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German: auf Pupille

English translation: eye to eye







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German term or phrase:auf Pupille
English translation:eye to eye
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / theatre
German term or phrase: auf Pupille
A stage direction: the character has someone challenging her saying "Wie meinen Sie das" and the response is Dr. X: (auf Pupille) "Genauso, wie Sie's verstehen".
bartera
United Kingdom
staring (at the other person)
Explanation:
or maybe:
eye to eye with the other person
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Note from asker to answerer
eye to eye makes most sense in the context. Thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
4staring (at the other person)BrigitteHilgner
3eyeballing him
Andrew Swift
2pointing to his eyeCilian O'Tuama


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
pointing to his eye

Explanation:
assuming Dr. X is male

guessing

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
staring (at the other person)

Explanation:
or maybe:
eye to eye with the other person

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 45
Note from asker to answerer
eye to eye makes most sense in the context. Thanks.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
eyeballing him

Explanation:
The idead of 'eyeballing' is to make the other person blink first, a symbolic act of submission.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22eyeb...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22eyeb...


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Note added at 3 hrs 28 mins (2005-08-04 12:18:50 GMT)
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Also \"looking him straight in the eye\" @ 3490 ggl
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22look...

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 83
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