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Перевод: sylph

[существительное]
грациозная девушка; грациозная женщина; сильф

Тезаурус:

1. 'S TRIUMPH - The 13 st woman who is now the 8st-4-oz "slinky sylph" above.
2. about the room were high chairs and low chairs, bandy-legged chairs, chairs so attenuated that it was a wonder any but a sylph could sit upon them, marqueterie tables covered with marvellous gimcracks, china ornaments of all ages and countries, bronzes, gilt daggers, Books of Beauty, yataghans, Turkish papooshes and boxes of Parisian bonbons
3. Everything seemed to be moving in fast forward, yet she was darting lightly between the moments like a Rigelian sylph.
4. But even people who are concerned about me say things which seem to be complimentary; a teacher remarks that I have become "a sylph" lately, Mum defends me to my grandma as "naturally slender", and Dad makes jokes about my skinny legs - reassuring jokes, the sort he used to make when I was little, before I became "a young woman" and embarrassing to him.