Oct 16, 2008 02:45
15 yrs ago
Russian term

с хищно очерченным разлетом черных бровей

Russian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature с хищно очерченным разлетом черных бровей
Старуха была тучной, а ее слащавый голос спорил с жесткими чертами лица, с хищно очерченным разлетом черных бровей

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Oct 16, 2008 02:45: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Proposed translations

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with vulturously shaped black eyebrows

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Peer comment(s):

agree Ekaterina K
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agree anastasia veneziano
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agree Vitals
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with the predatory contours of the dark slit that were her eyebrows

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Peer comment(s):

agree Dorene Cornwell : but maybe a little less literal: the harsh predatory arc of her black eyebrow
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Arc! That's the word I was looking for, but had to settle for slit. I like your version, Dorene, thank you.
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She was grim, the harsh lines of her face and the predatory set of her brows clashing with a...

"She was grim, the harsh lines of her face and the predatory set of her brows clashing with a honeyed voice"

What to say? It feels appropriate to the source's tone, and 'predatory set' isn't as awkward as other variations.
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