(to be) packed up

French translation: tous les autres ont été conquis/persuadés/séduits/emballés

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English term or phrase:(to be) packed up [Everyone else has been packed up]
French translation:tous les autres ont été conquis/persuadés/séduits/emballés
Entered by: Unbounded Arts

08:44 Jul 11, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: (to be) packed up
The girl has high status.
Granny, this isn't fair.
Even after hearing my story,you've no sympathy for me.
Everyone else has been packed up...

Taken from a dialogue. This young man is trying to convince his grandma that his fiancee is the right one and she is not very understanding , so he says the above sentence.
Unbounded Arts
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Local time: 22:06
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Explanation:
Dans le Standard Dictionary of the English language (Funk&Wagnalls),
encore un de mes vieux dicos, je trouve:
to pack: to arrange, select or manipulate to own one's advantage: i.e. to pack a jury.

Traduction: tous les autres ont été conquis/persuadés/séduits/emballés
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voir ci-dessous


Explanation:
Dans le Standard Dictionary of the English language (Funk&Wagnalls),
encore un de mes vieux dicos, je trouve:
to pack: to arrange, select or manipulate to own one's advantage: i.e. to pack a jury.

Traduction: tous les autres ont été conquis/persuadés/séduits/emballés


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