughly translates as savvy bum), when not kicking balls about with Wayne Rooney. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Consider the name, which roughly translates as: "Pine Garden to Cultivate One's Self on the Mountain.". From Wordnik.com. [The Top 10 Restaurants in Asia] Reference
In fact, I am a huge fan of the French concept of jolie-laide, which roughly translates as "ugly-pretty.". From Wordnik.com. [Lesley M. M. Blume: The Substance of Style] Reference
Their current offering, Eisbergfreistadt, which roughly translates as "free floating iceberg," is loosely. From Wordnik.com. [Westword | Complete Issue] Reference
But patatas bravas, which roughly translates as wild potatoes, holds a high place in Spanish gastronomic lore. From Wordnik.com. [Spain's Hot Potato] Reference
The term "utopia," you will remember, roughly translates as "nowhere," and problems exist everywhere people do. From Wordnik.com. [GOOD] Reference
'Tele Shibai Wii', which roughly translates as 'TV Performance Wii', is set to hit Japanese stores on 30th July. From Wordnik.com. [Cubed3.com News] Reference
Mostly they're satisfied internally and value having their lives be hyggeligt which roughly translates as 'cozy'. From Wordnik.com. [Ace of Spades HQ] Reference
The movie Mon Je Kore Uru Uru that roughly translates as my mind wants to fly high features the star cast of Tollywood. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Which, according to the Showbiz Shed's resident boffin, roughly translates as: "To diminish me will only make me stronger.". From Wordnik.com. [Sky Showbiz - Latest] Reference
Nguru Walalja, which roughly translates as "our people's place," is governed by an all-woman board that includes Ms. Wilson. From Wordnik.com. ['Tough Love' in the Outback] Reference
In Le Naufrage Britannique, Jacques Monin compares Britain to his native France, and the title of his book roughly translates as. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The Prophet, he said, lived a life of studied poverty, cultivating it as the virtue zuhd which roughly translates as asceticism. From Wordnik.com. ['Building Bridges' conference concludes in Sarajevo] Reference
The hottest party of the year in Tovar, Venezuela, is called "El Cy Youngazo," which roughly translates as "The Great Cy Young.". From Wordnik.com. [The Great Santana, Star Southpaw] Reference
The nattō strings itself are often described by the Japanese ideophone nebaneba, which roughly translates as 'viscid' or 'gooey'. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Even when playing for Brazil there is still something of a "moleque" -- which roughly translates as naughty schoolboy -- about him. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Gohatto-which roughly translates as "taboo" - the homosexuality in that film is subsumed into a genre and a style that was classical. From Wordnik.com. [Twitch] Reference
But really, it's a sutra from Patanjali, one of the first documenters of yoga, which roughly translates as: "Now, the inquiry of yoga.". From Wordnik.com. [10 Things I Learned at Yoga Teacher Training] Reference
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