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Conges terminology question
140 months ago
Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Language pair: |
French > English |
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Subject: |
General |
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Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
venait du milieu de nulle part |
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Context: |
Il était dévoré de honte. Dix ans qu'il n'avait pas appelé son ami Dominique, dix ans qu'il n'avait pas bu un verre ou plaisanté avuc lui. Dix ans que celui-ci venait au milieu de nulle part, rue de la Grange-aux-belles sans doute tous les jours dans ces locaux improbables, diriger il ne savait quoi. |
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140 months ago
Marie-Claire 
wrote:
had come to the middle of nowhere
My comment:
Just wondering if the literal translation might work. Could you tell us why you wrote two different things "au milieu" in the title and "au milieu" in the text? Which is it?
The asker rated this answer best
140 months ago
Marie-Claire
wrote:
for ten years he had been coming to that godforsaken place
140 months ago
samvallon
wrote:
Came in the middle of nowhere
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