Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
singular instance
French translation:
un exemple à part (singulier)
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sabroso
Feb 5, 2006 12:30
18 yrs ago
English term
singular instance
English to French
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Linguistics
"Take a look at their platter: in spite of escalating costs and incurring a tremendous loss over the years they have kept their rates low. All for the average student, comprising 70 per cent of the clientele, who still does not have much money to spare, the management would say. A singular instance perhaps, where the management has consistently been averse to increasing the prices."
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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un exemple à part (singulier)
Pour moi "singular" means "bizarre", hors norme, à part..
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "merci de votre proposition "
+1
5 mins
(C'est peut-être) un exemple unique...
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+2
27 mins
PH Translations
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in French
Switzerland
Taylor made translations
Native in: French
Works in: German to French, English to French
Cas particulier
Prenons par exemple leur ... C'est peut-être un cas particulier ...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Marijke Olejniczak
: c'est ça
3 hrs
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| agree |
Hélène Lévesque
: Tout à fait d'accord.
12 hrs
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+1
47 mins
Genevieve Tournebize
Native in English
&
French
Works in field
Fast & Accurate
Native in: French 
, English
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
une des seules fois
Je pense que ceci s'applique à cet endroit de la phrase
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Tradesca (X)
18 mins
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6 hrs
un des rares exemples
Although singular in its most literal sense means unique, in this context, it seems to express the sense of "rare" (or as iol says, unusual/beyond the norm).
Plus de 20 mille hits.
Plus de 20 mille hits.
10 hrs
enowtakuem
Native in English
&
French
©Publication-quality Niveau-publication
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) , French (Variants: Standard-France, Standard-France)
Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
apparemment un cas exceptionnel
possible
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