curtain-raiser

I guess you're a curtain-raiser.
Je suppose que vous lève le rideau.
As a curtain-raiser to the final, Norway and France played a thrilling third-place match.
Puis l'adversaire de l'Allemagne en finale se décidait entre l'Angleterre et la France.
It was an appropriate curtain-raiser for an event that set out to explore future trends and their impact on people and humanitarian action.
Quoi de plus approprié pour lancer une manifestation qui entend explorer les tendances futures et leur impact sur les individus et l’action humanitaire ?
The curtain-raiser in October 2016 was Hurricane Matthew, which left a swathe of destruction across Colombia, the Caribbean and the US East Coast.
En octobre 2016, le prélude a été l'ouragan Matthew qui a engendré toute une série de destructions à travers la Colombie, les Caraïbes et la côte est étasunienne.
The Vietnamese side got off to a flying start with the sensational straight-set win (25-9, 25-11, 25-18) in the curtain-raiser on Friday against inexperienced Philippines, who is ranked 112th in the world.
Les Vietnamiennes commençaient mieux dans cette victoire plutôt simple (25-9, 25-11, 25-18) lors du premier match de vendredi face à une équipe inexpérimentée des Philippines, classée 112e mondiale.
The curtain-raiser was pretty good despite not being the highlight of the night.
La première partie était assez bonne malgré le fait de ne pas être le moment fort de la soirée.
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