Composer avec
April 26th, 2007
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Whilst reading the article entitled Quai Voltaire, I came across the expression “composer avec”:
Une fois l’ex-président emménagé, ils devront également composer avec “le bruit et l’odeur”.
The expression “composer avec” means:
To make do with, to deal with
Hence we can translate the whole sentence as:
Once the ex-president has moved in, they will also have to make do with the “noise and smell”.
Dès potron-minet
April 19th, 2007
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In the article entitled La France qui se lève tôt, I came across the expression “dès potron-minet”
Au nom des Français qui travaillent ou qui cherchent du boulot dès potron-minet, ces militants voulaient tirer du lit “ceux qui s’enrichissent en dormant”.
The expression “dès potron-minet” means the same as “dès l’aube” and can be translated as:
From the crack of dawn
Hence we can translate the whole phrase as:
In the name of those French who work or are job seeking from the crack of dawn, these militants wanted to get all those people who “get rich in their sleep” out of bed.