porté à incandescence
English translation: raised to the pitch of incandescence
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| 13:42 Jun 18, 2010 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Philosophy / Philosophie et Litterature, memoires | |||||||
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| 5 +1 | raised to the pitch of incandescence |
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| 3 -1 | he was the double in which i discovered the burning flame of my obsessions. |
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| 3 -1 | brought to incandescence |
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peer agreement (net): -1he was the double in which i discovered the burning flame of my obsessions. Explanation: ok its a bit loose and might even change the meaning, but it might start a discussion on the subject... seems to be more a question of using syntax to get the right sense. |
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36 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1brought to incandescence Explanation: He was the double in which I could mirror all my own obsessions brought to incandescence. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescence |
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52 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1raised to the pitch of incandescence Explanation: Sartre corresponded exactly to the dream companion I had longed for since I was fifteen: he was the double in whom I found all my burning aspirations raised to the pitch of incandescence. I should always be able to share everything with him… — Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, 1959 http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/beauvoir.shtml Not that I'm suggesting you plagiarize, of course. The above may possibly have been "translated from the French by James Kirkup", assuming it's the same edition. It's certainly a popular rendition. She said, "the double in whom I found all my burning aspiration raised to the pitch of incandescence." After meeting Sartre, she was no longer alone. ... www.webster.edu/~woolflm/beauvoir.html he was the double in whom I found all my burning aspirations raised to the pitch of incandescence. I should always be able to share everything with him… ... historyofmodernphilosophy.blogspot.com/.../existentialist-couple-sartre-and.html Simone De Beauvoir: aspiration raised to the pitch of incandescence." After meeting Satre, she was no longer alone. Simone's mid-life was optimistic. ... www.allfreeessays.com/topics/alone-life/660 He was "the double in whom I found all my burning aspiration raised to the pitch of incandescence." Simone de Beauvoir taught at the Lycee and she became a ... www.phenomenologyonline.com/scholars/scholars.html |
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| Reference Reference information: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tJHmgM2... Sartre corresponded exactly to the dream companion I had longed for since I was fifteen: he was the double in whom I found all my burning aspirations raised to the pitch of incandescence…. — Simone de Beauvoir, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter, 1959 |
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