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faire le pari

English translation: dared/risked

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French term or phrase:faire le pari
English translation:dared/risked
Entered by: Sandrine Guyennet

09:50 May 19, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
French term or phrase: faire le pari
[C'est] un intransigeant perfectionniste qui **fait le pari** de s’adresser à l’homme de la rue en évitant le premier degré.

He is also an uncompromising perfectionist, who **chose** to address everyday people without being too straightforward.?

Choose does not seem strong enough. This is about an artist.
Sandrine Guyennet
France
Local time: 09:30
dared/risked
Explanation:
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Hth
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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4dared/risked
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
3 +1takes the risk
Catharine Cellier-Smart
3 +1has/had the guts/courage/audacity to
polyglot45
3rise to the challenge [of addressing...]
Colin Rowe


Discussion entries: 5





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rise to the challenge [of addressing...]


Explanation:
One possibility

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 09:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
dared/risked


Explanation:
other possibilities

Hth

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: dared
18 mins
  -> Carol, thank you, Antonio
agree  Pablo Strauss
3 hrs
  -> Pablo, thank you, Antonio
agree  mimi 254
3 hrs
  -> Mimi, thank you, Antonio
agree  Verginia Ophof
6 hrs
  -> Verginia, thank you. Antonio
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
takes the risk


Explanation:
another possibility

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Reunion
Local time: 11:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew
4 mins
  -> thank you Kashew
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
has/had the guts/courage/audacity to


Explanation:
other options

polyglot45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SafeTex: I prefer this. 'risk' implies that he might be hit or sth in English
10 mins
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