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It ain't over till the fat lady sings
One must wait the end of something (show, work, etc.)before commenting or criticizing.
Cela fait référence à l'Opéra, où il convient d'attendre la fin afin
de
réagir (ou de partir...) et où le final comprend presque toujours
l'intervention de la cantatrice (Fat Lady).
Hervé Lesueur
Responsable du Pôle Support Clients Militaire et Hélicoptère
EXPRESSIONS
PHRASE
"I am 16."
QUOTE
(Peter) "How old are you? (Jane) "I'm 16."
MEANING
16 years old. "I am" is how you start your sentence to tell someone how old you are. " If someone says:'I'm 16", it means that the person was born 16 years ago.
USE
The complete expression is "I'm 16 years old, but the two last words are generally dropped in casual conversation because to add them may sound too formal.
WE RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING BEST ANSWERS :
- "I am 16" means the age of the person. (Benoit Fillet, ERP Oissel, TMAC 2
- The French for "I'm 16" is "J'ai 16 ans." ( Christophe Gauquelin, ERP Oissel, TMAC 2)
- In French we use the verb "have" but not in English. The expression is for telling your age. For example "He is 45" means that the person was born 45 years ago. (Chantal Perrin, ERP Oissel CAB2)
- In the dialogue, Jane is telling her age to Peter. (Yannick Herrou, ERP Oissel, TEE1)
FOLLOW-UP
There are more expressions than you can shake a stick at. Here is another one with the American English word "sixteenth" :
phrase : "sixteenth note"
quote : "Sixteenth note is the American English term for 'semiquaver', a musical note having the time value of one quarter of a crotchet."
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