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en demi teinte

English translation: average

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French term or phrase:en demi-teinte
English translation:average
Entered by: silas1964 (X)

20:18 Oct 25, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Sports
French term or phrase: en demi teinte
Après une saison transitoire conclue par un résultat en demi teinte au Jeux des écoliers à Taïpeh, résultat moyen du à un début de maladie sur place, Yasmine a pris une pause bien méritée et s’est remise à l’entraînement mi-octobre.
silas1964 (X)
average
Explanation:
Neither good nor bad.
Selected response from:

JCEC
Canada
Local time: 21:40
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3middling
Peter Bagney
4 +3so-so results
Francis MARC
4 +1average
JCEC
5mediocre
Peter McCavana
5mediocre
Peter McCavana


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
middling


Explanation:
not so great

Peter Bagney
Spain
Local time: 03:40
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn
1 hr
agree  Sarah Walls
1 hr
agree  Peter McCavana
3 hrs
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
average


Explanation:
Neither good nor bad.

JCEC
Canada
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn
30 mins
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
so-so results


Explanation:
expression courante/familière pour des résultats mitigés

Ref. Harrap's :
(e) F so so (not too bad) comme ci comme ça;

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 04:40
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JCEC
17 mins
agree  NancyLynn
30 mins
agree  Peter McCavana
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
mediocre


Explanation:
mediocre: (a) middling, neither good nor bad; (b) second-rate.
NB : "médiocre" in French usually means second-rate or poor.

Peter McCavana
France
Local time: 03:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
mediocre


Explanation:
mediocre: (a) middling, neither good nor bad; (b) second-rate.
NB : "médiocre" in French usually means second-rate or poor.

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Note added at 2002-10-25 23:54:42 (GMT) Post-grading
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When I said \"médiocre\" in French usually means second-rate or poor, my intention was to point out a slight difference between the meanings of \"mediocre\" in English and \"médiocre\" in French.


Peter McCavana
France
Local time: 03:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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