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English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

English term		English translation
Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully,		choose your area of expertise, ...	Sheila Wilson
Entered by: Sheila Wilson
christmas carols with animals		The Friendly BeastsGood Christian Friends Rejoice, the Carol of the Birds,Away in a Manger
chub		flab
church living vs benefice		position as a parish priest (cure of souls) vs any position in the church with income
circulars and junk mail		electronic/paper
Clapper		Clap on! Clap off! The Clapper!
clean-cut language		clear / straightforward / lucid // limpid / pellucid / crystalline
clue		hint, sign	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
co-pay		co-payment
coated		oozed
coiled spring		charged with energy	Martin Riordan
Entered by: Martin Riordan
Collapse of stout party		standard conventional punchline for a joke, associated with Punch magazine
come back		come to your senses
come undone		break down / fall to pieces / everything go horribly wrong
Come what may, hold on to your heart.		No matter what happens, stay true to what you (really) believe in and stand for.
comes directly from		is a direct consequence	Michael Tovbin
Entered by: Michael Tovbin
Comma needed or can I skip it?		no comma needed
commissioned biographies and profiles		someone hired/paid to write them	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
Communicating between people		words are better than anger / communication is better than violence
compensate this disproportion		compensate for this disproportion
complaint about relations		complaining about (treatment by) those who are related
concerned with		Don't think so much of yourself that you forget to think about others.
conglomeration		confusion, muddle, predicament	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
copper calm		sense of calmness from the copper-colored reflection of the nooday sun on the undulating waves
coquetry, coquettish		flirting. used with men and women
cork under the water		suppressed spirit	Ildiko Santana
Entered by: Ildiko Santana
corners of shadow		darkness in the corners of a low-lit room
could have been spent on a less deserving story		the plot of the movie could have been worse
could pose to them		could pose to them
Course		flowing through	Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Entered by: Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
cream sb		give serious punishment
crisp skin being rustled by a big gentleman		clarification as requested: the skin belongs to the grouse
cum grano Syracuse		with a grain/pinch of salt = not always completely believing what the person says
cup of the vales		Some more ideas
cursed poets		Les poètes maudits (accursed poets)
cut - cutting		editing out passages
cut up		leave an inheritance
cutting scrape		fight	Maria Rosich Andreu
Entered by: Maria Rosich Andreu
D-fittings		talla D
dabbled with white froth		spattered with white sweat (lather)

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