Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
make that last slot on
English answer:
get the last place on the team
English term
make that last slot on
without a sled?
-I got $4,800. I just need
something competitive.
-For 5 grand?
-I know you got something lying around, Roger.
-But, Irv...
-Anything.
-You know I can't do that.
-Wait a minute, Roger.
-Remember when you were desperate to make that last slot on the '68 Grenoble team?
-And you pleaded with me to talk to Kurt?
-Did I say, "Sorry, Roger, I can't do it"?
Does he mean the last qualifying games to be able to play in Grenoble, France?
And what's a Grenoble team?
Thanks!
| 5 +8 | get the last place on the team |
David Hollywood
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
get the last place on the team
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Note added at 8 mins (2022-02-14 19:28:02 GMT)
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and the Grenoble team means the team set to compete in the Grenoble games in 1968
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Note added at 9 mins (2022-02-14 19:29:46 GMT)
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forget the "ß" as I was on German keyboard = '
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Note added at 11 mins (2022-02-14 19:31:24 GMT)
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"slot" = position
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Note added at 13 mins (2022-02-14 19:33:30 GMT)
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The team is made up of members (sometimes referred to as "slots") so it means the last person to get on the team in your context.
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The team has to be selected so the last slot refers to the last place available on the team.
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Note added at 24 mins (2022-02-14 19:44:48 GMT)
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The team has to be selected and "slot" just means "place"
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no rocket science involved and just a simple question of "if you know, it's easy" and "if you don't, it's not"
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Note added at 44 mins (2022-02-14 20:04:14 GMT)
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The "that" in ""that last slot" emphasises the importance of getting into the team as the last member selected so bear that in mind too in your translation.
| Last place on the team? Isn't it a team sport? How can he get the last place on a team if it's a team sport? I'm trying to understand. Thanks! |
| No problem! Bobsledding seems like rocket science to me. We have no ice where I live. :D We don't know it. I don't even remember we ever participated in the Winter Olympic Games. :D |
| philgoddard They must have ice. I live in Egypt. No ice here. |
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Felipe Andre
: The last spot on the team. The last person to make it to the team.
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exactly and thank you Felipe
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Ingunn Henrikssen
: Agree
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thank you Ingunn
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Tony M
23 mins
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thanks Tony
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Guilherme Zeitune
34 mins
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obrigado Guilherme
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philgoddard
: Mohamed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamil_El_Reedy And I went to the world ice-carving championships in Alaska once, and there was a team from Morocco :-)
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thanks Phil
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Badri Seyed Jalali
1 hr
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thanks Badri
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Yvonne Gallagher
1 day 18 hrs
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thanks Yvonne
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Daryo
2 days 12 hrs
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thanks Daryo
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