English translation of "pour une couverture une camisole quasiment" - "Actually, calling it a "cover" would be an understatement--it was more like a tight bodysuit."

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141 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	pour une couverture une camisole quasiment
Context:	Etienne avait une couverture. Ça, pour une couverture, il en avait une, une camisole quasiment...
Keywords:	Comme Jean Dujardin dans OSS 117, avec son usine de poulets...Spy activity.

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141 months ago

martynback wrote:

Actually, calling it a "cover" would be an understatement--it was more like a tight bodysuit.

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141 months ago

martynback wrote:

Etienne was working under cover. Actually, calling it a "cover" would be an understatement: it was more like a straitjacket. On reflexion "camisole" might be "camisole de force" - suggesting that he is a prisoner in his "cover" as a spy

141 months ago

martynback wrote:

That is a good guess, but we need the end of the sentence.

141 months ago

martynback wrote:

Unfortunately, just recently, the website has begun to severely limit the amount of context one can enter.

141 months ago

martynback wrote:

That is a good guess, but we need the end of the sentence.

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