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185 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

dont les visages dessinaient des rictus de dé

Context:

..au grand désespoir des passants dont les parapluies se tordaient dans toutes les sens,..

Keywords:

...même dans le bon puisqu'alors ils se fermaient mal, avec cette vague d'impatience qui s'archarnait sur la grand-foule dont les visages dessinaient des rictus de désolation, avec ces vieux recroquevilles à l'intérieur de leurs manteaux, avec cette pluie torrentielle, ce déluge, ces débordements...My working transltion is "on whose faces distressed snarls formed."

 

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185 months ago

  See profile wrote:

whose faces showed grins of despair

185 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

whose faces drew a rictus of despair

My comment:

I was looking for a better word than 'drew', but none came to me.

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185 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

whose faces drew a rictus of despair

My comment:

I was looking for a better word than 'drew', but none came to me.

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185 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

This sounds right.

185 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

Agree. Perhaps "whose faces were set in a rictus......"?

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