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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | French term or phrase: emmêler la vieillesse à l’âge vert | "Mêler la jeunesse ivre à l’âge ingrat, emmêler la vieillesse à l’âge vert, "
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| | English translation:to confuse old age with immaturity | Explanation:
emmeler is not only to mingle or mix, it implies "mixed up"... depending on the register of the text, my sense is that "to confuse" is a good way to express this... "age vert" refers to unripe, that is... immature |
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8 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 to confuse old age with immaturity
Explanation:
emmeler is not only to mingle or mix, it implies "mixed up"... depending on the register of the text, my sense is that "to confuse" is a good way to express this... "age vert" refers to unripe, that is... immature
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