May 9, 2005 11:32
19 yrs ago
English term
France
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Native in: French 
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honeyed spiel
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Je cherche une belle tournure pour cette expression:
"Fascinated by his performance, I watched as he began a long honeyed spiel which ended with the promise ‘I will make another Maryline Monroe out of you.’”
"Fascinated by his performance, I watched as he began a long honeyed spiel which ended with the promise ‘I will make another Maryline Monroe out of you.’”
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +4 | un long baratin mielleux |
Michel A.
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| 4 +3 | un laïus à l'eau de rose |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 | un flot de paroles enjoleuses |
kelime
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Proposed translations
+4
3 mins
Selected
un long baratin mielleux
je crois qu'ici les deux langues sont assez proches
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-09 11:37:17 GMT)
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en traduisant \"began\" par : alors qu\'il se lançait.....
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Note added at 4 hrs 3 mins (2005-05-09 15:36:20 GMT) Post-grading
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@Rita: oui, M. Jourdain qui apprend ce que sont la prose et la poésie dans \"Le bourgeois gentilhomme\".
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-05-09 11:37:17 GMT)
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en traduisant \"began\" par : alors qu\'il se lançait.....
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Note added at 4 hrs 3 mins (2005-05-09 15:36:20 GMT) Post-grading
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@Rita: oui, M. Jourdain qui apprend ce que sont la prose et la poésie dans \"Le bourgeois gentilhomme\".
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
9 mins
un laïus à l'eau de rose
mielleux me semble trop "humble" "obsequieux"
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Note added at 2005-05-09 11:42:46 (GMT)
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lui passer la pommade
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Note added at 2005-05-09 11:42:46 (GMT)
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lui passer la pommade
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
GILLES MEUNIER
3 mins
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| agree |
caramel
9 mins
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| agree |
writeaway
: the English amounts to soft-soaping-churning out his spiel....
12 mins
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1 hr
un flot de paroles enjoleuses
variation
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