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
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
(English)
Proposed translations
28 mins
Selected
digging in your heels about
another suggestion would be 'being hell bent on'
or more literally 'doggedly insisting on'
or more literally 'doggedly insisting on'
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.....
Are you scared of dyingare you gonna go out kicking and ...
It's nothing to fear. You wouldnt kick and scream, your brain ... can't avoid it when it's your turn so don't worry about it. Do good, be ... me .. and lets face it no ...
uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060915063517... - Cached
"Kicking And Screaming For Science Fiction" Did No Good, On ...
io9.com/.../kicking-and-screaming-for-science-fiction-did-no-good-o...
13 Nov 2009 – What do women authors and science-fiction writers have in common? A notable absence on Publishers Weekly's list of the ten best books of ...
Are you scared of dyingare you gonna go out kicking and ...
It's nothing to fear. You wouldnt kick and scream, your brain ... can't avoid it when it's your turn so don't worry about it. Do good, be ... me .. and lets face it no ...
uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060915063517... - Cached
"Kicking And Screaming For Science Fiction" Did No Good, On ...
io9.com/.../kicking-and-screaming-for-science-fiction-did-no-good-o...
13 Nov 2009 – What do women authors and science-fiction writers have in common? A notable absence on Publishers Weekly's list of the ten best books of ...
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.....
+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
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thank you!
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agree |
Theodora OB
: 'clamour' if it's in English rather than American
10 hrs
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Thank you
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agree |
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
: Yes, I think this is the most elegant solution.
14 hrs
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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.
From the Cassell's French<>English dictionary.
3 hrs
trying to insist on/begging for
and more...
8 hrs
to yell and scream for
another possibility
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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