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French term or phrase:
Ils ne sinscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
English translation:
Only that blaze of light can define them
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French term
Ils ne s’inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
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Poetry & Literature
An article on the film Pickpocket
The film is by Robert Bresson.
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Au-delà de l’histoire d’un pickpocket, ce film est une méditation sur la grâce. Les gestes de vol, de dérobement possèdent une légèreté angélique. Ils ne s’inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance. Lorsqu’il dévoile la technique des pickpockets,
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Au-delà de l’histoire d’un pickpocket, ce film est une méditation sur la grâce. Les gestes de vol, de dérobement possèdent une légèreté angélique. Ils ne s’inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance. Lorsqu’il dévoile la technique des pickpockets,
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French term (edited):
Ils ne s�inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
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Only that blaze of light can define them
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French term (edited):
Ils ne s�inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
They are only part of this fleeting or short-lived quality
I would call this
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Better: They only can be part of these fulgurant moments.
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x s'inscrit dans= to be part of
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Note added at 25 mins (2005-09-11 22:41:02 GMT)
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Better: They only can be part of these fulgurant moments.
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x s'inscrit dans= to be part of
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writeaway
: fleeting is a great suggestion. maybe others later on will really appreciate your contribution here.
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Apparently only bursts and flashes are popular...sigh...I don't know why I bother
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French term (edited):
Ils ne s�inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
They exist only in the flash of the moment
Beyong the story of a pickpocket, this movie is a meditation on gracefulness. The thieving, stealing movements are as light as an angel. They exist only in the flash of the moment. When he is unmasking the pickpocket's technique, ...
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French term (edited):
Ils ne s�inscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.
they appear only in a shooting-star quality of brilliance and speed
by "they," the writer refers to the gestures(les gestes)of the pickpockets or their movements and actions
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Definition
fulgurant(e) adj 1. (rapide: vitesse, réplique) lightning; (progrès) staggering 2. (violent: douleur) shooting 3. (éblouissant: lueur) dazzling; (regard) blazing
(from Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact)
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Definition
inscrire irr I vt 1. (noter) ~ qc dans un carnet/sur une enveloppe to write sth down in a notebook/on an envelope; ~ qc à l'ordre du jour to put sth on the agenda; être inscrit dans ma mémoire to be engraved in my memory; être inscrit sur mon visage to be written on my face 2. (immatriculer) ~ qn à une école/dans un club to enrol sb at a school/in a club Brit, to enroll sb at a school/in a club Am; ~ qn sur une liste to put sb on a list; (pour prendre rendez-vous) to put sb on a waiting list; être inscrit à la faculté to be at university Brit, to be in college Am; être inscrit dans un club to be a member of a club II vpr 1. (s'immatriculer) s'~ à une école to enrol at a school Brit, to enroll at a school Am; s'~ à une faculté to register at a university; s'~ à un parti/club to join a party/club; s'~ sur une liste to put one's name down on a list; se faire ~ au tennis to join the tennis club 2. (s'insérer dans) s'~ dans le cadre de qc (décision, mesure, projet) to come within the context of sth 3. (apparaître) s'~ sur l'écran to appear on the screen
(from Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact)
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They appear (or take place) with the speed (or quality) of lightning...
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They appear with lightning speed and brilliance...
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Definition
fulgurant(e) adj 1. (rapide: vitesse, réplique) lightning; (progrès) staggering 2. (violent: douleur) shooting 3. (éblouissant: lueur) dazzling; (regard) blazing
(from Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact)
<< Back to results
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Definition
inscrire irr I vt 1. (noter) ~ qc dans un carnet/sur une enveloppe to write sth down in a notebook/on an envelope; ~ qc à l'ordre du jour to put sth on the agenda; être inscrit dans ma mémoire to be engraved in my memory; être inscrit sur mon visage to be written on my face 2. (immatriculer) ~ qn à une école/dans un club to enrol sb at a school/in a club Brit, to enroll sb at a school/in a club Am; ~ qn sur une liste to put sb on a list; (pour prendre rendez-vous) to put sb on a waiting list; être inscrit à la faculté to be at university Brit, to be in college Am; être inscrit dans un club to be a member of a club II vpr 1. (s'immatriculer) s'~ à une école to enrol at a school Brit, to enroll at a school Am; s'~ à une faculté to register at a university; s'~ à un parti/club to join a party/club; s'~ sur une liste to put one's name down on a list; se faire ~ au tennis to join the tennis club 2. (s'insérer dans) s'~ dans le cadre de qc (décision, mesure, projet) to come within the context of sth 3. (apparaître) s'~ sur l'écran to appear on the screen
(from Dictionnaire Cambridge Klett Compact)
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They appear (or take place) with the speed (or quality) of lightning...
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They appear with lightning speed and brilliance...
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