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184 months ago

Geea (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Medical

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

début brutal

Context:

Fiévre élevée, courbatures , frissons , ecoulement nasal , toux sèche , début brutal

Keywords:

OK, one of many similar answers to a survey question...obviously all flu symptoms, but is there a standard equivalent to this in English, or just something like "sudden onset"? TIA (thanks in advance)

 

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184 months ago

Medilingua Hungarica  See profile wrote:

superacute eruption of the disease

My comment:

no standard equivalent, literary expression

184 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

sudden onset

My comment:

I think you had it right

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184 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

sudden onset

My comment:

I think you had it right

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

184 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Bonjour Claude. A mon tour d'acquiescer.

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184 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

came on real(ly) hard

My comment:

To keep the informal nature of survey responses.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

184 months ago

  See profile wrote:

That would work too

184 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Or "attacked me really hard."

184 months ago

  See profile wrote:

That would work too