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177 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:

peine perdue

Context:

Ouf!! Allait-elle s'arrêter un instant, commenter la visite, faire un petite pause? Peine

Keywords:

...perdue, puisqu'elle poursuivit sa course folle sand la moindre compassion pour ses pauvres articulations engourdies par son long voyage...Something like "it was a lost cause?"

 

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177 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

lost cause / waste of effort / casting pearls to pigs :)

My comment:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_portuguese/linguistics/4346755-peine_perdue.html

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177 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

wasted time, wasted effort

My comment:

something in that vein

177 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

wasted time, wasted effort

My comment:

something in that vein