User talk:Sgenevieve
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[edit] French request
Hi, Sgenevieve, I'm looking for a native French speaker to look at three phrases which are giving me trouble. Are you willing to help me out? My questions are:
- "Ils jouaient avec elle, s’en pouvoir s’en lasser, comme avec la plus fine des orchidées, comme avec le plus féerique des jouets." - They played with her, in a manner which would weary some, as with the finest of orchids, as with the most enchanted of toys. - (I'm not certain about the italicized phrase).
- "Sa mère, qui était fort exaltée, s’était, jetée par la fenêtre." - Her mother, who was very exalted, was thrown from the window. - Is this an idiom of some kind? or does it literally mean "thrown from a window"? If so, did she throw herself from a window, as in a suicide, or was she thrown by someone else?
- "Lorsque le prince prenait son tub, elle passait de doux moments, armée d’un monocle à tige, à l’admirer. " - When the prince took his bath, she passed sweet moments, armed with a lorgnette, to admire him. - Is a "monocle à tige" a lorgnette, or something else?
Thanks if you can help! - Nunh-huh 07:07, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
