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left big boots for his successor to fill

French translation: a placé la barre très haut pour son successeur

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English term or phrase: left big boots for his successor to fill French translation: a placé la barre très haut pour son successeur Entered by: fchi

15:41 Sep 18, 2007

English to French translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: left big boots for his successor to fill Je ne comprends pas bien le sens de cette expression dans la phrase : The resigned manager left big boots for his successor to fill, but also a good organization. Merci de votre aide.	serge13 KudoZ activity Questions: 626 (none open) (105 closed without grading) Answers: 5 France Local time: 00:45
a placé la barre très haut pour son successeur Explanation: à peu près le même sens que la proposition de Michel Lévy...	Selected response from: fchi Local time: 00:45
Grading comment Merci de votre aide 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
3 +8	a placé la barre très haut pour son successeur	fchi
4	a laissé d'importantes responsabilités à endosser	jean-jacques alexandre
3	a laissé une forte empreinte / a marqué la fonction de son empreinte	Michel A.
3	a laisse des taches considerables a completer par son successeur	Carmen Archouniani

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a laissé une forte empreinte / a marqué la fonction de son empreinte Explanation: il va falloir que le nouveau chausse des bottes peut-être trop grandes pour lui	Michel A. Local time: 18:45 Works in field Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 97
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a laissé d'importantes responsabilités à endosser Explanation: big boots : charges	jean-jacques alexandre France Local time: 00:45 Works in field Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 40
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12 mins   confidence: peer agreement (net): +8

a placé la barre très haut pour son successeur Explanation: à peu près le même sens que la proposition de Michel Lévy...	fchi Local time: 00:45 Works in field Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Jérôme Haushalter 20 mins   -> merci.F. agree  helene_d (X) 53 mins   -> Merci agree  Delphine G 1 hr   -> Merci.F. agree  GILLES MEUNIER 1 hr   -> Merci.F. agree  Erika Ségransan 1 hr   -> Merci.F. agree  emiledgar 3 hrs   -> Merci.F. agree  Mohamed Mehenoun: excellent ! 7 hrs   -> Merci! F agree  JulieM 16 hrs   -> Merci.F
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a laisse des taches considerables a completer par son successeur Explanation: hope this works for u	Carmen Archouniani Specializes in field Native speaker of: Armenian PRO pts in category: 4
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