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Translations lamentably [ˈlæməntəblɪ] ADV → lamentablemente there is, lamentably, nothing we can do → lamentablemente, no podemos hacer nada to fail lamentably to do sth → fracasar estrepitosamente or de manera lamentable en el intento de hacer algo there are still lamentably few women surgeons → es de lamentar or es lamentable que todavía existan muy pocas cirujanas lamentably [ˈlæməntəbli] adv [fail] → lamentablement They have failed lamentably → Ils ont échoué lamentablement. lamentably few There are still lamentably few women surgeons → Les chirurgiennes sont toujours en nombre lamentablement peu élevé., C'est lamentable que le nombre de chirurgiennes soit toujours aussi faible. lamentably adv → erbärmlich, beklagenswert; he failed lamentably → er scheiterte kläglich; lamentably, this idea is not practicable → bedauerlicherweise lässt sich diese Idee nicht verwirklichen; she was lamentably ignorant of politics → es war traurig or zum Weinen, wie wenig sie von Politik wusste; the level of their commitment is lamentably low → es ist jämmerlich, wie wenig sie sich engagieren; there are lamentably few female surgeons → es gibt immer noch beklagenswert wenige Chirurginnen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Whatever objection you may personally feel to renewing the efforts for the rescue of this miserable girl which failed so lamentably at York, I entreat you, for Norah's sake, to take the same steps now which we took then. He will think that in the scene with the Major-General I acted with lamentably little spirit, and that generally my friend Alastor would have proved infinitely more worthy of the situation. And just then there came a knock and a scurrying; the police, so lamentably absent from the Calton Hill, appeared upon the scene; and the party, taken FLAGRANTE DELICTO, with their glasses at their elbow, were seized, marched up to the police office, and all duly summoned to appear as witnesses in the consequent case against that arch-shebeener, Colette. |
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