«Мария редко готовила сама, обычно этим занималась ее домработница Лара, но сейчас она готовила для Эммы» / Lingvo Live

Sveta Kolyadaasked for translation 5 years ago

How to translate? (ru-en)

Мария редко готовила сама, обычно этим занималась ее домработница Лара, но сейчас она готовила для Эммы

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Maria usually left all the cooking to her housekeeper, Lara, and rarely dabbled herself, yet here she was, cooking for Emma.
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Maria rarely cooked herself - this was normally done by her housekeeper, Lara. But now she was cooking for Emma.
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Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

Maria didn't cook a lot - it was Lara, her housemaid, who did it. But at the moment, she was cooking for Emma.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

her housekeeper¿

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

Yes!

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

(I KNEW there was a better way to say this more succinctly, but it didn't come to me until the middle of my workout)))

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

👍