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took a fresh look

French translation: en regardant, une fois de plus, les chaussettes

12:55 Feb 21, 2008
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: took a fresh look
It would take all the water of the school tank to make them clean, he thought as he *took a fresh look* at the socks.
Stephanie Sullivan
Mauritius
Local time: 15:51
French translation:en regardant, une fois de plus, les chaussettes
Explanation:
fresh = new in the sense of AGAIN
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CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 13:51
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4en regardant, une fois de plus, les chaussettes
CMJ_Trans (X)
4 +1quand il regarda à nouveau ...
Najib Aloui
4posa un regard (tout) neuf sur ses chaussettes
Pierre POUSSIN
3 +1jeter un regard neuf
Catherine Lenoir
4en regardant (ses chaussettes) avec un oeil neuf
JulieM


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
posa un regard (tout) neuf sur ses chaussettes


Explanation:
Ca paraît un peu bizarre, mais ça manque de contexte...

Pierre POUSSIN
France
Local time: 13:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 200
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
en regardant, une fois de plus, les chaussettes


Explanation:
fresh = new in the sense of AGAIN

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 13:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 383
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stéphanie Soudais: c'est également ce que j'ai compris
40 mins
agree  Charlotte MARTIN: oui moi aussi !
47 mins
agree  Giuseppina Vecchia: exactly ;)
2 hrs
agree  swanda
11 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
jeter un regard neuf


Explanation:
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-02-21 13:21:18 GMT)
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jeter ou poser

Catherine Lenoir
Local time: 13:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agnès Flandin
9 mins
  -> merci
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
en regardant (ses chaussettes) avec un oeil neuf


Explanation:
ou en portant un regard neuf
d'autres possibilités

JulieM
Local time: 13:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 32
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
quand il regarda à nouveau ...


Explanation:
posa à nouveau son regard...(s'il les avait regardées juste auparavant) ...Une formule qui concilie les deux interprétations...

Najib Aloui
Local time: 12:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stéphanie Soudais
14 hrs
  -> Bonjour, Stéphanie. Merci!
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