It's just a very fine line between elegant and dowdy.
Entre l'élégance et l'inélégance, la distinction est subtile.
I feel so dowdy.
Je me sens si terne.
And I'm going to be incredibly dowdy.
- Je vais etre completement demode.
The females are brown and relatively dowdy, whereas the males have a vivid purple sash on the wings and are iridescent colors.
Les femelles sont brunes et plutôt ternes tandis que les mâles ont des bandes mauves sur les ailes et présentent des couleurs plus chatoyantes.
There is no greater fan of the Cotswolds than I but spending our summer holidays in our country house. Doesn't that strike you as a bit dowdy?
Cotswolds n'a pas de plus grand fan que moi, mais passer les vacances d'été dans notre maison de campagne. - Ça ne te semble pas un peu austère ?
One day, her husband comes home with tickets to attend a very affluent party, and she is excited to attend, but upset that she will look dowdy.
Un jour, son mari rentre à la maison avec des billets pour assister à une fête très riche, et elle est excitée d'y assister, mais contrariée qu'elle va regarder dowdy.
Angie was wearing a dowdy gray dress.
Angie portait une robe grise sans éclat.
Nobody under 30 is going to want to join this dowdy church group. We've got make it more fun!
Personne de moins de 30 ans ne voudra rejoindre ce groupe paroissial ringard. Il faut qu’on le rende plus amusant !
My housekeeper, Mrs Dowdy, can I see her?
Ma gouvernante, Mme Dowdy, je peux la voir ?
Thank you very much, Mrs Dowdy.
Merci beaucoup, Mme Dowdy.
You know I will, Dowdy.
Tu sais très bien que oui, Dowdy.
Until the complete direction of the association is fully renewed, the board of directors has entrusted the secretariat to Mrs. Suzanne Dowdy.
Jusqu'à ce que la direction complète de l'association ne soit renouvellée entièrement, le conseil d'administration a confié le secrétariat à Mme Suzanne Dowdy.
No, she was the one he had with him the third time. The first one was the dowdy one, then his wife, then her, and now this red...
Elle était avec lui la troisiéme fois. La premiére était la moche, puis y'a eu sa femme, et la rous...
Why does she always choose to buy those dowdy outfits?
Pourquoi choisit-elle toujours d’acheter ces tenues sans style ?
Mrs Dowdy seems to be running late this morning.
Mme Dowdy est en retard.
Dowdy tipped me off. He used to drink a quart of scotch every day of his life.
Dowdy m'a dit qu'il buvait 1/4 de litre de scotch par jour.
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