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Old 05-09-2008, 05:24 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
no, to me "troubled" in english is a fundamentally negative feeling (from "trouble" as in "worries"), whereas this meaning in french is more like trouble in the sense of "eau trouble" (cloudy water), mixed-up and confused but it can be quite agreeable. tu n'as jamais été troublé par une belle femme qui s'est penchée sur toi ?
Troubled in English can have those connotations too.

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