French term
passent ŕ la vitesse supérieure
Does anybody know what this "ŕ" is referring to please?
I've checked on Google and there are occurences but no explanations.
Many thanks:)
| 5 +8 | go up a gear, go faster |
Kimberley Sutherland
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| 4 +2 | typo |
Radu DANAILA
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| 4 | take things to the next step |
jmleger
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| 3 | are getting more sophisticated |
MatthewLaSon
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| definitely à |
Lori Cirefice
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Apr 26, 2010 12:46: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "\"passent ŕ la vitesse supérieure\"" to "passent ŕ la vitesse supérieure" , "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Apr 26, 2010 13:14: Julie Barber changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Proposed translations
France
Tailor-made, professional Fr/En
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
go up a gear, go faster
i.e. to go up a gear, increase speed, pace.
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polyglot45
: the expression is 'move up a gear'
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Rob Grayson
: Go up a gear/move up a gear – either is fine
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Sylvie Chartier
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mimi 254
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Andreas THEODOROU
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writeaway
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Verginia Ophof
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Colin Morley (X)
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Mark Nathan
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Romania
Not just words!
Native in: Romanian (Variant: Romania)
Works in: French to Romanian, English to Romanian, French to English, and 3 more.
typo
"passent à la vitesse supérieure" = "to shift to higher gear"
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-04-26 12:31:50 GMT)
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-18093401.html
"Time to shift to a higher gear; Saturn fans are now asking for a choice of bigger cars."
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-04-26 12:32:42 GMT)
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_40/b3902099_...
"Can Cisco Shift Into Higher Gear?
Innovative rivals pose a rising threat in the company's biggest growth market "
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writeaway
: shift into higher gear is not the same as move up a gear. the typo is so obvious and so minor it shouldn't present any probs
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Absolutely true: the typo is obvious. Answering the question is all I did.
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MatthewLaSon
: I like your links. They help explain the meaning.
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thank you
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Samantha Demers
: You are absolutely right, "to shift to higher gear" is the idiomatic expression here.
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thank you
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take things to the next step
are getting more sophisticated
in the sense of more "demanding"
If you don't want to be as literal, you could say something like this.
But "move into higher gear" is ok, too.
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Rob Grayson
: IMHO this is overinterpreting the text.// Exactly: overinterpretation is especially dangerous when context is limited. Best to go with the safest option.
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Thanks for the comment, but we can't know for sure what it's saying without more context. This is a possibility. Sure, you can be more literal: step it up a notch/gear. Yes, Rob, but I proposed this answer, provided more context would back up my answer.
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