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E G Mel Started conversation Aug 26, 2004
How would you say in French 'You have beaten me to it'? I need to get a good French dictionnary at work, it would make my life so much easier!
Mel 
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Loup Dargent Posted Aug 26, 2004
My mind is blank right now...
The only thing I could come up with is "Tu m'as battue la" or "Vous m'avez battue la" [with an accent on the 'a' in 'la'] with the added explanation that you were going to say/do/find/guess/etc it... but I have a feeling that there is a better translation for it...
loup
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E G Mel Posted Aug 26, 2004
Well I did think that the direct translation probably wasn't the most appropriate, it doesn't matter, I shall find a way round it! It's just that my friends email arrived as I was opening my inbox to write her an email!
Mel
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