un accrochage – Mot du Jour

a fender-bender – French expression

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un accrochage – a fender-bender in everyday French, un accrochage can also mean the action of hanging something – l’accrochage des tableaux – or a clash between people – l’accrochage entre eux s’est bien terminé.

• « On allait à Paris en voiture et on a eu un petit accrochage. Mais c’est bon, la police est arrivée maintenant. »
• ‘We were driving to Paris by car and we had a fender-bender. But it’s okay, the police are here now.’

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