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French: bouchées doubles

English translation: has multiplied his efforts







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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:a mis les bouchées doubles
English translation:has multiplied his efforts
Entered by:Johanne Bouthillier
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French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: bouchées doubles
pour cette énieme attaque des positions des rebelles, Mr xxx a mis les bouchées doubles
Ana Maria Sousa
United Kingdom
has multiplied his efforts
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Johanne Bouthillier
Canada
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2redoubled his eoffrts/pulled out all the stopsxxxCMJ_Trans
3 +2has multiplied his efforts
Johanne Bouthillier
4has doubled his efforts or has put in extra effortspalani
4worked extra hard ...1045
3double fortifications
Tegan Raleigh


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
double fortifications

Explanation:
but only if bouchée is a typo, and should be bouché...

Tegan Raleigh
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
has multiplied his efforts

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Johanne Bouthillier
Canada
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Natou
46 mins
  -> merci !
agree traviata: Mr XXX multiplied his efforts
1 hr
  -> merci !
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
worked extra hard ...

Explanation:
... doubled his efforts ...

1045
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 16
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
has doubled his efforts or has put in extra efforts

Explanation:
bouchées doubles signifies putting an extra effort or work twice as hard

palani
India
PRO pts in category: 7
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
redoubled his eoffrts/pulled out all the stops

Explanation:
spared no effort

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 195

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree jarry: I think redoubled is the best.
1 hr
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne: pull out all the stops, give it all you've got etc. Much better to go for something idiomatic than close to a litteral rendering here.
10 hrs
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