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178 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

bâtons rompus

Context:

Ça, ce serait à toi de le découvrir, lança Sam, en me débarassant d'une de mes valises...

Keywords:

...Et maintenant, en route!...Bien que discutant à bâtons rompus, la traversée de Los Angeles pour rejoindre la maison fut très intéressant...I don't know if the writer is talking about the painted lines along the freeway, or some kind of knocked down construction poles.

 

 

The answer of DSWCreative  See profile was rated best

It means: "Although we were talking about this and that"

My comment:

"parler à bâtons rompus" means "talk about this and that" or "small talk"

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