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Norwegian term or phrase:
sunket i jorden
English translation:
disappeared (from the face of the earth)
Norwegian term
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sunket i jorden
Could this mean 'down in the dumps', along the lines of really tired, or something else?
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| 5 +7 | disappeared |
jeffrey engberg
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| 3 +3 | nowhere to be found |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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| 4 | has vanished from face of the earth |
Hanne Rask Sonderborg
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| 3 | "gone without a trace" |
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disappeared
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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nowhere to be found
Norway
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"gone without a trace"
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has vanished from face of the earth
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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-11-10 19:00:53 GMT)
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Oops, should be had, not has
Pilgrimage woman 'has vanished from face of the earth'
Siddiqui cut a ghostly figure in a New York court this week - not surprisingly for someone who during five years seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth.
http://www.topix.com/news/terrorism/2008/08/mystery-surrounds-terror-suspects-vanished-years
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