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English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
Booktalk		a discussion about a book
bopping around		gallivanting
bore [...] her simple haunts beyond		took her away from of her usual (simple) habitat/environment; broadened her horizons
bottle blonde		peroxide blonde (from a bottle)
bounded out onto the hillocks		popped up on the hill tops....phrase continues
brace		a metal device for holding and compressing the body in a painful position
break in		initiate her into being mother of the bride
break your soul		betray your inner being
breathing distance of the lower orders		close to people who belong to a lower class	Sheila Wilson
Entered by: Sheila Wilson
brief puzzlement		s/he was puzzled, but only for a short time	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
British racing green hut		a hut = a cabin; British racing green = colour
broken up on		beside myself, in a desperate state of emotional turmoil, because of you
brothers		cousins
Brugglesmith bell		type of bell with wire pull invented by character in Rudyard Kipling book
brushed-steel		the finish or appearance of the steel, often a "matte" finish
buck		dandy
bucked up		sent up the chain of command
bumping and grinding against the hopeless boner		bumping and moving gainst the erect penis of a boy with almost no chance of having sex
burdened by previous		suffering inhibitions due to previous failed attempts
burn Georgetown University out of my system		has caused me to forget about Georgetown University	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
burthen		chorus, refrain of a song
business card (metaphor)		mirrors my skills..my work..my experience..my capabilities..my potential	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
bustarole		rowdy brawl/scuffle/fracas	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
but so much the more strike his steel tags i		the horse, by plunging, only makes his steel tags strike all the more into himself
call chits		invitation (or booking / reservation depending on context)
came into focus+sharpened		as eyes focus, an image sharpens
Can this be a mistake?		the paragraphs are in the wrong order
Capricorn cares to dance		See below.	Yasutomo Kanazawa
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa
carriage		the part of the gun that slides back and is used to put (insert) a round into the firing chamber
carved cut		carved passage - carved path
carved with vertical lines		scolpita con linee verticali
casting out of safety lines, each time anchoring on a road sign or a landmark.		She was memorizing the landmarks on the way which made her feel more secure - as if she was tied to a safety line	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
cat		moggy	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
catenary bangs		a fringe cut in a curve that is lower in the middle
caught out		to detect wrongdoing or error	Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Entered by: Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
change signals!		whoops, change tracks! / ignore the previous message
Charlie Brown and Lucy		The Peanuts, by Charles Schulz
Chasin Minnesota poontang down in the Village...		poontang => female genitalia	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
chatt up		engage in conversation
chicken-breath		dog breath ...

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