sur les membres qu'ils recouvrent par aventure
English translation: by chance
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| 22:48 Jun 8, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Karin Dyson Local time: 06:27 | |||
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| 4 +2 | covering an unexpected set of limbs. |
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| 4 +1 | his trousers had that crumpled look that ... |
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| 4 | his pants had that rumbled appearance which seems ... |
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14 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1his trousers had that crumpled look that ... Explanation: second hand clothes tend to take on legs that they unexpectedly cover... or on legs that they cover by chance. Hope this helps |
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16 mins confidence:
his pants had that rumbled appearance which seems ... Explanation: ....an integral part of secondhand clothing covering adventurously some body parts instead of: secondhand = hand-me-down -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-06-08 23:18:19 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- corr: it is either RUMPLED or CRUMBLED but not as above |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2covering an unexpected set of limbs. Explanation: This is somewhat free and compressed, I admit, but I think it has something of the original tone: His trousers had the crumpled look of hand-me-downs covering an unexpected set of limbs. Good luck, all! Frazer |
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