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52 months ago

Barbara R Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

General

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

faillirent entraîner un parquet sous leur poi

Context:

Au mois de janvier l’hôtel de Talleyrand, habitation du baron Édouard, était à peu près complètement déménagé, à l’exclusion de très lourdes statues. Celles-ci amenées en cours d’année au Jeu de Paume faillirent entraîner un parquet sous leur poids.

 

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52 months ago

CMD  See profile wrote:

there was little missing and the parquet floor would have been broken (and gone to pieces) under their weight

52 months ago

martynback  See profile wrote:

were so heavy they almost went through the floorboards

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52 months ago

martynback  See profile wrote:

Or were so heavy the floorboards almost gave way

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52 months ago

MatthewHallisy  See profile wrote:

The nearly dragged a parquet from under their weight