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155 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

si ritirò in una nube di autoesaltazione

Context:

Il pubblico, profondamente annoiato, gli tributò applausi correttamente manifestati...

Keywords:

...Robinson si inchinò, e si ritirò in una nube di autoesaltazione...Robinson is a public speaker who The New York Times used as a publicity gimmick to get people interested in their stories, with the goal of selling more newspapers.

 

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exited/left/walked away in a cloud of smugness

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155 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

walked away over a cloud of self-glorification

My comment:

magnification would also work

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

155 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

maybe "shrouded in" is better than "over a"

155 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

retreated with an aura of self-satisfaction

My comment:

option

155 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

retreated with an aura of self-satisfaction

My comment:

option

155 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

and he left in an aura of complacency