Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
A bout portant
English translation:
at point - blank range
French term
United Kingdom
A bout portant
| 3 +13 | at point - blank range |
Sébastien GUITTENY
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| 5 | at close range |
Henning Bauer
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Jan 25, 2010 07:57: SJLD changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jan 31, 2010 16:36: Sébastien GUITTENY Created KOG entry
Jan 31, 2010 16:37: Sébastien GUITTENY changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1165163">Sébastien GUITTENY's</a> old entry - "A bout portant"" to ""at point - blank range""
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Rob Grayson, SJLD
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Proposed translations
France
Tempus fugit sic carpe diem
Native in: French
Works in: French to English, English to French
at point - blank range
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Anne Girardeau
0 min
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Martyn Greenan
4 mins
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John Detre
5 mins
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Jean-Claude Gouin
6 mins
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Tony M
: Perhaps as a heading, just 'Point blank' would do (as in the film title, of course!)
27 mins
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jmleger
: grosse pointe blank, a favorite of mine.
29 mins
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Verginia Ophof
31 mins
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Henning Bauer
38 mins
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: w/ TonyM: point blank is the usual term
50 mins
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Rob Grayson
: As looking in any dictionary would have confirmed...
5 hrs
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writeaway
: backed by standard Fr-En dictionaries, online, on CD Rom or on the shelf
7 hrs
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Lorna Coing
1 day 19 hrs
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Travelin Ann
: but "point-blank" - no spaces, just a hyphen
1 day 21 hrs
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United States
Specializing in Media and Literature
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to English, and 3 more.
at close range
"...un commando d'une vingtaine d'individus, qui tirent à bout portant avec leurs fusils lance-grenades et puis se replient..."
"N'adoptez point la méthode de ceux qui emploient de petite charges et tirent à bout portant.
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