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Polly Parrot

French translation: faire le perroquet, apprendre par coeur

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English term or phrase:polly parrot
French translation:faire le perroquet, apprendre par coeur

05:54 May 21, 2001
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: Polly Parrot
This indicates you need to be comfortable with policy-based routing, not just know the right commands to pass the exam. Yes, you could play Polly Parrot and probably pass, but would you have really learned anything useful? If you're not well-acquainted with the subject matter, you're going to find CCIE a huge and possibly insurmountable hurdle.
VGP
Local time: 09:42
apprendre par coeur
Explanation:
pour "Play Polly Parrot".

C'est juste une suggestion de ce que je perçois comme sens à cette expression.

Polly est un prénom féminin US.
Parrot : perroquet.

Play Polly Parrot = imiter le perroquet Polly = jouer les perroquets.
Parrot est en anglais comme en français un attribut péjoratif pour quelqu'un qui répète ce qu'il a entendu. D'où mon interprétation qui tient du "Félix le chat" et autres Ysengrin.

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Yves Georges
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Local time: 09:42
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Vous êtes vraiment très fort. Merci beaucoup. VG
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naapprendre par coeur
Yves Georges
nafaire du "par coeur"
Louis RIOUAL


  

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1 hr
apprendre par coeur


Explanation:
pour "Play Polly Parrot".

C'est juste une suggestion de ce que je perçois comme sens à cette expression.

Polly est un prénom féminin US.
Parrot : perroquet.

Play Polly Parrot = imiter le perroquet Polly = jouer les perroquets.
Parrot est en anglais comme en français un attribut péjoratif pour quelqu'un qui répète ce qu'il a entendu. D'où mon interprétation qui tient du "Félix le chat" et autres Ysengrin.

Bonne trad...




Yves Georges
France
Local time: 09:42
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1459
Grading comment
Vous êtes vraiment très fort. Merci beaucoup. VG
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1 hr
faire du "par coeur"


Explanation:
memory from my school days

Louis RIOUAL
Local time: 09:42
PRO pts in pair: 434
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