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fending off

French translation: repousser/se défendre (contre)

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English term or phrase:fend off
French translation:repousser/se défendre (contre)
Entered by: Premium✍️

12:47 Dec 19, 2016
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English term or phrase: fending off
À propos de ce documentaire, il est question de "breath taking scenes, a giraffe fending off a pack of starving lions."

N'ayant pas vu ce documentaire, j'hésite entre 'évitant' ou 'écartant'.

Merci de votre aide.

Gilbert
gilbertlu
Local time: 08:21
se défend
Explanation:
La giraffe se défend contre l'attaque des lions affamés. Elle repousse (frénétiquement) l'attaque d'une bande de lions affamés.

fend [sb] off vtr phrasal sep (defend yourself against [sb]) repousser⇒ vtr
se défendre contre [qqn] v pron + prép

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Note added at 18 hrs (2016-12-20 07:19:39 GMT)
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*girafe.
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Premium✍️
United States
Local time: 23:21
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup à tous.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3se défend
Premium✍️
4 +1repoussant les attaques
Daryo


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
repoussant les attaques


Explanation:
"fending off" includes the idea of pushing back an attacker

a giraffe fending off a pack of starving lions
=
une girafe repoussant les attaques d'une meute de lions affamés

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 112

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Premium✍️: Déjà proposé dans ma réponse et dans la définition du terme que j'ai reproduite...
2 hrs
  -> At the risk of repeating myself, an explanation is not a translation // ONLY the translation ends up in the translated text ... "explanations" end up on the cutting room floor
agree  Marcombes (X)
3 days 1 hr
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
se défend


Explanation:
La giraffe se défend contre l'attaque des lions affamés. Elle repousse (frénétiquement) l'attaque d'une bande de lions affamés.

fend [sb] off vtr phrasal sep (defend yourself against [sb]) repousser⇒ vtr
se défendre contre [qqn] v pron + prép

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Note added at 18 hrs (2016-12-20 07:19:39 GMT)
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*girafe.

Premium✍️
United States
Local time: 23:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 119
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup à tous.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Nous y arrivons, enfin! Merci.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Solen Fillatre: repousser
42 mins
  -> Merci Solen et bonne journée !
agree  Annie Rigler: d'accord pour "repousse l'attaque"
1 hr
  -> Belle journée, à vous aussi !
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
18 hrs
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