mill affair

French translation: une course ordinaire

11:02 May 20, 2014

English to French translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / course d'aviron

English term or phrase: mill affair

As the race sped past the LRC it was clear that Oxford were going to win...then Cambridge fought back and looked the stronger, but didn’t press their advantage...then Oxford pulled back...this is all very rare in this race and it was shaping up to be a memorable one...then it all stopped, man in water!...race somehow restarted after 30 mins...warning to Oxford and a clash of oars resulting in another piece of flotsam to flow downstream...an Oxford oar...race all but over as Cambridge (big underdogs before the race) cruised away leaving the rather bizarre sight of a crew member still going through the rowing motion without the rest of his oar...then an Oxford crew man collapsed at the end and was taken to hospital...apart from that, it was a pretty run of the mill affair!

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Local time: 08:42

French translation:une course ordinaire

Explanation:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/run-of-the-mill

"en dehors de ça, ce n'était qu'une course ordinaire !"

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Note added at 45 mins (2014-05-20 11:47:49 GMT)
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"en dehors de ça, c'était une course ordinaire !" plutôt

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Julien Mulas
France
Local time: 08:42

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Merci !
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4 +2

une course ordinaire

Julien Mulas

3 +3

une course assez banale

Thierry Bourguet

c'était assez moyen

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42 mins confidence:

c'était assez moyen

Explanation:
a pretty run of the mill affair!

run-of-the-mill
[ruhn-uhv-thuh-mil] Show IPA
adjective
merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/run of the mill?s=t

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 08:42
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 567

44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

une course ordinaire

Julien Mulas
France
Local time: 08:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Merci !

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

une course assez banale

Explanation:
ou bien :

"une course des plus banales".

Thierry Bourguet
France
Local time: 08:42
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

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