Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
lands with a thud
French translation:
fait un flop
Added to glossary by
Emmanuelle Debon
Oct 30, 2009 16:08
14 yrs ago
English term
lands with a thud
English to French
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Alternative dino-killer theory lands with a thud. A suggestion that the dinosaurs were killed off by a giant impact in India instead of one in Mexico gets an icy reception from researchers.
Je sais qu'il y a une idée d'onomatopée mais je n'arrive pas à la rendre à l'écrit. C'est le titre d'un article.
Je sais qu'il y a une idée d'onomatopée mais je n'arrive pas à la rendre à l'écrit. C'est le titre d'un article.
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Nov 4, 2009 10:34: Emmanuelle Debon Created KOG entry
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Emmanuelle Debon
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fait un flop
une possibilité
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crash de la théorie
plouf
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Matthieu Moroni
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France
Native in French
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Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss) 
Works in: German to French, English to French, French
6 mins
s'écrase dans un bruit sourd
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23 mins
tombe à côté de la plaque
tombe à plat aussi. Sombre dans le melligatawney? (une excellente soupe au demeurant).
3 hrs
tombe à plat ventre
* Falls flat - seems a suitable image for dinos?!
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-30 20:42:54 GMT)
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"They died from loneliness and overcrowding"! - Monty Python
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-30 20:43:50 GMT)
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Sorry, I think it was by Spike Milligan!
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-30 20:42:54 GMT)
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"They died from loneliness and overcrowding"! - Monty Python
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-10-30 20:43:50 GMT)
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Sorry, I think it was by Spike Milligan!
7 hrs
fait l'effet d'un pavé dans la mare
c'est comme cela que je le vois!
Discussion
La théorie alternative aux tueurs de dinosaures fait un flop.