Mar 7, 2011 12:45
13 yrs ago
French term
Mauritius
Meticulous, hard-working and dedicated
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: French to English, English to French
pécher par son indigence
French to English
Social Sciences
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
General / saying
L’idée du transport de masse, notamment dans la capitale, n’est point nouvelle. Ce sujet a été soulevé une première fois il y a vingt ans. Malheureusement les puissants lobbyistes du tout-voiture et des bus, plaçant leurs intérêts avant ceux du pays, ont eu raison du projet. Par ailleurs, une mauvaise présentation de la solution proposable a nui à la pédagogie de la démonstration qui avait été apportée à l’époque. L’évaluation avantages-inconvénients avait ***péché par son indigence.***
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20 mins
polyglot45
Native in French
&
English
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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42
Selected
was sketchy to say the least
to say it was an empty vessel is clearly the understatement of the year!
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Note added at 21 mins (2011-03-07 13:07:37 GMT)
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the cost-benefit analysis left everything to the imagination
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Note added at 22 mins (2011-03-07 13:08:18 GMT)
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was laughably inadequate
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Note added at 40 mins (2011-03-07 13:26:14 GMT)
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pitifully inadequate
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Note added at 41 mins (2011-03-07 13:27:22 GMT)
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was pathetically lacking in content
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Note added at 21 mins (2011-03-07 13:07:37 GMT)
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the cost-benefit analysis left everything to the imagination
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Note added at 22 mins (2011-03-07 13:08:18 GMT)
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was laughably inadequate
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Note added at 40 mins (2011-03-07 13:26:14 GMT)
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pitifully inadequate
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Note added at 41 mins (2011-03-07 13:27:22 GMT)
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was pathetically lacking in content
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
kashew
: plenty of good options.
25 mins
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yeah - even something with "woefully" (short on substance)
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| agree |
Helen Shiner
: way out in the lead of suggestions proffered here
55 mins
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| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Martin Cassell
: I'd go for "woefully" + "thin/poor/inadequate/..."
1 hr
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| agree |
cc in nyc
: "woefully" + any of the suggestions above, in this context
4 hrs
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| agree |
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
: 'woefully inadequate' seems good to me
6 hrs
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| agree |
Stéphanie Denton (X)
: Agree with Martin and Karen
9 hrs
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| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: woefully inadequate!
12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
5 mins
Howard Sugar
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, English to Italian, and 1 more.
sinned by it penury
It essentially means that there was far too little information.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
polyglot45
: its penury - but even then.....
15 mins
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| neutral |
Martin Cassell
: I fear this wouldn't be immediately meaningful to most EN readers
1 hr
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-1
20 mins
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Belize
Native in English
Specializes in field
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
fell through the cracks
suggestion
fall through the cracks
To pass unnoticed, neglected, or unchecked: “In the past, many learning disabled children fell through the cracks” (Judith Harkness Richardson).
fall through the cracks
To pass unnoticed, neglected, or unchecked: “In the past, many learning disabled children fell through the cracks” (Judith Harkness Richardson).
Example sentence:
all/slip through the cracks to get lost or be forgotten, especially within a system It seems that important information given to the police may have fallen through the cracks.
all through the cracks also slip through the cracks to be not noticed or dealt with Obviously too many young people fall through the cracks in the healthcare system.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Martin Cassell
: I really don't think that's the sense: indeed the opposite – it may have "missed the mark", but it was clearly very much noticed, for all the wrong reasons
1 hr
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54 mins
was remarkably poor/indigent
the two words mean the same thing. Ain't that a hoot.
3 hrs
had proven to be incomplete (not thorough)
Hello,
In other words, the evaluation was not a thorough one.
péché = to be lacking/shortcoming
It's not "pêché" LOL
In other words, the evaluation was not a thorough one.
péché = to be lacking/shortcoming
It's not "pêché" LOL
7 hrs
Wendy Cross
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Museum, art and culture specialist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
was too poor to impress anyone
Because the context makes it obvious that it is not the content of this project that leads it to fail but the poor way in which it is presented
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