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"Il termine sa carrière dans un zoo."
Translation:He is finishing his career in a zoo.
February 17, 2013
30 Comments
DenisBouch7
1579
Maybe not so odd in context. Perhaps he is a veterinarian who finished his career in a zoo.
The English "He is finishing his career in a zoo" makes it sound as though he left some other job (perhaps working for a vet) and will work for the zoo until he retires.
However, I strongly suspect that the French sentence means "He is ending his career at the zoo." We rarely say "a zoo" for something like this, much as we say "I went to the doctor" not "I went to a doctor."
Sitesurf? :-)
Brooklyn-82
1605
Why is Duolingo obsessed with zoos ? In real life, conversations about the zoo are rare !