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patience was something he had to spare

French translation: il avait de la patience à revendre


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English term or phrase:patience was something he had to spare
French translation:il avait de la patience à revendre
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12:54 Oct 17, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / patience
English term or phrase: patience was something he had to spare
Contexte: un cambrioleur qui prépare son coup.
Phrase: Everything comes to he who waits, and patience was something he had to spare

Mon doute:le sens de 'to spare' dans cette phrase.
gilbertlu
Local time: 02:44
il avait de la patience à revendre
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Anne Carnot
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3 +10il avait de la patience à revendre
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +10
...something he had to spare
il avait de la patience à revendre


Explanation:
Cela pourrait peut-être convenir dans votre contexte ?

Anne Carnot
Local time: 02:44
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Avec tous mes remerciements

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zoubida Hamdaoui
13 mins
agree  jmleger: oui, c'est ce qui m'est venu à l'esprit... que j'ai à revendre d'aileurs. :-)
13 mins
  -> :))
agree  marie-christine périé
19 mins
  -> merci à vous
agree  Emmanuelle Debon: ça tombe sous lez (bon) sens!
19 mins
  -> merci !
agree  Beila Goldberg: Moi, je le garde pour moi (l'esprit) ;-) et la patience n'est pas mon fort, donc bossons, bossons!
20 mins
  -> bon courage :)
agree  Françoise Vogel: de la patience, il en avait à revendre
20 mins
  -> merci !
agree  Tony M: Certainly captures the right meaning of 'to spare' here
1 hr
  -> thanks
agree  Amélie Ragot
2 hrs
agree  Myriam Dupouy: Il y a eu du rebaptême dans l'air ou c'est moi qui perds la boule ?// Ouf, je ne suis donc pas folle (mais plus très Kudoz ces temps-ci, alors un rien me perturbe ;o)
23 hrs
  -> non, non, j'ai décidé de sortir de l'anonymat ;))
agree  AnneMarieG: ah, je me disais bien que je vous connaissais ss un autre nom - bonsoir ! Anne-Marie
1 day3 hrs
  -> Et oui ! Merci, et bonne soirée :)
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Changes made by editors
Jan 17, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Term askedsomething he had to spare => patience was something he had to spare
Jan 17, 2011 - Changes made by Tony M:
Edited KOG entrygilbertlu's old entry - "something he had to spare" => "il avait de la patience à revendre"
Oct 17, 2009 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term asked...something he had to spare => something he had to spare


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