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152 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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152 months ago

giulianoscarpa   wrote:

having tasted their true essence

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151 months ago

giulianoscarpa   wrote:

having had a taste of their true essence

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152 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL   wrote:

showing their true colours

My comment:

I agree with the previous comment re the meaning, but this would be a much more idiomatic way of expressing that in English.

152 months ago

Mary Jane   wrote:

At the sight of their true face/ at the sight of their

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152 months ago

Mary Jane   wrote:

Sorry! The submitting went off without me finishing. I meant to say: At the sight of their true essence. In this case the text is referring to the uncovering of someone's true identity. At the sight of their real selves. At the uncovering/revealing of their true identity.

152 months ago

Mary Jane   wrote:

at the view of their real faces

152 months ago

Mary Jane   wrote:

in front of (or: before) their very faces

My comment:

Guess you are looking for a version different from a literal one.

Hope it helps :o)

My references:

...alla vista del loro vero E PROPRIO volto...

Nothing to do with "real", "authentic" or "true", as I see it.

152 months ago

Mary Jane   wrote:

at the sight of their true identities/when they came face to face with

My comment:

when they realised who they really were. I suppose the "arma" is the radio broadcasts which resisted English bombing but fell/succumbed when they came face to face/encountered to the British. If this is the essence, there are many ways of putting it

152 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

at the sight of their true identities/when they came face to face with

My comment:

when they realised who they really were. I suppose the "arma" is the radio broadcasts which resisted English bombing but fell/succumbed when they came face to face/encountered to the British. If this is the essence, there are many ways of putting it

152 months ago

Giorgio Vellani   wrote:

with the view of their true essence...