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D’un coup d’épée... C’est même pour ça qu’il se serait taillé, à Tahiti.
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With the stroke of a sword . . . that's why he would have run off to Tahiti.
Translated by markvanroode 58271 8 months ago
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With a sword stroke... That's exactly why he would have cut himself in Tahiti.
Translated by markvanroode 58271 8 months, 1 week ago

Discussion

Thanks, Wendy and France.

 by markvanroode 8 months ago

Mark, further to France's suggestion:
With the stroke of a sword . . . that's why he would have run off to Tahiti.

 by Merlin57 8 months ago

Here it's a slang expression: se tailler = +/- run away
Martinez plays with the verbs tailler (cut) and se tailler.

Tailler and se tailler have different meanings: https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/tailler/76435#75545

 by francevw 8 months, 1 week ago

I'm not sure of the meaning: qu’il se serait taillé, à Tahiti. ?

 by Merlin57 8 months, 1 week ago