English: It took us three weeks to make; we made it for a *hundred grand*French translation: 1000 dollars 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | a hundred grand | | French translation: | 1000 dollars | | Entered by: | jemo |
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Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / film "Once" | | English term or phrase: It took us three weeks to make; we made it for a *hundred grand* | Paroles de Glen Hansard at the Oscars ceremony, last february, à propos du film irlandais Once.
Mon problème: *for a hundred grand*
Merci d'avance |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseAndy THEODOROU: 8:31pm Mar 6, 2008: grand veut dire 1000 livres en argot (ou je suppose autre devise si applicable)
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| it took us three weeks to make; we made it for a *hundred grand* ça nous a pris 3 semaines et ça a coûté 100 000 dollars
Explanation:
pour "grand" voir http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=grand
ici 1000 dollars:
""This is amazing. What are we doing here? This is mad," red-haired Glen Hansard said, standing next to "Once" co-winner Marketa Irglova. "We made this film two years ago, we shot on two Handycams, it took us three weeks to make, we made it for $100,000, we never thought we'd come into a room and be in front of you people. ... Make art! Make art!"
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08056/860245-60.stm
| jemo
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Native speaker of:  French
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