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French to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
gigasse		string bean / beanpole
glissement de peau		change of skin/shedding of skin
gol		spaz / mong
gourmand comme une poèle à frire		greedy as a gridiron
Gourouter		guru-tise(d)
Grande Prévot of the Salles des Armes		Fencing Master	Nick Lingris
Entered by: Nick Lingris
grandeur d'espace		wide vistas
grands Orients		Grands Orients
Gratte-nuit		\"Night-Claws\"	Emily Plank
Entered by: Emily Plank
grâces suspendues		motionless grace/gracefulness	liz askew
Entered by: liz askew
guinguette		guinguette
habiter		[the certainty] inside me
hallu		crazy, unbelievable
Heureux qui comme Ulysse a fait un beau voyage		Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a beatiful voyage	Florence Bremond
Entered by: Florence Bremond
hierachite		oneupmanship
hissees au mat de cocagne		sliding up and falling back down from the slippery path of illusion
histoire à dormir debout		a tall story
Homme, libre penseur ! te crois-tu seul pensant		So you alone are blessed with thought, free-thinking man,	Aisha Maniar
Entered by: Aisha Maniar
Il a les yeux plus gros que le ventre		His eyes are bigger than his stomach	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
il était aussi rondouillard qu’un notable normand		as round as a barrel
Il empruntera		He\'ll draw on (reserves)
Il fallait que je déploie de gros efforts pour ne pas y voir une fustigation.		I had to make a real effort not to feel I was being punished in some way
il ne suffit pas d'avoir raison pour ne pas avoir tort		it takes more than being right not to be wrong
Il ne voit plus goutte		He can't see clearly anymore	Sandra Mouton
Entered by: Sandra Mouton
il va par et pour le monde		he goes about the world and he serves the world
ils ne sont pas gratuits ni le fruit du hasard		they were not without cost, neither were they the result of chance
Ils ont assuré l'essentiel		they've covered the basics
Ils sont enfuis.		they no longer exist	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
imaginaire de la nuit		night time imaginings / night time reveries
imprégnée		imbued with...
imprégner du présent		become steeped in the present	svetlana cosquéric
Entered by: svetlana cosquéric
inédit		unknown; never published, or published in a limited edition
inconçue		unimaginable/undreamt of
incrée		uncreated (ever-existing)
inscription architecturale dans l'authenticité		architectural inscription into the authentic
instances surmoïques		superego's restraining influence	Philippa Smith
Entered by: Philippa Smith
invendable		Unbelievable
invulnérables		tose who are invulnerable
ISBN/EAN		International Standard Book Numbers/European Article Numbering
jardin-souvenir		Memory garden- refers to a garden that is decorated with items that evoke fond memories

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