Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
a mis les bouchées doubles
English translation:
has multiplied his efforts
Added to glossary by
Johanne Bouthillier
Sep 14, 2004 23:55
19 yrs ago
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French term
Ana Maria Sousa (X)
bouchées doubles
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pour cette énieme attaque des positions des rebelles, Mr xxx a mis les bouchées doubles
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Johanne Bouthillier
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Canada
English to Canadian French translator
Native in: French (Variant: Canadian)
Works in: English to French
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French term (edited):
bouch�es doubles
Selected
has multiplied his efforts
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
9 mins
Tegan Raleigh
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Literature & Scholarship
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: French to English, English, German to English
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French term (edited):
bouch�es doubles
double fortifications
but only if bouchée is a typo, and should be bouché...
1 hr
Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Canada
Native in French
Canada
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Native in: French 
Works in: French to English, English to French, French, and 1 more.
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worked extra hard ...
... doubled his efforts ...
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French term (edited):
bouch�es doubles
has doubled his efforts or has put in extra efforts
bouchées doubles signifies putting an extra effort or work twice as hard
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6 hrs
redoubled his eoffrts/pulled out all the stops
spared no effort
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jarry (X)
: I think redoubled is the best.
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: pull out all the stops, give it all you've got etc. Much better to go for something idiomatic than close to a litteral rendering here.
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