Esperanta | Angla |
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la mortintoj ne atestas phrase | dead men tell no tales(a dead person can no longer reveal information) |
laste sed ne malpleje adverb | last but not least(An expression to start the last item of a list) |
malfeliĉo malofte venas sole (a misfortune seldom comes alone) phrase | it never rains but it pours(unfortunate events occur in quantity) |
mi ne havas monon phrase | I have no moneyphrase |
mi ne komprenas phrase | I don't understandphrase |
mi ne manĝas bovaĵon phrase | I don't eat beefphrase |
mi ne manĝas porkaĵon phrase | I don't eat porkphrase |
mi ne manĝas viandon phrase | I don't eat meatphrase |
mi ne parolas Esperanton phrase | I don't speak English(I don't speak (fill with the name of the current foreign language)) |
mi ne parolas la anglan phrase | I don't speak English(I don't speak English (specifically English)) |
mi ne scias phrase | I don't know(I don’t know) |
mi ne zorgas phrase | I don't carephrase |
montru, ne rakontu phrase | show, don't tell(Advice) |
plej bone ridas, kiu laste ridas phrase | he who laughs last laughs best(success is better after you've endured ridicule) |
pli bone malfrue ol neniam adverb | better late than never(it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all) |
pro multo da arboj arbaron ne vidi verb | see the forest for the trees(to be overwhelmed by detail to the point where it obscures the overall situation) |
se la monto ne venas al Mohamedo, Mohamedo devas iri al monto phrase | if the mountain won't come to Muhammad(if one cannot get something done by commanding it) |
trafi du celojn per unu ŝtono (to hit two targets with one stone) verb | kill two birds with one stone(solve two problems at once) |
unu kukolo printempon ne venigas phrase | one swallow does not a summer make(one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend) |
We would be warmer if you hadn't opened the window! - Ni estus pli varmaj se vi ne malfermus la fenestron! verb | would(indicating an action or state that is conditional on another) |