French term
menus présents
Context: the person who follows the instructions of the "Savant" in question will eventually reap great harvests (yea, right...). The text here describes how the person's "new-found success in life' should be shared with others.
Can't seem to wrap my head around the "menu" bit here, are these perhaps small presents that are set on the table on or next to the food menu?
TIA for your help.
5 +12 | small gifts | JaneD |
menu | Roy vd Heijden |
Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, writeaway, mchd
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Proposed translations
small gifts
OK, used as an adverb here, couldn't see the forest for the trees. Thanks! |
As an adjective I should say... |
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Roy vd Heijden
2 mins
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Thanks Roy
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Didier Fourcot
: Gifts of low or nominal value
7 mins
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Thanks Didier
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philgoddard
9 mins
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Thanks Phil
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Yvonne Gallagher
43 mins
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Thanks
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GILLES MEUNIER
1 hr
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Thanks
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writeaway
: found in any Fr-En dictionary
2 hrs
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Thanks - yes, quite
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James A. Walsh
3 hrs
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Thanks James
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B D Finch
5 hrs
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Thanks
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AllegroTrans
9 hrs
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Thanks
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: The clue is in "de menus présents" and not "des"
13 hrs
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Thanks Nikki
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Susan Monnereau
22 hrs
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Thanks Susan
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patrickfor
1 day 4 hrs
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Thanks Patrick
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Reference comments
menu
1. Dont le volume, le poids, les dimensions sont faibles.»
« 2. De faible intensité, ampleur; fin, peu marqué. »
« − Au fig. De peu de valeur, de peu d'importance. Menues besognes, choses; menu profit; menus cadeaux, détails, événements, faits, frais, incidents, larcins, propos, services, soins, vols; menue monnaie. »
(http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/menu)
Thanks Roy. |
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philgoddard
7 mins
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JaneD
12 mins
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agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
41 mins
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agree |
B D Finch
5 hrs
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