French term
à court de
Still translating a spreadsheet containingn comments about patients' attitude to self-injection and all the paraphernalia involved in this treatment.
l'hypoglicemie et l'oubli de l'injection ou a court d'insuline
Thank you for any help!
Liz Askew
| 3 +5 | short of |
Claire Nolan
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| 5 +1 | to have run out of insulin |
Drmanu49
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| 5 | out of |
Sylvie Chartier
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Jun 4, 2010 15:58: Tony M changed "Term asked" from "a court" to "à court de" , "Field" from "Medical" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Pharmaceuticals" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Jun 4, 2010 17:04: Chris Hall changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, writeaway, Chris Hall
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Proposed translations
short of
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Note added at 2 mins (2010-06-04 15:43:06 GMT)
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or ''ran short of''
| Thank you! I have never come across this phrase before:) |
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Travelin Ann
: or "a shortage of"
From Petit Larousse: Être à court de : être privé de
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Thanks, Travelin Ann.
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Lionel_M (X)
: A penser en français tu as raison "à court" ne signifit pas nécessairement être à zéro :) J'ai été un peu trop confiant car la "formule" anglaise est assez classique en diabetologie
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Merci, Lionel. Une petite nuance.
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Tony M
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Thanks, Tony.
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Chris Hall
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Thanks, Chris!
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Evans (X)
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Thanks, Gilla.
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