Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
chevillé au corps
English translation:
ingrained
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Jana Cole (X)
Mar 30, 2008 12:26
16 yrs ago
French term
Jana Cole (X)
chevillé au corps
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C’est l’un des rare roles où je n’ai pu m’appuyer sur rien de personnel. Ce personage de pasteur feminine est tellement altruiste et serein. Elle a, ***chevillé au corps***, l’amour du prochain.
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ingrained
Ingrained in her make-up/personality
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inherent part of herself,
With a dainty grace, that was an inherent part of herself, she now offered the first pink of the season to the dark lady" (3). ...
www.temple.edu/gradmag/spring02/bright.htm - 36k
www.temple.edu/gradmag/spring02/bright.htm - 36k
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hard to kill
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is visceral / is a deep-seated feeling
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intrinsic
Love of her neighbour is intrinsic to her nature
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Intrinsic to her nature is (her) love of her neighbour
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Intrinsic to her nature is (her) love of her neighbour
Peer comment(s):
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Irene McClure
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Thanks Irene :-)
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CMJ_Trans (X)
: Katsy, this is perfectly correct but don't you think it a bit flat compared to the French?
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I have a feeling you may be right... - ho hum, back to the drawing board.. big pb finding sth idiomatic to go with Christian charity etc. without appearing too frivolous... I do actually like your 'running through her veins'...
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built into/rooted within her being
Another formulation...
I had 'her personal makeup' first, but it kept making me think of lipsticks :)
I had 'her personal makeup' first, but it kept making me think of lipsticks :)
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part of her
neighbor love is part of her.
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clinging to her like a limpet/stuck to her like glue BUT
her.... was stamped right through her like Brighton rock
- no good for US, though - but couldn't resist
She had the milk of human kindness running through her very veins
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For her, loving her neighbour, was an integral part of her being
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or - loving her neighbour was as natural to her as breathing
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in her DNA
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in her genetic code
- no good for US, though - but couldn't resist
She had the milk of human kindness running through her very veins
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-03-30 12:53:02 GMT)
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For her, loving her neighbour, was an integral part of her being
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-03-30 12:53:45 GMT)
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or - loving her neighbour was as natural to her as breathing
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Note added at 50 mins (2008-03-30 13:16:09 GMT)
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in her DNA
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Note added at 53 mins (2008-03-30 13:19:20 GMT)
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in her genetic code
Peer comment(s):
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katsy
: réflexion faite (un peu).... how about "she lives and breathes love of her neighbour"? - nearer your original than mine....
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sueaberwoman
: Milk of human kindness - or breathing
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