Ça veut dire quoi la phrase "pour allumer y a du monde, mais pour éteindre le feu y a plus personne?" C'est un peu bizarre!
Pour allumer, pour éteindre
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Drew B.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Pour allumer, pour éteindre
This question relates to:French interactive reading exercise "La Saint-Valentin"
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Chris W. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
I would translate this sentence as: "Everyone to set aflame but no one to extinguish." This is a slightly poetic rendition. Here is my attempt at a more standard way of phrasing it: Il y a du monde pour allumer, mais pour étendre, il n'y a plus personne.
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