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177 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

le port de tête faible et les épaules affaiss

Context:

Pas vraiment desolée, Charlotte constata qu'il était loin d'avoir le port de tête faible.

Keywords:

...et les épaules affaissées...Talking about an obnoxious, overbearing boos...Something like "he was far from holding his head and shoulders in a less than proud fashion?"

 

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176 months ago

Karla  See profile wrote:

semblance/appearance of low head and collapsed shoulders

The low bearing and the subsided shoulders

far from having a weak head-bearing and stooped shoulders

holding his head low and his shoulders stooped

My comment:

Charlotte, not really apologizing, noticed he was far from holding his head low and his shoulders stooped.

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177 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle  See profile wrote:

In a not particular sorrowful way, Charlotte ascertained he was far from hanging his head in shame or sinking his shoulders in despair