Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 9, 2006 16:35
18 yrs ago
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French term
poussif
French to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
expression
C'était, bien avant l'âge, un veillard poussif,
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | wheezy | Sheila Hardie |
4 +4 | worn-out | Dr Sue Levy (X) |
4 | wheezy, short-winded | Francis MARC |
3 | out of breath | Sandra Petch |
3 | short of breath | swisstell |
Proposed translations
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wheezy
A wheezy old man...
Just one possibility.
HTH
Sheila
poussif poussive / pusif, iv / adjectif
1 [personne, véhicule] wheezy; [cheval] broken-winded;
2 [allure] labouringD; une vieille voiture à l'allure poussive an old car that wheezes along;
3 [récit] labouredD.
Literature.org - The Online Literature Library
But the wheezy old Station-Master happened to be close behind me: he wasn't good
for much, poor old man, but he was good for this; and, before I could turn ...
www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/sylvie-and-bruno/c... - 24k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
Midnight Butterfly - by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd
As she prepared to mount him he remembered what the wheezy old man had said.
Put a drop on her pussy and she'll go wild. He found the vial in his pant's ...
www.joanelloyd.com/jlmb.htm - 17k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
The change makers
As for the fifty-four year old lady who has exchanged his wheezy old man for a
young Adonis, she would, right before the gaze of the public, grow old ...
www.nigerdeltacongress.com/carticles/change_makers.htm - 14k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
Just one possibility.
HTH
Sheila
poussif poussive / pusif, iv / adjectif
1 [personne, véhicule] wheezy; [cheval] broken-winded;
2 [allure] labouringD; une vieille voiture à l'allure poussive an old car that wheezes along;
3 [récit] labouredD.
Literature.org - The Online Literature Library
But the wheezy old Station-Master happened to be close behind me: he wasn't good
for much, poor old man, but he was good for this; and, before I could turn ...
www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/sylvie-and-bruno/c... - 24k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
Midnight Butterfly - by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd
As she prepared to mount him he remembered what the wheezy old man had said.
Put a drop on her pussy and she'll go wild. He found the vial in his pant's ...
www.joanelloyd.com/jlmb.htm - 17k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
The change makers
As for the fifty-four year old lady who has exchanged his wheezy old man for a
young Adonis, she would, right before the gaze of the public, grow old ...
www.nigerdeltacongress.com/carticles/change_makers.htm - 14k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
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Comment: "I think this answer was the most helpful because of the references... Thanks everyone"
2 mins
out of breath
I'm sure I've come across this term referring to horses and I believe it means out of breath or breathless...
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Note added at 3 mins (2006-01-09 16:39:39 GMT)
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Maybe "wheezy" is more suitable to describe an old man!
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Note added at 3 mins (2006-01-09 16:39:39 GMT)
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Maybe "wheezy" is more suitable to describe an old man!
4 mins
wheezy, short-winded
Ref. Robert & Collins
5 mins
+4
15 mins
worn-out
tired-out old man
"poussif" is often used in a more figurative sense
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-01-09 16:55:32 GMT)
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for something that is slow, lacking in vitality...
"poussif" is often used in a more figurative sense
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-01-09 16:55:32 GMT)
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for something that is slow, lacking in vitality...
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Emérentienne
: oui, c'est l'idée ici
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Thanks Cecile :-)
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df49f (X)
57 mins
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thanks df :-)
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agree |
NancyLynn
7 hrs
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thanks Nancy :-)
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Allan Jeffs
: Yes Sue
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thanks Allan :-)
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