Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Contar algo con lujo
English translation:
Tell the story in great detail
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Spanish term
Contar algo con lujo
Context: A woman is being interrogated by a soldier, she lies to him intentionally to protect herself and act innocent, he gets drunk and then (not so obvious, but suspected) she and other women are raped.
Full sentence:
"Cuenta con lujo las siguientes fases vestido de verde oliva, las manos de los otros que me esperan, agrandando, disminuyendo a veces el tono, mientras traga y se emborracha en sus funciones." (207)
No idea what this means really...
My attempt so far has been:
"He delights in telling me about the next phases dressed in olive green"
Any ideas?
| 4 +2 | Tell the story in great detail |
Francisco Herrerias
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| 4 | Describe in detail |
Cecilia Gowar
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philgoddard
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Proposed translations
United States
Your words in their words
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Mexican) 
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish, and 1 more.
Tell the story in great detail
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Note added at 42 mins (2017-05-17 17:29:40 GMT)
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This is really interesting, I think there may be other option combining Cecilia's and mine:
"Describes luxuriously..."
which adds the term "con lujo", getting closer to the original expression.
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philgoddard
: You can also say "con todo lujo". http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/lujo. If you recount something in great detail, that implies that you enjoy doing it, so "with great relish" is another possibility. Not "luxuriously", though.
44 mins
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You are right... my bad
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neilmac
: I like "in abundant detail" too....
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United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
Describe in detail
Reference comments
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
Discussion
It is a very peculiar style, I'm not quite sure what you're referring to with trimming, but if it means that she's created a fragmented narrative, yes, that's exactly it. The next part of the story is never talked about, it's all implied in that passage. Basically it's alluded to, that since she hasn't been cooperative in the interrogation, the troop will rape her.