YOU SAID:
they said hello, but missed goodbye
INTO JAPANESE
彼らはこんにちはと言ったが、さようならを逃した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They said hello, but missed the goodbye
INTO JAPANESE
彼らはこんにちはと言ったが、さようならを逃した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They said hello, but missed the goodbye
That didn't even make that much sense in English.