English term
explains away
The term appears twice in the text. What is the sense in the first case? Does the second case just mean "explain"?
May 11, 2023 09:58: AllegroTrans changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Lara Barnett, Yvonne Gallagher, AllegroTrans
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Germany
Bilingually native translator (ENDE)
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
explains in such a way as to make irrelevant/nonexistent
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Note added at 16 mins (2023-05-08 11:37:50 GMT)
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I should add that the term is often used disapprovingly – the explanation/explaining away is rarely a proper explanation.
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Lara Barnett
: As in "to do away with " i.e. to kill something.
48 mins
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| neutral |
AllegroTrans
: Yes but it's necessary to say exactly what the person is intending to make irrelevant, which you haven't done
1 hr
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Spain
Sworn (FRES) & Legal (EN>ES). EN>FR
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: French to Spanish, Spanish to French, English to Spanish, and 4 more.
explains and puts an end to (and solves)
... and place all this in a gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, and then ***explains and puts an end to it*** with a catastrophe called Lucifer’s flood.
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