Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
aller à contre-bord
English translation:
change (to the opposite) tack
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Tony M
Nov 14, 2008 12:25
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French term
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contre-bord
French to English
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
sailing
Aller à contre-bord.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | change tack / change to the opposite tack |
Tony M
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| 4 | on opposite tacks |
Carlos Segura
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Change log
Nov 20, 2008 07:45: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/80077">Steve Melling's</a> old entry - "contre-bord"" to ""change tack / change to the opposite tack""
Proposed translations
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French term (edited):
(aller à) contre-bord
Selected
change tack / change to the opposite tack
Depends exactly how it is being used in the sentence it appears in.
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: did lots of sailing last summer, that's right here:)) Miss our boat
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Danke, Ingeborg! Oh yes, me too! I spent the first 20 years of my life living on a boat, I miss it very much...
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Carlos Segura
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French term (edited):
à contre-bord
on opposite tacks
According to Harrap's Fr-En dictionary:
Courrir à contre-bord, to sail on opposite tacks.
Courrir à contre-bord, to sail on opposite tacks.
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