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table qui ne ferme pas bien

English translation: doesn't close properly

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French term or phrase:ne ferme pas bien
English translation:doesn't close properly
Entered by: Yolanda Broad

14:47 Jul 3, 2003
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: table qui ne ferme pas bien
Est-ce que quelqu'un connait un terme plus simple pour dire "table qui ne ferme pas bien" en anglais, au lieu de: table that does not close well

Merci !
Veronique Boulet
Canada
Local time: 10:25
doesn't close properly
Explanation:
ie as it should
Selected response from:

writeaway
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6doesn't close properly
writeaway
5 +2table that doesn't fold away properly
Paul Lambert
5 +2table that does not fold up/unfold properly
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
doesn't close properly


Explanation:
ie as it should

writeaway
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2913

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Parrot
0 min
agree  Gabi François
2 mins
agree  Christopher Crockett: Better than "close well", but what *is* a table which "closes", properly, well, or not ?
3 mins
  -> it could be close, shut, fold, collapse-depends on the mechanism.
agree  Steffen Walter: But what kind of table could *that* be? I've got some difficulties to put 'table' and '(to) close' together. Perhaps it's just lack of imagination...
4 mins
agree  Caroline Mackay-Sim (X)
5 mins
agree  Sheila Hardie: yes, and I agree with Christopher's comment above
23 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
table that doesn't fold away properly


Explanation:
another option i suppose - agree with above though that it must be 'properly'! paul

Paul Lambert
United States
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Hardie: also possible
14 mins
agree  Christopher Crockett: Yes, some sort of folding (as in "card") table makes sense.
1 hr
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
table that does not fold up/unfold properly


Explanation:
fold up properly

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 8576

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  pschmitt
7 mins
agree  Christopher Crockett: Yes, some sort of folding (as in "card") table makes sense.
1 hr
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