Como dizer "Novela - sentido figurado" em inglês

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Português: novela, série de eventos que parecem não ter solução
Inglês: saga

Exemplos de uso:

• John: So, tell me about your divorce? Mary: Ugh, what a saga. It took years of arguments and legal battles, but it's finally settled. [John: Então, me fala do seu divórcio? Mary: Uh, que novela. Foram anos de discussões e batalhas na justiça, mas finalmente foi resolvido.]

• It's a real saga. There seems to be no way to straighten these problems out. [É uma verdadeira novela. Parece não haver maneira de resolver estes problemas.]

Mais exemplos:

1. It was just another episode in an ongoing saga of marriage problems.
2. In fact, he is so contentious a figure that although nationally it's the Chelsea plan that is drawing attention, many Bostonians see the whole thing as just another episode in the saga of John Silber.
3. This is just one more episode in the saga of vehicles being a horrible investment and ruining my financial life.
4. The Saga of Andy Wakefield Continues…

The recent attacks against Dr. Andrew Wakefield for undisclosed business dealings are the latest battles in an apparent collusion by some segments of Big Pharma, orthodox or allopathic medicine, and governments to take down Andy Wakefield in what will become a failed attempt to preserve the current international vaccine agenda.

As the January 13, 2011, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)Perspective article entitled “The Age-old Struggle against the Antivaccinationists” by authors Dr. Gregory Poland and Dr. Robert Jacobson points out, opposition to vaccination is a long-standing battle. - Vaccine Truth

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