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15:48 Jan 27, 2003 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering / design | |||||||
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4 +1 | spectacles shoes (for instance) |
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4 | a new type of spectacles hinges |
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4 | Winding eyeglasses |
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3 | fers égal monture ? frame ? |
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fers égal monture ? frame ? Explanation: but Gayle is right, if you want help, help us.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-01-27 16:15:15 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- otherwise, we might as well do crossword puzzles..... |
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spectacles shoes (for instance) Explanation: This sounds like a serie of impossible objects - "un bic sympathique" would be an invisible ink ball point pencil for instance. Probably a humorous paragraph. |
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The asker has declined this answer Comment: Helpful, thanks, but other answer more definite |
a new type of spectacles hinges Explanation: Oui, Oddie est dans le vrai et j'ai fait un commentaire dans le même sens pour l'entrée "inscriptions d'heures" sans avoir vue cette entrée. J'ai fait là-bas une hypothèse sur "lunette" = "siège de WC", mais ça ne doit pas être le cas au pluriel. |
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Winding eyeglasses Explanation: Modern eyeglasses can be folded up, bent, so they are not built in a frame, but in folding frame which could be called as in the dictionary: Winding eyeglasses. |
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