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171 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:

les réjouissances sont de ma seule compétenc

Context:

—Ma venue ici ne semble pas réjouir tout le monde...Il avait compris que faisais allusion.

Keywords:

...au dénommé Galton. —Les réjouissances sont de ma seule compétence, monsieur Hunt...An authoritarian military camp instructor is making the latter comment in response to the protagonist, who has just shown up there as a recruit.

 

 

The answer of Geoff Bing  See profile was rated best

I decide when to rejoice

My comment:

literally - "celebration is my responsibility alone"

you'd obviously have to use the part of speech relating back to the first phrase- ie if you said no-one "rejoiced" at his arrival, he'd say "I decide when to rejoice"