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140 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

General

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

coffre de pacotille

Context:

Tout à l'heure, après avoir, avec le score des Bleus, ouvert le coffre de pacotille de sa chambre d'hôtel...

 

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140 months ago

samvallon  See profile wrote:

Tacky safe

My comment:

pacotille means something cheap or easily breakable, not reliable, tacky is here used as cheap, vulgar.

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140 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

I agree with your answer.

140 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

That's right.

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