"Nice and" expression question.

[Geoff Bannister]

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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
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> > --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
> > <gbannister10@> wrote:
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> > << For example, if you describe Harry's wand as "nice and supple" this
> > would probably need a different translation to a phrase such as "turn
> > the control nice and gently" or "push down the accelerator pedal nice
> > and steadily". (snip) my trusty Readers' Digest Word Power Dictionary
> > does say this under 'nice': "3 (nice and -) satisfactory in terms of
> > the quality described." >>
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Cabal:
> Translation to what? English? I got lost in this.

Geoff:
Zanooda, whom I believe is not a native English speaker, raised 
the item in the context of translating the phrase(s) into a foreign 
language.