Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
tickle your throat
French translation:
chatouiller la gorge
English term
Lebanon
Business and IT/tech, 15+ years
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Canadian) 
, English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, English to Arabic
tickle your throat
"well we're going to conduct some tests now
and we're going to need to draw a little blood
and i want to tickle your throat
and i'll be back in a few minutes"
| 4 +3 | chatouiller la gorge |
Drmanu49
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| 4 +5 | gratouiller la gorge |
Nathalie Reis
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| gratouiller |
SJLD
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Jun 26, 2009 08:58: Emanns Words changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jul 1, 2009 14:13: Drmanu49 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/920939">Alain Alameddine's</a> old entry - "tickle your throat"" to ""chatouiller la gorge""
PRO (2): Lionel_M (X), Drmanu49
Non-PRO (3): SJLD, GILLES MEUNIER, Emanns Words
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Proposed translations
chatouiller la gorge
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-26 09:34:13 GMT)
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I have a hard time imagining a physician saying "je vais vous gratouiller la gorge".
This level of speech is just not formal enough.
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Note added at 5 days (2009-07-01 12:39:02 GMT) Post-grading
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I guess you need to be a native speaker to get my point !
gratouiller la gorge
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Emanns Words
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Merci!
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SJLD
: as if "I want to tickle your throat" is formal language...
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Merci!
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Lionel_M (X)
: gratouiller ? est un peu trop "slang" // Pour le dictionnaire c'est quand même "familier": bonjour madame, ça vous gratouille ? --))))
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Je ne pense pas...
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kparask
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Merci!
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Beila Goldberg
: Pour Lionel : slang? Louis Jouvet: "cela vous chatouille ou cela vous gratouille?"
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Merci Beila!
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sktrans
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Merci!
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Reference comments
gratouiller
www.chambon.ac-versailles.fr/science/sante/immu/noso.htm
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Nathalie Reis
: Exactement! Merci pour la référence!
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tout le plaisir est pour moi ;-)
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