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135 months ago

French specialist  See profile asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Business / Marketing / Financial

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

laisse passer l’air frais pas les regards

Context:

Rien de mieux qu’une petite marinière pour lui rappeler que vos épaules aussi sont très jolies. Celle-ci est toute en maille et en suggestion, elle laisse passer l’air frais mais pas les regards. C’est tout l’art de la maille jacquard qui suggère sans ne rien révéler. Terriblement charmant ...

 

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134 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar  See profile wrote:

allows ventilation without being transparent.

135 months ago

giulianoscarpa  See profile wrote:

lets in the air but not the stares

135 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

it lets fresh air in but is not completely transparent

My comment:

or exactly transparent-I think that is the sense the text is trying to convey-it is an illusion that it seems transparent but is not so, just lets fresh air in

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135 months ago

martynback  See profile wrote:

it lets the fresh air in but doesn't let people see inside

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135 months ago

martynback  See profile wrote:

It lets you feel the breeze without being see-through Ignore previous answer - I thought it was architecture.

135 months ago

martynback  See profile wrote:

it is fresh air-through but not (totally) see-through

My comment:

I have thought of this (new coined) play on words.