devoir plancher

English translation: have to slog

02:21 Dec 8, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
French term or phrase: devoir plancher
Son expérience ne lui aura toutefois pas éviter de devoir plancher pendant près de 2 semaines pour former son cabinet...

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Janet Kathleen
English translation:have to slog
Explanation:
he had to slog at forming a government.

plancher (sur) = slang for "study, work hard (on/at)", etc.

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PLANCHER
< plancher sur ; faire plancher >
¶ TRAVAILLER, ÉTUDIER, FAIRE UN EXPOSER [sic]
Elle envoya, le 31 juillet, son chef de cabinet, Gilles Pipien, PLANCHER devant le Conseil d'Etat 07/08/2002 ◊ Afin de dresser la carte la plus précise des attentes des électeurs, ce brillant quadra fait PLANCHER des journalistes, des sociologues, des professeurs d'université, des politologues, des sondeurs... 2007 [2006] ◊ L'ex-numéro 2 des RG, fidèle parmi les fidèles, PLANCHE actuellement sur la fusion des deux services 2007 [2006]
éléments constituants : plancher sur faire | synonyme : travailler, faire un travail (4.00/597.00=0.00%)
http://www.languefrancaise.net/bob/detail.php?id=18129

"PLANCHER SUR QQCH" est une expression familière pour "TRAVAILLER SUR QQCH", "ÉTUDIER QQCH" avec l'idée sous-entendue qu'il faudra un résultat concret à cette "étude"
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=97967

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J'ai planché plus que jamais sur mes cours, dans toute ma vie je n'ai jamais au temps [sic!] étudier [sic!] et passer [sic!] d'heures sur des travaux. ...

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Combien de temps en moyenne devez-vous travailler par semaine ? ... suis sortie de seconde sans avoir rien étudié en français (on faisait des ... J'AI PAS MAL SOUFFERT LORSQUE J'AI PLANCHÉ SUR MES PREMIERS DISSERTATIONS

www.yourdictionary.com › Dictionary Definitions
transitive verb, intransitive verb SLOGGED, SLOGGING. to make (one's way) with great effort; plod; to WORK HARD (at something); toil: slogging away at her work. noun ...

katjusa.com/?p=354
25 Jul 2011 – So I SLOGGED AT this for almost seven months. What I produced wasn't entirely meaningless. I can't say the company dips to the level of a content ...

I should at least summarize my year for posterity.... SLOGGED AT STUDIES... got a job... SLOGGED AT WORK.... SLOGGED at studies as well as work.... got a new job.... SLOGGED EVEN HARDER at work... continued SLOGGING AT STUDIES.... met some great people at work.... became friends with most of them... became close to a select few.... that made the work seem easier.... CONTINUED SLOGGING at studies.... fell in love.... tried to convince myself it wasn't love.... confused myself thoroughly..... fell out of favor.... still in love....
http://anupr.blogspot.com/2005/12/dedication.html

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4 +1have to slog
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5having to struggle/labour (for two long hard weeks)
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have to slog


Explanation:
he had to slog at forming a government.

plancher (sur) = slang for "study, work hard (on/at)", etc.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2011-12-08 07:54:03 GMT)
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PLANCHER
< plancher sur ; faire plancher >
¶ TRAVAILLER, ÉTUDIER, FAIRE UN EXPOSER [sic]
Elle envoya, le 31 juillet, son chef de cabinet, Gilles Pipien, PLANCHER devant le Conseil d'Etat 07/08/2002 ◊ Afin de dresser la carte la plus précise des attentes des électeurs, ce brillant quadra fait PLANCHER des journalistes, des sociologues, des professeurs d'université, des politologues, des sondeurs... 2007 [2006] ◊ L'ex-numéro 2 des RG, fidèle parmi les fidèles, PLANCHE actuellement sur la fusion des deux services 2007 [2006]
éléments constituants : plancher sur faire | synonyme : travailler, faire un travail (4.00/597.00=0.00%)
http://www.languefrancaise.net/bob/detail.php?id=18129

"PLANCHER SUR QQCH" est une expression familière pour "TRAVAILLER SUR QQCH", "ÉTUDIER QQCH" avec l'idée sous-entendue qu'il faudra un résultat concret à cette "étude"
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=97967

missurban.canalblog.com › Catégories - Translate this page
J'ai planché plus que jamais sur mes cours, dans toute ma vie je n'ai jamais au temps [sic!] étudier [sic!] et passer [sic!] d'heures sur des travaux. ...

louis-le-grand.actifforum.com/t1402-premiere-s - Translate this page
Combien de temps en moyenne devez-vous travailler par semaine ? ... suis sortie de seconde sans avoir rien étudié en français (on faisait des ... J'AI PAS MAL SOUFFERT LORSQUE J'AI PLANCHÉ SUR MES PREMIERS DISSERTATIONS

www.yourdictionary.com › Dictionary Definitions
transitive verb, intransitive verb SLOGGED, SLOGGING. to make (one's way) with great effort; plod; to WORK HARD (at something); toil: slogging away at her work. noun ...

katjusa.com/?p=354
25 Jul 2011 – So I SLOGGED AT this for almost seven months. What I produced wasn't entirely meaningless. I can't say the company dips to the level of a content ...

I should at least summarize my year for posterity.... SLOGGED AT STUDIES... got a job... SLOGGED AT WORK.... SLOGGED at studies as well as work.... got a new job.... SLOGGED EVEN HARDER at work... continued SLOGGING AT STUDIES.... met some great people at work.... became friends with most of them... became close to a select few.... that made the work seem easier.... CONTINUED SLOGGING at studies.... fell in love.... tried to convince myself it wasn't love.... confused myself thoroughly..... fell out of favor.... still in love....
http://anupr.blogspot.com/2005/12/dedication.html



Bourth (X)
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agree  Jocelyne S (meets criteria): Or perhaps "toil".
39 mins

agree  Yolanda Broad (meets criteria): Exactly how I would have phrased it!
18 hrs

disagree  Catherine Gilsenan: "slog" is too colloquial. You need to use one of the other alternatives (struggled, laboured). I stand by what I said, I'm afraid.
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Don't you think plancher is pretty colloquial? Just try finding it in your standard Larousse.
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1 day 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
having to struggle/labour (for two long hard weeks)


Explanation:
"slog" is too colloquial for this context.

Catherine Gilsenan
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