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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / young adult literature | | Swedish term or phrase: två frasiga jackor | In a young adult novel, a teenager who always gets picked on is sitting on a public bus. Two bullies get on the bus:
Han sitter alldeles stel och väntar på att de ska passera honom. Ber till och med till Gud, en klassiker: ”Snälla Gud, om du finns, gör så att de inte …” Som svar på sina böner – otroligt! – en svag lukt av tobak kommer och går tillsammans med ****två frasiga jackor****. Han sitter kvar, orörlig, i säkert en minut innan han vågar slappna av. När bussen svänger ut på motorvägen ler han för sig själv och tänker att ibland har man tur. Han gör det bekvämt för sig på sätet och bereder sig på att ta emot sin favorittanke, har nästan hunnit göra bilden av ansiktet klar och tydlig framför sig när han känner en svag vindpust i nacken. |
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| | English translation:typo? | Explanation:
två fräsiga jackor > two groovy jackets
två trasiga jackor > two torn jackets |
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Sven Petersson
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Local time: 05:18
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1 hr confidence:   two sharp-edged jackets
Explanation:
I think this conveys the physical threat that the two bullies/carriers of the jackets pose to the narrator.
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10 hrs confidence:
11 hrs confidence: two rustling (screeching) jackets
Explanation:
They were making that sheering sound....because of the material...young kids have those jackets...like Canada Goose...they make a sharp sound when the material rubs against itself.
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