Feb 28, 2016 09:04
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Polish term

nic sobie nie robić z czegoś

Polish to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Kierowca nic sobie z tego nie robił, że zablokował mieszkańców.

shrugged off the fact?

Discussion

asia20002 (asker) Feb 28, 2016:
Powinno być formalnie, to prawdopodobnie zgłoszenie przez infolinię.
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Feb 28, 2016:
US equivalent: not give a rat's ass/arse (others are less polite). Actually, this came from Britain.
Ewa Dabrowska Feb 28, 2016:
e.x.: not to give a toss/not to give monkey's
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Feb 28, 2016:
@Ewa: Na przykład? Ciekawi mnie brytyjski slang.
Ewa Dabrowska Feb 28, 2016:
a jaki jest kotetekst? może być coś bardziej slangowego?

Proposed translations

+3
2 hrs
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didn't care about

...the fact he...

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or:

it didn't bother him that he...

or if you want a slightly stronger version:

...didn't give a damn about ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
56 mins
agree Darius Saczuk
4 hrs
agree mike23
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Dziękuję."
41 mins

have sth for nothing

He had for nothing the fact that...
Pierwsze, co przyszło mi do glowy
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+3
2 hrs

couldn't care less about sth / not be concerned about sth

as above

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The driver couldn't care less about ... / wasn't concerned about ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
52 mins
Thank you, Frank.
agree Joanna Carroll : I think it fits perfectly
1 hr
Cheers, Joanna.
agree Darius Saczuk
2 hrs
Thanks, Dariusz.
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+2
3 hrs

make nothing of/not care beans about/ be totally blasé about, indifferent to, untroubled by

make nothing of
1. Regard as unimportant, make light of,
to ignore something as if it had not happened; to think no more about something.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make nothing of
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to treat as of little importance
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consider as trifling or unimportant.
http://www.yourdictionary.com/make-nothing-of

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The driver made nothing of blocking the residents.
Peer comment(s):

agree Darius Saczuk
56 mins
Dziękuję Dariuszu. Miłego dnia.
agree mike23
4 hrs
Dziękuję Michale.
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+1
6 hrs

didn't seem to care that

jeszcze jedna propozycja
Peer comment(s):

agree mike23
1 hr
Dziękuję
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9 hrs

to be inconsiderate of, to be unmoved by

to be completely/entirely
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