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Translations decorating [ˈdekəreɪtɪŋ] N I got someone in to do the decorating → traje a una persona para que pintara/empapelara la casa interior decorating → decoración f de interiores, interiorismo m decorating [ˈdɛkəreɪtɪŋ] n (= painting and papering) → peinture f et tapisserie f I did a lot of the decorating myself → J'ai fait une grande partie de la peinture et de la tapisserie moi-même. decorating decorating [ˈdɛkəˌreɪtɪŋ] n to do some decorating → mettere la carta da parati (e pitturare) decorating [ˈdɛkəˌreɪtɪŋ] n to do some decorating → mettere la carta da parati (e pitturare) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Franklin sent to London for the materials; mixed them up, with accompaniment of a smell which made the very dogs sneeze when they came into the room; put an apron and a bib over Miss Rachel's gown, and set her to work decorating her own little sitting-room--called, for want of English to name it in, her "boudoir. Indeed, I recognised it as being of a Parisian design as yet little known in England; while on the tops of the stockings I laughingly suspected a border designed by a certain eccentric artist, who devotes his strange gifts to decorating with fascinating miniatures the under-world of woman. Some private individual -- a Pentagon whose name is variously reported -- having casually discovered the constituents of the simpler colours and a rudimentary method of painting, is said to have begun decorating first his house, then his slaves, then his Father, his Sons, and Grandsons, lastly himself. |
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