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à la suite	in a row	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
à la suite de	following	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
à la suite de	along with, accompanying	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
à vos rangs, fixe	Ordre donné lorsqu'un officier général ou l'officier commandant la formation entre en uniforme et coiffé dans un local, et à la suite duquel les militaires présents se mettent au garde à vous avant que l'autorité ne les mette au repos.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bit on the side	Secondary lover, mistress.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bonne soirée	Se dit en quittant quelqu’un le soir en sachant que la personne ne se couchera pas tout de suite.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bury the lead	To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
double up	To have a secondary use.	Rate it: (2.00 / 2 votes)
drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators	(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
et maintenant	Se dit lorsqu’on doute de la suite à donner aux événements.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il n'a pas d'esprit de suite	He is not consistent; He keeps at nothing long.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il s'agit bien de cela (ironic.)	That is quite a secondary consideration.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
knock-on effect	A secondary, often unintended effect.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
les têtes vont rouler	Se dit lorsqu'on s'attend à ce que certaines personnes soient démises de leurs fonctions, ou sévèrement punies ou éliminées d'une autre manière, à la suite d'un événement-choc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mieux vaut prévenir que guérir	Il vaut mieux prendre des mesures pour éviter un ennui que d'être obligé d’y remédier par la suite.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
second banana	A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
second banana	A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
spin off	To create as a by-product or a secondary derived work.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
suite (of a serial story or article)	Continuation; Continued.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tail wagging the dog	A minor or secondary part of something controlling the whole.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Take a Backseat	To be at a secondary position or to be at a level of inferiority as compared to someone else	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
tout de suite	Immediately, right away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tout de suite	Immediately, right away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tout de suite	immediately, right away	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tout de suite	without interruption	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)