Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

The scramble for Africa

French translation:

la ruée vers l' Afrique

Added to glossary by cenek tomas
Apr 7, 2008 15:09
16 yrs ago
English term

The scramble for Africa

English to French Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
(need a nice way of saying it in French)
Change log

Apr 9, 2008 09:06: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Accounting" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"

Apr 16, 2008 11:17: cenek tomas Created KOG entry

Discussion

Stéphanie Soudais Apr 7, 2008:
Quel rapport avec la comptabilité ?
GILLES MEUNIER Apr 7, 2008:
C'est un titre, pas de contexte ?

Proposed translations

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la ruée vers l' Afrique

scramble:
English definition | in Italian | in Spanish
conjugator | in context | images

scramble:
scramble adj bousculade (désordre)
scramble v grimper ⇒ (en alpinisme)
scramble (beat) v battre ⇒ (qqn)
scramble (eggs) v brouiller ⇒ (œufs)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
scramble for v se bousculer pour
scramble for the spoils nf curée (ruée vers le butin)
scramble up v escalader ⇒ (franchir-m


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Note added at 4 minutes (2008-04-07 15:13:50 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

agree Annie Dauvergne : je pense que vous avez raison bien qu'il manque un contexte
2 mins
agree Assimina Vavoula
6 mins
agree FX Fraipont (X)
14 mins
agree Christian Fournier : scramble = décollage en urgence (Royal Air Force)
33 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, if ruee is good for gold, it's good for Africa"
+4
3 mins

la ruée vers l'Afrique

voir google pour le contexte d'utilisation de cette phrase
Peer comment(s):

agree Ysabel812 : L'Afrique = L'or
3 mins
agree Assimina Vavoula
6 mins
agree FX Fraipont (X)
13 mins
agree Roger McKeon
2 hrs
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