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English translation: as the key to

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French term or phrase:	à la clé
English translation:	as the key to
Entered by:	Agnes Grand Fay

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13:52 Jan 19, 2012

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French term or phrase: à la clé

Avec un maître nombre ***à la clé*** de ce prénom, nous sommes sans nul doute en présence d'une forte personnalité ! D'apparence froide et réservée,

This is a numerology report. Bearing in mind that each letter of a first name has a numerical value (A=1, B=2, S=19, T=20 etc.) I was wondering if this could mean that the first letter of the first name is a master number... or just that the master number is the "cherry on the cake".

Thank you for lending your synapses ;o)

Kelly Harrison KudoZ activity Questions: 57 (3 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 80
Local time: 13:32

as the key to ( this name)

Explanation:
in numerology the term key is used

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Agnes Grand Fay
Local time: 13:32

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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

as the key to ( this name)

Agnes Grand Fay

conditioning

piazza d

With a master number assigned to this name (first name)

MatthewLaSon

at the origin of

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant

thrown in

Sébastien GUITTENY

Summary of reference entries provided
about numerology	katsy

Discussion entries: 1

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8 mins confidence:

thrown in

Explanation:
The general meaning of "à la clé" is "at stake".
For instance, "une récompense à la clé" : "a reward thrown in"

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com

Sébastien GUITTENY
France
Local time: 13:32
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: OK, merci, mais en Anglais "at stake" veut dire qu'on risque de le perdre/gagner - par exemple, une relation, des sous, des biens en general: ce qui est "at stake" c'est ce qui est en jeu... "Thrown in" c'est bien - thrown into the deal/package maybe... but it sounds a little weird to say "a master number thrown into this first name..."

47 mins confidence:

conditioning

Explanation:
The origin of this phrase seems to be musical and deals with what alterations (sharp or flat signs) are written at the beginning of the staff. They condition the interpretation.
staff: portée
sharp or flat: dièse ou bémol

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So the special number assigned to the name determines a strong personality. Just a suggestion!

piazza d
France
Local time: 13:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French

54 mins confidence:

at the origin of

Explanation:
suggestion (de la part d'une française)

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Française, la majuscule :-) m'a échappée.

Pascale van Kempen-Herlant
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

as the key to ( this name)

Explanation:
in numerology the term key is used

Example sentence(s):

The key to numerology

Reference: http://psychicvisions.org/numerology_key.htm

Agnes Grand Fay
Local time: 13:32
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Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 7

Grading comment

Thanks again!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you!

3 hrs confidence:

With a master number assigned to this name (first name)

Explanation:
Hello,

There are talking about master numbers in numerology. This may work, but I'm not sure sure.

maître nombre à la clé de ce = master number to the key of this = master number assigned to this

I'm not sure about using "key" here as I'm far from being a numerology expert. LOL.

I hope this helps.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 07:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 137

Reference comments

48 mins

Reference: about numerology

Reference information:
Hello - this site gives some explanations about "clés"... it would appear that maybe your expression is not the idiomatic expression "à la clé", but a reference to the numbers found - apparently you get a "clé" when you add up all the numbers...
Hope you find this helpful - I do not know what the English equivalent is...

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Here's another site in English http://www.astrosage.com/numerology/calculator.asp
where I see 'lucky number' (it can't be that, surely?!) and
Namank for the number you get from your name....
all the best!

Reference: http://www.nashira.com/fr/grandpub/methode.html

katsy
France
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

Note to reference poster

Asker: Thank you very much!

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