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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

tippin' 40s

French translation:

descendant des bières en grandes bouteilles

Added to glossary by FX Fraipont (X)
Nov 13, 2007 08:26
16 yrs ago
English term

tippin' 40s

English to French Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Voici un extrait du texte:

"It was a hot New York July day, the kind on which disco sweated out of open sedan windows and hung in the air like a fragrance. Add a tinge of garbage soaked in hydrant water sizzling ont the pavement, tube tops, Corkys, and men in wife-beaters tippin' 40s."

J'ai trouvé la définition "cruising in their cars" pour "tippin'", mais pour "40s", je suis coincée.
Proposed translations (French)
4 +1 descendant des bières en grandes bouteilles
4 +2 sirotant de grosses bouteilles de bière
Change log

Nov 13, 2007 09:10: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Nov 20, 2007 19:10: FX Fraipont (X) Created KOG entry

Discussion

siragui Nov 14, 2007:
C'est ça!
Samia Touhami (X) (asker) Nov 14, 2007:
I translated "wife-beaters" as "débardeurs".
jean-jacques alexandre Nov 14, 2007:
just out of curiosity : how did you translate " wife-beaters" ? Thanks

Proposed translations

+1
1 hr
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descendant des bières en grandes bouteilles

Certaines bières existent en plusieurs modules (33 et 75 cl) mais qui n'ont pas les mêmes caractéristiques (théoriquement, les bières en grandes bouteilles ...
http://bieromakhs.free.fr/Classement_Presentation.php

Tout y est, l’ambiance bruyante, les gens qui s’entassent au bar pour descendre des bières au fu ... Ce n’est pas par hasard que le restaurant-bar El Prado ...
http://fr.citizenbay.com/Member/View/102591/mariamg84
Note from asker:
Le verbe "descendre" convient parfaitement mais je vais changer le reste de la phrase.
Peer comment(s):
agree NancyLynn : pas necessairement de la biere; toute boisson alcoolisee, puisque la boisson forte, tel que le vodka, le whisky, etc., se vendent en bouteilles de 40 oz
3 hrs
merci
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks!"
+2
56 mins

sirotant de grosses bouteilles de bière

Tipping or lifting to drain 40 oz bottles of beer.
A cheerful picture:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2133474750059695131EIfL...

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-13 09:28:24 GMT)
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40 US ounces = 1.36 litres

des bières maxi?

"Si vous calculer le nbre de biere maxi pour une personne et vous voyer que tu pouvais facilement tenir un tournoi tt entier en finnissant ttes tes bières... "
http://capstournament.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=70&sid=389e5f...

"En ce qui me concerne je me limite à 1 bière maxi lorsque je conduis."
http://www.forum-autoroule.com/lofiversion/index.php/t22451....
Peer comment(s):
agree Stéphanie Soudais
4 hrs
Thanks, Stéphanie!
agree NancyLynn : pas necessairement de la biere; toute boisson alcoolisee, puisque la boisson forte, tel que le vodka, le whisky, etc., se vendent en bouteilles de 40 oz
4 hrs
Thanks, NancyLynn! Maybe Night Train, too? Well, maybe we can let it be beer this time?
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