Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
patience was something he had to spare
French translation:
il avait de la patience à revendre
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Oct 17, 2009 12:54
14 yrs ago
English term
patience was something he had to spare
English to French
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Poetry & Literature
patience
Contexte: un cambrioleur qui prépare son coup.
Phrase: Everything comes to he who waits, and patience was something he had to spare
Mon doute:le sens de 'to spare' dans cette phrase.
Phrase: Everything comes to he who waits, and patience was something he had to spare
Mon doute:le sens de 'to spare' dans cette phrase.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 3 +10 | il avait de la patience à revendre |
Anne Carnot
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Change log
Oct 17, 2009 14:26: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "...something he had to spare" to "something he had to spare"
Jan 17, 2011 10:07: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/27047">gilbertlu's</a> old entry - "something he had to spare"" to ""il avait de la patience à revendre""
Jan 17, 2011 10:07: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "something he had to spare" to "patience was something he had to spare"
Proposed translations
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English term (edited):
...something he had to spare
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il avait de la patience à revendre
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