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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2252112, member: 5833"]This drove me to my French/English dictionary, since my high school French is in no way sufficient for less common words that aren't cognates. Sense seems to be find one's way or grope, in the sense of clutch at blindly, not the way we tend to hear it today, so think maybe the idea is he never never developed a coherent, consistent style.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This makes sense. The translators are not good with idiomatic expressions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2252112, member: 5833"]This drove me to my French/English dictionary, since my high school French is in no way sufficient for less common words that aren't cognates. Sense seems to be find one's way or grope, in the sense of clutch at blindly, not the way we tend to hear it today, so think maybe the idea is he never never developed a coherent, consistent style. This makes sense. The translators are not good with idiomatic expressions.[/QUOTE]
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