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elle a l'air de ne pas y toucherShe looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth; She is very sarcastic without appearing to mean anything. (Comp. Nitouche.)Rate it:

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elle a quelque chose de votre airShe takes after you; She looks somewhat like you.Rate it:

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elle a un air empruntéShe looks awkward, embarrassed, affected.Rate it:

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en plein air; au grand airIn the open air.Rate it:

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faire des châteaux en espagneTo build castles in the air.Rate it:

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flumen ponte iungereto build a bridge over a river.Rate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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Full of Hot AirSomeone who talks nonsense and nothing anything of value and importanceRate it:

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full of hot airTalking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.Rate it:

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garner upTo store up; to build up a store of an emotion or passion; to recall or make a note of a certain trait or quality.Rate it:

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get a handle onTo build or acquire a basic level of understanding or control.Rate it:

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get some airTo invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.Rate it:

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have it outTo argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.Rate it:

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heads or tailsThe practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.Rate it:

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hospital passA throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Thus, a hospital pass.Rate it:

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hot airboastful talkRate it:

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hot airempty talkRate it:

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i'm going to build my own x with blackjack and hookers! in fact, forget the xIndicates that the speaker is not interested in joining others in a certain group or activity, and instead the speaker is going to form their own.Rate it:

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il a craché en l'air et ça lui est retombé sur le nez (pop.)He wished to do harm to another but it recoiled on himself.Rate it:

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il a l'air d'un déterréHe looks as pale as death, as pale as a ghost.Rate it:

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il a l'air de revenir de pontoiseHe looks down in the mouth; He answers in a silly fashion.Rate it:

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il a un air (or, l'air) comme il fautHe has a very gentlemanly manner.Rate it:

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il a un faux air d'avocatHe looks something like a barrister.Rate it:

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il en a l'air et la chansonHe looks it every inch; He has both the appearance and the actuality.Rate it:

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il en dansera en l'airHe will swing for it.Rate it:

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il parle en l'airHe talks without thinking of what he is saying, at random, not seriously.Rate it:

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il prend un air capableHe puts on a bumptious look.Rate it:

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il tomba les quatre fers en l'air(lit.) He fell on his back; (fig.) He was struck all of a heap.Rate it:

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inicere pontemto build a bridge over a river.Rate it:

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into thin airImmediately and inexplicably out of sight.Rate it:

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je vais prendre l'air du bureauI am just going to look in at the office.Rate it:

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keep your feet on the groundmaintain a sense of composure, refuse to get all up in the air over any reversal.Rate it:

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kick upInto the air while running or walking or driving.Rate it:

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knocked into a cocked hatAn expression of such nature and composition so as to capture rapt attention, create an air of suspense, curiosity or mystery.Rate it:

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les paroles s'envolent, les écrits restentProverbe qui invite à la prudence, en rappelant que, contrairement aux paroles, les écrits ne s’évanouissent pas dans l’air et laissent des traces qui peuvent être compromettantes.Rate it:

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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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navem, classem aedificare, facere, efficere, instituereto build a ship, a fleet.Rate it:

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ne faites pas attention à ses menaces, autant en emporte le ventPay no attention to his threats, they are as light as air.Rate it:

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nose in the airThe body language most of us have experienced when a friend passes you in public and with head tilted back and nose in the air gives you a first class snub!Rate it:

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on the airbroadcasting usually over radio waves or on live televisionRate it:

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oppidum constituere, condereto build, found a city.Rate it:

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out of thin airFrom non-existent resources.Rate it:

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pick up onTo continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped.Rate it:

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pontem facere in flumineto build a bridge over a river.Rate it:

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prendre un air de feuTo go near the fire for a few minutes to warm oneself.Rate it:

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puff upTo inflate with air.Rate it:

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put togetherTo assemble, construct, or build.Rate it:

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put upto build or as past tense, builtRate it:

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sign onThe time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours.Rate it:

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skoffedDo sartastically whistle air out of your mouth and look awayRate it:

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