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Oct 25, 2011 20:12
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French term

réclamer à corps et à cris

French to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Romance Novel
Contexte:

Inutile de **réclamer à corps et à cris** une réception simple, avec pour invités quelques amis triés sur le volet, puisque Madame Servan avait décidé que le mariage de son fils se feterait en grande pompe.

"Clamor for?"

Merci,

Barbara

Proposed translations

28 mins
Selected

digging in your heels about

another suggestion would be 'being hell bent on'
or more literally 'doggedly insisting on'
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Certainly the best choice given the rest of my translated context."
5 mins

kicking and screaming

no good kicking and screaming.....

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9 mins

Useless to throw a tantrum/have a fit/rave and rant

Useless to throw a tantrum/rave and rant/have a fit about wanting a small.....
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+3
27 mins
French term (edited): réclamer à cor et à cris

to clamor for...

Harrap's dictionary
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer White : http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/réclamer à cor ...
13 mins
thank you!
agree Theodora OB : 'clamour' if it's in English rather than American
10 hrs
Thank you
agree Karen Vincent-Jones (X) : Yes, I think this is the most elegant solution.
14 hrs
thank you!
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+1
1 hr

to loudly insist on / plead for

My suggestions..
Example sentence:

Useless to (try and?) loudly insist on a simple reception

Useless pleading for a simple reception

Peer comment(s):

agree Michaela O'Connor (X) : I like both of these.
1 day 13 hrs
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1 hr
French term (edited): réclamer à cor et à cri

to clamour for with hue and cry/to outcry

Cor and cri are singular.
From the Cassell's French<>English dictionary.
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3 hrs

trying to insist on/begging for

and more...
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8 hrs

to yell and scream for

another possibility
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1 day 15 hrs

(desperately) holding out for /pleading for

I like "clamouring" and "begging" too, but these could be (slightly quieter) alternatives. Maybe it's just me but clamouring has a sort of connotation of childishness somehow.
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