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...Marcel and Lanny went ashore, and saw strange dark men wearing white hoods, and women going about completely veiled, with eyes black as sloes peering out seductively. (U. Sinclair, ‘World's End’, ch. 7) —...Марсель и Ланни сошли на берег; они увидели странных темнолицых мужчин в белых бурнусах и женщин, закутанных в покрывала, из-под которых обольстительно сверкали черные угольки глаз.
His eyes are black as coals set in the sharp brown cheekbones. (J. Updike, ‘The Centaur’, ch. VII) — Глаза достопочтенного Марча, черные как угли, блестят над острыми смуглыми скулами.
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