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French: composer les gammes

English translation: learn the ropes







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French term or phrase:composer les gammes
English translation:learn the ropes
Entered by:Maria Constant
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French term or phrase: composer les gammes
This occurs in private correspondence. "Bien aide correctement XXX a bien composer les gammes pour la voiture." Could this be slang? Technical vocabulary?
david angel
United Kingdom
learn the ropes
Explanation:
Help the person to learn the ropes of driving the car - how to use all the different features
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Maria Constant
France
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks. The answer fits.
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5 +1learn the ropesMaria Constant
1a question for you
Flo in London


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
learn the ropes

Explanation:
Help the person to learn the ropes of driving the car - how to use all the different features

Maria Constant
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks. The answer fits.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree DocteurPC: makes sense
43 mins
  -> Thanks ! again !

neutral sodamnlogical: good idea, but wouldn't it be "apprendre la gamme"? The FR is poorly written, IMO...
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
a question for you

Explanation:
Sorry, I'm not submitting an answer, I just wanted to ask if you could please provide some context for this? (I don't know how to add a comment in the Asker's box) It does sound rather cryptic in French...


Flo in London
United Kingdom
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