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Arabic translation: الصِّدار


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English term or phrase:bodice
Arabic translation:الصِّدار
Entered by: Nawal Shekar
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15:40 Jun 2, 2008
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: bodice
Note: please do not translate the whole sentence.

Context:
"Beneath the folds of her bodice nestled the old locket."
Nawal Shekar
Bahrain
Local time: 22:52
الصِّدار
Explanation:
الصِّدار . الجزء الأعلى من ثوب المرأة
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Hervana
Egypt
Local time: 21:52
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5الصِّدار
Hervana


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الصِّدار


Language variant: مشد الصدر أو مشد الجزء العلوي من جسد المرأة

Explanation:
الصِّدار . الجزء الأعلى من ثوب المرأة


    Reference: http://fairedragonfashions.com/images/1Bodice.jpg
Hervana
Egypt
Local time: 21:52
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Dear Hervana, Many thanks indeed!!! which dictionary do you have? Can you give me the link please? I need such an English-Arabic dictionary.

Asker: What about ' nestled'??? in this context?

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