On the 8th of May 1945, Germany surrendered to Allied forces. Find out more in this video with archive footage. Below, you'll find the transcript and translation - click any phrase to read the English and find links to related French grammar lessons.
Je ne comprends pas le verbe “patiner” dans ce cadre, où il veut dire “Come to a standstill.” Je cherche des définitions, mais je suis pas arrivé à le reconciler le traduction.
Hi T,
Normally the verb 'patiner' means to skate, here, taken in its figurative sense it is:
ne pas avancer, manquer d'efficience , although I do admit that the metaphor is quite contradictory.
Having said that, in the context of negotiations, it will be understood as just not making any headway
There is a meaning of patiner which refers to negotiations. In this context it takes a meaning of "to be at a virtual standstill" or "to be making no headway" I suppose the normal meaning of "to slip" with respect to skating may be loosely linked in the sense that the negotiations "are slipping" ie making no progress.
Hope this may help you.
Je ne comprends pas le verbe “patiner” dans ce cadre, où il veut dire “Come to a standstill.” Je cherche des définitions, mais je suis pas arrivé à le reconciler le traduction.
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Hi
Please could you tell me how Reims should be pronounced
Hi Richard,
Found this on the internet and it is correctly pronounced...
Hope this helps!
Hi
Please could you tell me how Reims should be pronounced
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