Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
s'éloigner de l'inatteignable
English translation:
to distance themselves from the unattainable
French term
France
Engineering, medicine, chemistry
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to Russian
s'éloigner de l'inatteignable
It's the final part of the previous question:
Ils sont bâti leur vie autour d'un concept respectable d'aller vers ce qui est possible et de s'éloigner de l'inatteignable et ont pût nous offrir l'essentiel.
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Apr 30, 2009 15:01: David Goward changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 1, 2009 14:42: Fiorsam Created KOG entry
May 1, 2009 15:13: Fiorsam changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/578172">Fiorsam's</a> old entry - "s'éloigner de l'inatteignable "" to ""to distance themselves from the unattainable""
May 2, 2009 22:03: Yolanda Broad changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Kevin Pendergast, writeaway, David Goward
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Proposed translations
to distance themselves from the unattainable
stay away from/keep off intangible dreams
| Thank you, Maria-Letitia! |
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
and moving away from what is not possible..
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Tony M
: Your inadvertent gardening metaphor takes us to a whole new level of surrealism! ;-)) / LOL! I think the phrase could be completed: "...and steer clear of the gladioli"
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Oops, LOL. In my attempt to avoid the over-flowery, that's the sort of compost you end up with ! Dig deeper...
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...getting further away from the unattainable...
...as they were getting further and further away from that which is unattainable...
...and they were getting further and further away from the unattainable...
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