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12:49 Jul 8, 2015 |
French to English translations [Non-PRO] Marketing - Furniture / Household Appliances / Junk shops | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 14:42 | ||||||
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4 +4 | (bargain hunted) tub |
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3 +2 | bathtub bargain |
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4 | a bath (I) unearthed at a bric-a-brac sale (held) at Fontainbleau |
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chiner |
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(bargain hunted) tub Explanation: chinée comes from the verb chiner (looking for second hand goods at a fair price) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2015-07-08 13:18:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- cf TLFI: Brocanter, chercher des occasions : En ce moment, Rémonencq, réconcilié avec son ancien bourgeois Monistrol, en affaires avec de gros marchands, allait chiner (...) dans la banlieue de Paris, qui, vous le savez, comporte un rayon de quarante lieues. BALZAC in "Le Cousin Pons", 1847, p. 109. |
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