Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
rester à l'état de paroles
English translation:
went no further than spoken words
French term
France
Engineering, medicine, chemistry
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, French to Russian
rester à l'état de paroles
Could you help me?
The context : some people practiced automatic writing, a presence immediately manifested itself, it/he answered some questions about life and death, then it/he turned out to be evil, and those people began scared. Everybody was judged by it/him through the writings.
The text:
Des idées negatives nous assaillaient, le mal était partout. Bien entendu, tout cela *rester à l'état de paroles*.
Thanks in advance!
| 3 +1 | went no further than spoken words |
kashew
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| 3 +1 | was no more than words |
Lianne Wilson
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| 3 | stayed in the realm of the spoken word |
jaynedmoore
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| 2 | remained at the level/in the realm of our minds |
mimi 254
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Oct 13, 2009 09:13: kashew Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
went no further than spoken words
stayed in the realm of the spoken word
| Thank you, jaynedmoore! |
United Kingdom
Specialist in TVs and electronics
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English, French to English
was no more than words
| Thank you, Lianne! |
remained at the level/in the realm of our minds
what i can think of so far
| Thank you, mimi254! |
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