Droom je er ook van om zelfzeker en gracieus over het ijs te glijden?

English translation: Do you also dream of gliding (along) over the ice

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Flemish term or phrase:Droom je er ook van om zelfzeker en gracieus over het ijs te glijden?
English translation:Do you also dream of gliding (along) over the ice
Entered by: Evert DELOOF-SYS

12:17 Mar 29, 2002
Flemish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / sport
Flemish term or phrase: Droom je er ook van om zelfzeker en gracieus over het ijs te glijden?
Droom je er ook van om zelfzeker en gracieus over het ijs te glijden? Om een hupse sprong uit te voeren of een sierlijke pirouette?
lizzy
Do you also dream of gliding (along) over the ice
Explanation:
full of self-confidence and grace?
To execute a brisk jump or an elegant pirouette (sometimes 'twirl')?

Would be one way to translate this.

Exemple of use in a sentence:

... Do you dream of gliding along
on glistening runners over a vast expanse of ice, like the ...

www.ribnitz-damgarten.de/seiten/fremd_eng.htm

... she promptly performs a smooth pirouette before taking off around ... you try falling
on ice-it's damned cold. Roller ... I could be as elegant and lithe as Michelle ...

gratefuldread.net/fando/writings/skate.htm

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Note added at 2002-03-29 12:44:03 (GMT)
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you may want to replace \'to execute...\' by \'to perform a ...jump\'

Example:

... on skates, just stand up, jump in the air and do a 360. Try to perform this jump
gracefully. Take-off and land on one foot, maintaining an elegant body posture ...

btc.montana.edu/olympics/physbio/biomechanics/bio-intro.html
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 18:46
Grading comment
thanks it helpt a lot.
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Do you also dream of gliding (along) over the ice


Explanation:
full of self-confidence and grace?
To execute a brisk jump or an elegant pirouette (sometimes 'twirl')?

Would be one way to translate this.

Exemple of use in a sentence:

... Do you dream of gliding along
on glistening runners over a vast expanse of ice, like the ...

www.ribnitz-damgarten.de/seiten/fremd_eng.htm

... she promptly performs a smooth pirouette before taking off around ... you try falling
on ice-it's damned cold. Roller ... I could be as elegant and lithe as Michelle ...

gratefuldread.net/fando/writings/skate.htm

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2002-03-29 12:44:03 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

you may want to replace \'to execute...\' by \'to perform a ...jump\'

Example:

... on skates, just stand up, jump in the air and do a 360. Try to perform this jump
gracefully. Take-off and land on one foot, maintaining an elegant body posture ...

btc.montana.edu/olympics/physbio/biomechanics/bio-intro.html

Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 18:46
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
Grading comment
thanks it helpt a lot.

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