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Broken pet

French translation: un clébard

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English term or phrase:a broken pet
French translation:un clébard
Entered by: Nathalie Beaudelot

15:41 Jan 23, 2021
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / teenager\\\'s fantasy fic
English term or phrase: Broken pet
Along the back wall of the inn, there sat a single table in a corner. Around it huddled six men, plus the Wall and the Weasel.
Adriana blurted out, “That’s them! They burned down my shop. Bind them by law!”
The Magistrate jumped when the young woman shouted behind her. She bellowed, “What are you doing here? I told you to go home!” The older woman tried to turn Adriana away.
“I told you, I’ve no home. Weasel burned it down.”
The men around the table howled in laughter. The verbal assault did not amuse Mister Ferriday, especially in front of his business associates.
“Magistrate, you’ve no reason to harass me in my place of business. Now please take your broken pet and leave.”



Notre heroine s'est plainte auprès de la Magistrate, qui faute de preuves ne peut engager de poursuites. Après avoir ete expulsée de son bureau, elle la suit dans la rue .."Once the Magistrate left her office, Adriana followed. Not the stalking kind of followed, but a respectful ten paces back. Her mother taught her manners, after all.
Lucky for Adriana, the Magistrate felt secure in her position and never dreamed a person would follow her, let alone a slightly strange woman-child. She tracked her straight to a lowlife dive of an inn called The Inn of the World, the name proclaimed by a sign with a globe being split in half by a massive lightning bolt.
Adriana found it easy to follow the Magistrate straight into the inn. With all the shutters closed, the inside remained dark, even though it was early morning. Adriana had never been to this part of town or in an inn like this. It stank of sweaty bodies and the sweet aroma of sex. Alcohol flowed freely even at this early hour, and she needed to work to keep from losing her sandals which stuck to the floor.
She walked carefully so as not to touch a thing in this horrible place. "

pour "pet" j'ai :animal de compagnie - animal domestique - bichon - ma poule - pet - poussin - caresser - chouchou - préféré - fétiche - animalerie - bête noire - biche - califourchon - choyer - collerette - domestique - être la coqueluche de - favori - ma biche - ma caille - marotte - petit nom - poule - surnom
et pour broken, il y en a des pages et des pages.
marlene Le Duc (X)
France
Local time: 00:13
Clébard
Explanation:
Un cabot aussi
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Nathalie Beaudelot
Ireland
Local time: 23:13
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Clébard
Nathalie Beaudelot
4 -1ton sbire
Alexander Akel


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
ton sbire


Explanation:
I think that the broken pet is a derogatory way to refer to one of the 6 men around the table, probably the "Weasel":
"Around it huddled six men, plus the Wall and the Weasel."
"Weasel burned it down.”

The lady is mad and refers to him as a broken pet.

DEFINITION
Un sbire désigne généralement un individu répondant aux ordres d'un chef de gang ou d'un groupe d'influence, chargé d'exécuter les basses oeuvres et dont les méthodes sont essentiellement imprégnées par la violence et la menace.


Alexander Akel
Canada
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: French
Notes to answerer
Asker: you have it wrong


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: you have misunderstood the English
2 days 18 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Clébard


Explanation:
Un cabot aussi

Nathalie Beaudelot
Ireland
Local time: 23:13
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Éva MYGARDON: Cabot me paraît approprié au contexte.
1 day 7 hrs
agree  AcornTr_US: https://www.linternaute.fr/dictionnaire/fr/definition/clebar...
3 days 23 hrs
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