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cagey vet

French translation: vétéran aguerri


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English term or phrase:cagey vet
French translation:vétéran aguerri
Entered by: Arroger
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09:28 Oct 18, 2004
English to French translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
English term or phrase: cagey vet
Without passing windows, it’s up to the cagey vet to find the open man and fire a bullet or hoist a lob.
Lionel Masson
Local time: 13:46
vétéran aguerri
Explanation:
cagey c'est "prudent", mais vu que c'est un vétéran, il en a vu d'autres, il est aguerri.
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Arroger
Canada
Local time: 07:46
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2combattant (guerrier) circumspect
Petre Muresan
3 +1vétéran aguerriArroger


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
combattant (guerrier) circumspect


Explanation:
Looks like instructions from a shooter game. As such, I'd choose "combattant circumspect" or "avise"

Petre Muresan
Local time: 14:46
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Céline Godinho
7 mins

agree  raoul weiss: plutôt "vétéran", comme le suggère l'autre proposition (malheureusement redondante)
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
vétéran aguerri


Explanation:
cagey c'est "prudent", mais vu que c'est un vétéran, il en a vu d'autres, il est aguerri.

Arroger
Canada
Local time: 07:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  raoul weiss: pléonasme; tous les vétérans du monde sont, par définition, aguerris; mais d'accord pour "vétéran"
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