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英語詩&文学 Translation Glossary

英語 term		英語 translation
Even that she left lying		she even left that (hair-tidy) lying where it was

every turn attends		pays careful attention to every change of course (of the dolphin)

expanse of space		Suggested improvements

extraordinary escape		I am very lucky to have gotten away from him before something terrible happened to me.

falling out		danger of falling out of the bed

fascalia		scarf

Feelin\\\'		a feeling of the spring in the air (spring is coming to the town)	Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
Entered by: Masoud Kakouli Varnousfaderani
felicitator		facilitator

fell gently into their place		they adopted (fell into) their roles and position in society

fictitious proper names		names invented by the author

fiddle-de-dee		What nonsense/what a waste of time/this isn't important/I'm wasting my time on this (expressing impatience/annoyance)

Fie on't, ah fie.		A curse upon it!

Fifty up		until a 50 point difference is reached

finding poignancy in the fall of leaves		finding the falling of the leaves deeply emotional

fire a look		gave a quick, direct, meaningful, intense look

first shaft		first arrow: first brush with death

first [over] and then into his toes		put the toes in its mouth and then bit into them

fitting them all (the women) into one semester		managing to date or have an affair with all the women	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
flake city		you\'re crazy/mad

flamingoes way of standing		Tuck one leg up/Stand on one leg

flatting off clouds of thin spray		sending off flat clouds of thin spray to either side of its peeling bow	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Floss, rubber gloves, and a chewed cap to a pen		his effects (possessions) are: (dental) floss, rubber gloves, a chewed pencap	Yvonne Gallagher
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher
flowing blood		spilled blood (of hero)

flowing steadily from her knitting needles outside		seemed to flow steadily from her knitting needles	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
flushed		gradation of color due to being abruptly spilled from a bucket to a surface.	Hassan Lotfy
Entered by: Hassan Lotfy
foot it featly		dance nimbly

for all the airth = for all the earth		for all the world	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
for one while (literary Dickens)		for a little while

For this one dear to her		For this girl who was dear to her/whom she cared about/had affection for and..Mace is

forever forward		ever onward

forever forward		ever onward

framed teak		the frame of the picture described was made of teak

frat-boy solidarity		a pejorative term

freethought was unguessed.		freethought never entered anyone's mind /was beyond consideration

French sense		In the French way of doing things or thinking. In the French manner

from his Vietnam service or lack thereof		having done his miltary service in Vietnam --- or from NOT having done it	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
from the height of my age		'From the perspective of my age (my years of experience)	Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Entered by: Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
from what I could tell		expressing an educated guess

funny, you should be sitting on the stool		then you are perfectly qualified to do my job

G.B.O.		gross body odour

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