Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
como si en ese intento de coger confianza conmigo le fuera la vida
English translation:
as if his life depended on this attempt to befriend me/ to gain my confidence
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Jul 6, 2015 13:56
8 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
como si en ese intento de coger confianza conmigo le fuera la vida
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
In A Novel
Contexto:
-No puedes dormir, Elizabeth? Te preocupa la marcha de James al frente y las noticias de la guerra, ¿verdad? — preguntó de manera tímda, como si en ese intento de coger confianza conmigo le fuera la vida.
Gracias,
Barbara
-No puedes dormir, Elizabeth? Te preocupa la marcha de James al frente y las noticias de la guerra, ¿verdad? — preguntó de manera tímda, como si en ese intento de coger confianza conmigo le fuera la vida.
Gracias,
Barbara
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Jul 14, 2015 17:58: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
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as if her life depended on this attempt to befriend me/ to gain my confidence
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Susie Rawson
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
Words and beyond
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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As if his/her life depended on his/her attempt to build his/her confidence around me
my suggestion
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
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as if his/her life depended on that attempt to get to know me
This is how I'd phrase it. "confianza" in this sense is almost like "closeness".
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as if in the attempt to be confidence with me, it was of great distress for her
For someone to feel so shy that in the moment to be confident with it was of great pain and difficult to muster it.
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