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Conges terminology question
142 months ago
Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Language pair: |
French > English |
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Subject: |
Other |
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Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
en gardait le cœur serré |
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Context: |
Etienne avait récemment repensé à cette tragédie en visitant la merveilleuse exposition... |
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Keywords: |
...d'ouverture du nouveau musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée à Marseille "le bleu et le noir". Au chapitre de noir, les ruines de Smyrne sous le feu des turcs figuraient en bonne place. Les clichés anciens exprimaient crûment la souffrance et la désolation des grecs de Smyrne. Etienne en gardait le cœur serré. |
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Complete list of answers and comments
The mere thought of it gave Etienne a pang.
My comment:
In Hamlet's famous soliloquy (to be or not to be...)Shakespeare wrote: "the pangs of disprized love".
The asker rated this answer best
felt (could feel) a lump in his throat
142 months ago
HRP 
wrote:
bleeding from the inside
142 months ago
HRP
wrote:
Broken heart
142 months ago
HRP
wrote:
it tore his heart/it broke his heart
My comment:
took the matter to heart. His heart was constricted. references: http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/his%20heart%20constricted
142 months ago
Josephine Cassar
wrote:
it tore his heart/it broke his heart
My comment:
took the matter to heart. His heart was constricted. references: http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-definition/his%20heart%20constricted
142 months ago
Marie-Claire
wrote:
had a heavy heart about this.
My comment:
The "en" complicates things, I included it as "about it," it may be accurate although not very elegant.
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