on a toute envie de légèreté
English translation: you are looking for / fancy something light
| 09:27 Feb 24, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: Helen Shiner United Kingdom Local time: 23:59 | ||||||
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13 mins confidence: 
Summer is here. Enjoy this cake without any guilt of added pounds Explanation: . |
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16 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1summer's here and we're all looking for something light without depriving ourselves Explanation: another suggestion... HTH |
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23 mins confidence:
summer's here and we would all appreciate a little sweetness without guilt Explanation: Another idea... |
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26 mins confidence:
Summer makes us all want to eat and feel light Explanation: ...and still treat ourselves. It is quite difficult to get both meanings of "légèreté" in there without sounding like a Weight Watcher's pamphlet! |
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42 mins confidence:
The warm weather turns our thoughts to summer food that’s both tasty and light Explanation: Another suggestion... I agree with Helen that it's not about losing weight, but light summer food: for a cake, say, you'd be looking at berries rather than suet as ingredients... :) |
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44 mins confidence:
Summer's here and we all want something tasty but light Explanation: OR: Summer's here and we all want something tasty but low-fat |
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57 mins confidence:
Summer's here but you can still indulge yourself;a cake that's light in calories but rich in taste. Explanation: This definitely about calories; it's about Cake and not depriving oneself. Because it's Summer one wants to stay in shape, but the cake should still taste rich. |
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3 hrs confidence:
we all want to stay trim without counting the calories Explanation: I know this is for a low-fat cake but I think the légèreté can also be construed as how one feels about oneself. I know there is a play on words between the lightness of the recipe and the lightness on the scales, but logically, if something is light, then you don't need to deprive yourself anyway. If you say "stay trim" it is diplomatic enough because it implies that the person is already that way ... and "counting the calories" brings you back to the cake ... Just a thought! |
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4 hrs confidence:
Summer's here and we want something light without depriving ourselves Explanation: Here is another possibility. It is perhaps more literal, but I think it is also a natural way of speaking. |
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3you are looking for / fancy something light Explanation: Summer has arrived and you fancy something light without depriving yourself. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2009-02-24 09:36:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or denying yourself too much pleasure... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2009-02-24 09:37:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I don't think it is directly about putting on weight, just food that isn't too heavy. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2009-02-24 11:49:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and you fancy something light without sacrificing any of the pleasure? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2009-02-24 11:49:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and you fancy something light without sacrificing on taste? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2009-02-24 11:51:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and you fancy something light while still indulging yourself? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2009-02-25 09:17:03 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the points! |
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