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Translation examples
adjective
Je n'ai vu que des queues de pie... de location, quoi. Avec des plastrons empesés.
All the tailcoats I've seen, I mean well, they were rented, you know they all got these stiff shirts.
J'aimerais arracher sa chemise empesée et lui faire avaler de la terre.
I'd like to rip off that stiff shirt and cram dirt down his mouth.
Votre prose, quoiqu'un peu empesée, me réjouit le coeur.
Your prose, though a little stiff... it warms my heart.
Qui sait quelles passions bouillonnent sous un plastron empesé de domestique !
As for the psychological, well, who knows what boils and bubbles beneath that stiff shirt to which his profession has called him.
adjective
Je vais les empeser et les repasser... et je vous aiderai à vous changer.
I'll starch and iron up the ruffles and when you want, I'll help you change.
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