Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
and lost it
French translation:
cet aspect divin
English term
and lost it
"neurotic" young woman who was terrified of men, but after falling in love with a medical assistant of von Urban
eventually agreed to marry him on the condition that he would not try to have sex with her. After six weeks, they
spent their first night together, naked but without any sexual contact. After about half an hour of lying together, they both experienced an indescribable delight and rapture that lasted the whole night.
However, after seven hours they had to separate or they would get a feeling of suffocation unless they had a shower, and then they could continue lying blissfully together. During the day they felt exceptionally happy, relaxed and energetic. For 14 years they practised this
celestial type of love-making until they tried conventional sex and lost it.
que désigne it à votre avis ? leur pratique à eux ou le sexe conventionnel ? merci !
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Christian Roy
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| 4 +4 | explication ci-dessous |
Rob Grayson
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| 4 +1 | que pensez-vous de "rompre le charme" |
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Proposed translations
France
He Writes at the Speed of Light!
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English
cet aspect divin
"For 14 years they practised this celestial type of love-making until they tried conventional sex and lost it."
« Ils ont fait l'amour de cette façon céleste pendant 14 ans; puis, ils ont essayé de faire l'amour de façon conventionnelle, et ils ont perdu cet aspect divin. »
explication ci-dessous
A mon avis ça ne peut être que ça....mais j'avoue que l'anglais est un peu ambigu.
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Hepburn
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Thanks!
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Merline
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Thanks!
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Mona G
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Thanks, Mona!
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Raymonde Gagnier
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Thanks, rousselures!
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que pensez-vous de "rompre le charme"
ou
ce qui eut pour effet de rompre le charme
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