désarmer
English translation: astonish
| 10:41 May 15, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Alison Jeffries-Thierry Local time: 16:13 | ||||||
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8 mins confidence: 
touch / charm / delight Explanation: another meaning for "désarmer" is to touch (in the emotional sense of the word), so here are a few suggestions along those lines (whether or not this definition suits your full text, I'll leave it to you to decide)... :) |
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12 mins confidence:
never what we are expecting Explanation: A country which is never what we are expecting and (always) full of surprises. Not sure of the tone withou the rest of the context, but here's a possible way of doing it! |
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13 mins confidence:
lost Explanation: Leave us feeling lost - lose our way - not knowing what to think/do thereby rendering us powerless / helpless |
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10 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1a country with a disarming charm Explanation: A bit of rhyme! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2007-05-15 10:52:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Disarming works fine in English, no need to "change" it any more than that. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2007-05-15 10:55:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- His seeming innocence makes the Doctor ***a disarming person*** to meet: he uses boyish charm and a friendly smile to win the confidence of others. ... www.geocities.com/sege1701/TimeLord/HTML/tl4a.htm http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q="a disarming person"&met... Not a huge amount of Ghits, admittedly, but enough to indicate that the expression is valid and is used in English. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2007-05-15 10:56:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- an unceasingly / continually disarming place / country -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 26 mins (2007-05-15 11:08:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Disarmingly surprising http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q="disarmingly surprising"... |
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39 mins confidence:
astonish Explanation: Not exactly literal, I admit, but perhaps this is the intended sense ...when we are astonished, we are, in a sense, 'disarmed' n'est-ce pas? |
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56 mins confidence:
disconcerting yet charming country Explanation: |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1to awe (and inspire) Explanation: A country which constantly awes and inspires us (or which continues to awe and inspire us). Just another suggestion. Best, Jocelyne -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-15 12:58:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or, as Alison suggests, and for a bit of alliteration: "to awe and astonish". |
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1a country that willk always charm us.. Explanation: I know it is a bit freer, but the idea of "disarm" could well entail this idea.. it takes us by surprise but also has a charm wqe cannot resist...I hope this is not too far off the 'beaten track' -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2007-05-15 14:31:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "will", of course; I don't know how the extra letter snuck in there |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1...forever disarming us with its surprises. Explanation: ...whose surprises never leave us indifferent. |
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