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Bastille day
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(07-15-2021, 06:04 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: "Freak show" is often used in colloquial English, but I wonder where the "spectacle de monstres" comes from.  As if The French was obtained by re-translating the English. I assume you meant un "spectacle renversant" (a "show to tip you over").

The translation was obtained directly from Portuguese, since the intention was precisely to translate the colloquial expression that has a different meaning from the literal.
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Bastille day - by Ofnuts - 07-13-2021, 09:09 PM
RE: Bastille day - by Krikor - 07-14-2021, 05:02 PM
RE: Bastille day - by Ofnuts - 07-15-2021, 06:04 AM
RE: Bastille day - by Krikor - 07-15-2021, 02:46 PM
RE: Bastille day - by Ofnuts - 07-15-2021, 08:12 PM
RE: Bastille day - by Krikor - 07-16-2021, 02:56 AM
RE: Bastille day - by Krikor - 07-17-2021, 05:24 PM
RE: Bastille day - by nelo - 07-16-2021, 07:23 AM
RE: Bastille day - by Krikor - 07-16-2021, 04:24 PM
RE: Bastille day - by Ofnuts - 07-18-2021, 02:44 PM
RE: Bastille day - by PixLab - 07-18-2021, 03:51 PM
RE: Bastille day - by Ofnuts - 07-18-2021, 08:54 PM
RE: Bastille day - by PixLab - 07-19-2021, 11:58 AM
RE: Bastille day - by Ofnuts - 07-19-2021, 04:18 PM
RE: Bastille day - by PixLab - 07-20-2021, 02:33 AM
RE: Bastille day - by Ofnuts - 07-20-2021, 08:05 PM
RE: Bastille day - by PixLab - 07-23-2021, 08:33 AM

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