auf Pupille
English translation: eye to eye
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|  Selected response from: BrigitteHilgner Austria Local time: 01:05 | ||||||
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| 4 | staring (at the other person) |
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| 3 | eyeballing him |
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| 2 | pointing to his eye |
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pointing to his eye Explanation: assuming Dr. X is male guessing |
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24 mins confidence:
staring (at the other person) Explanation: or maybe: eye to eye with the other person |
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eyeballing him Explanation: The idead of 'eyeballing' is to make the other person blink first, a symbolic act of submission. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="eyebal... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="eyebal... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs 28 mins (2005-08-04 12:18:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also \"looking him straight in the eye\" @ 3490 ggl http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="lookin... |
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