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I like the darkness was just in not flying foul of those riders have found him to be.
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The word "fell" is not there, but "foul" is there, just like in the translation.
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Is it when Sam and Frodo were roaming around Mordor?
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What is that supposed to mean?
And I meant "in Mordor" not "around Mordor"
And I meant "in Mordor" not "around Mordor"
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I wondered that myself!Inanna wrote:What is that supposed to mean?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is it this one:
Sam to Frodo:
"I can't explain it, but well: it feels to me as if one of those foul flying Riders was about, up in the blackness where he can't be seen"
Sam to Frodo:
"I can't explain it, but well: it feels to me as if one of those foul flying Riders was about, up in the blackness where he can't be seen"
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That's the one!
I was reluctant to say it was when they were roaming around Mordor because they hadn't actually started their roaming yet. I wasn't trying to be mysterious.
I was reluctant to say it was when they were roaming around Mordor because they hadn't actually started their roaming yet. I wasn't trying to be mysterious.
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Ah, I thought the confusion was from my using the term "around" - it could be interpreted to be right outside...
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Can't get translation party to work.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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It's working for me. Which browser are you using?
(it changed "It's working for me" into "It's working for Evan")
(it changed "It's working for me" into "It's working for Evan")
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Still not working?
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Worked in IE, finally. Weird
Quote:
Do not have anything: "people in this sense is not
It has retained couple of punctuation marks form the original. And couple of keywords.
Quote:
Do not have anything: "people in this sense is not
It has retained couple of punctuation marks form the original. And couple of keywords.
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anybody want to ask a Q?
It is from LOTR.
It is from LOTR.
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Was it said by a hobbit or to a Hobbit?
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Yes.Voronwë the Faithful wrote:Was it said by a hobbit or to a Hobbit?
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Which? Or both?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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In the original quote, is one of the words inside quotation marks?
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Yes.Jude wrote:In the original quote, is one of the words inside quotation marks?
Said TO a hobbit. (You did not ask me to choose earlier, V.
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