gracile

Ma mère a toujours voulu faire de moi une sylphide, élégante et gracile comme elle.
My mother always wanted me to be a sylph, all lithe and elegant like her.
Oh seigneur, quel coude si gracile.
Oh, my, you have a pert elbow.
On va te sauver, gracile.
Come on, we'll save you, Dainty.
Même la sculpture en acier 'Berlin' de Eduardo Chillida, lourde de 90 tonnes, a l'air presque gracile devant un tel arrière-plan.
Even the 90 ton steel sculpture, 'Berlin', by Eduardo Chillida almost seems dainty in front of such a backdrop.
Tous les marsupiaux ne vivent pas en Australie ; par exemple, il y a la gracile yaca à queue grasse, qui vit au Chili.
Not all marsupials live in Australia; for example, there's the elegant fat-tailed opossum, which lives in Chile.
Mon frère dit que la demoiselle a un cou gracile.
My brother says the proud maiden has such a pretty neck.
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