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turn one's shoulder

10:32 Apr 9, 2008
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English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: turn one's shoulder
The parrot was screaming loudly and angrily.

Garret made a shoolboy grimace and turned his shoulder.

"Damn creep devil!"
Cyril Bel-Ange
France
Local time: 10:05


Summary of answers provided
4 +8tourner le dos
Samia Touhami (X)
4tourner les talons
Yan Walther (X)


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
tourner le dos


Explanation:
lui tourna le dos

Samia Touhami (X)
France
Local time: 10:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roger McKeon
29 mins
  -> Merci!
agree  Myriam Dupouy: Oui, :o)
1 hr
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agree  cenek tomas
3 hrs
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agree  katsy
4 hrs
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agree  Aude Sylvain:
11 hrs
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agree  Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
22 hrs
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agree  Alain Chouraki: oui : "et lui tourna le dos"
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Merci!
agree  swanda
3 days 22 hrs
  -> Merci!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tourner les talons


Explanation:
aussi possible à mon avis

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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-04-09 18:22:21 GMT)
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et il tourna les talons.

Yan Walther (X)
Local time: 10:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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