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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:

avait englouti consciencieusement

Context:

Percé tout à l'avant de sacage en métal, il avait poutant dans le courant de la matinée...

Keywords:

...englouti consciencieusement tout les programmes télévisés!...Talking about a caged bird...Something liked gobbled up, like a good little bird, all of the programs on TV?"

 

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181 months ago

sarlata  See profile wrote:

...........had consciously sunk.........

185 months ago

sarlata  See profile wrote:

however he had carefully (meticulously) gulped (gobbled up) all the TV programs

185 months ago

sarlata  See profile wrote:

Taking the knoledge of whole television programme

185 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

had conscientiously absorbed

185 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

sat through/ put up with/watched non-stop

My comment:

Devour also springs to mind like devouring a book, but somehow does not sound right in this context.

185 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

(1)had conscientiously (or)meticulously gobbled up (2) had thoroughly devoured

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185 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

This sounds like it.

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