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être à la portée de - translation to English
TRUCK-MOUNTED ARTILLERY
Portee
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être à la portée de
easy reach, be at hand
Definition
a la carte
[?: l?:'k?:t, a la]
¦ adjective (of a menu) listing food that can be ordered as separate items, rather than part of a set meal.
Origin
C19: Fr., lit. 'according to the (menu) card'.
Wikipedia
Portée (military)
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Portée describes the practice of carrying an artillery piece on a truck which can be fired from the vehicle or quickly dismounted and fired from the ground. The term is most often used to describe anti-tank equipments used by the British, Commonwealth and imperial forces in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Modern terms for mounting weapons on vehicles are technical or gun truck.
Examples of use of être à la portée de
1. " Un mois de vacances, cela doit être à la portée de tout jeune Algérien.