arch game

French translation: Passe passera: farandole et pont

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English term or phrase:arch game
French translation:Passe passera: farandole et pont
Entered by: Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva

17:44 Oct 21, 2004
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: arch game
"It is in the traditional chants that we find greatest evidence of British influence on the oral tradition, as it is in this arch game song"

Nous parlons de chansons accompagnant des jeux d'enfants.
Cathie Humbert
Spain
Local time: 14:18
Passe passera: farandole et pont
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http://www.google.fr/search?q=cache:d61q0Ag_PvIJ:www.momes.n...
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Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
Canada
Local time: 08:18
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4jouer à passer sous les bras
Gayle Wallimann
2 +1Passe passera: farandole et pont
Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
jouer à passer sous les bras


Explanation:
Faire un "pont" avec les bras et passer en-dessous.
Exemple en anglais, "London Bridge is Falling Down".

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Note added at 17 mins (2004-10-21 18:01:16 GMT)
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Je ne trouve que \"jeux d\'enfants\",comme faire la farandole en passant sous les bras des autres.


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    www.crdp-strasbourg.fr/cddp68/ Tele/1%202%203%20nagez%20intervenants.pdf
Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 14:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michel A.: oui à 100% pour l'explication, la traduction ne convient pas (c'est une périphrase), je cherche aussi ;-))
3 mins
  -> Oui, c'est vrai. Est-ce qu'il y a un terme précis? Je cherche encore...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Passe passera: farandole et pont


Explanation:
http://www.google.fr/search?q=cache:d61q0Ag_PvIJ:www.momes.n...

Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
Canada
Local time: 08:18
Native speaker of: Bulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  jacrav
54 mins
  -> merci
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