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à toi l'honneurou Locution qui se dit pour inviter son adversaire à tirer ou à jouer le premier.Rate it:

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à vous l'honneurou Locution qui se dit pour inviter son adversaire à tirer ou à jouer le premier.Rate it:

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alea jacta estLe sort en est jeté.Rate it:

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après lui il faut tirer l'échelleOne cannot do better than he has; No one can come up to him in that; That takes the cake.Rate it:

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Batten Down the HatchesTo prepare for any sort of emergency before time by taking proper measuresRate it:

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Beat Your Swords into PlowsharesTo abandon any sort of fights and divert attention and efforts towards some peaceful activitiesRate it:

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Better Safe than SorryIt is better to be careful and avoid any sort of harmful risks, injuries or complicated situations that you might regret laterRate it:

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Break the IceTo overcome any awkward situation, to help strangers know each other, to overcome social communication difficulties all in a friendly manner, to overcome any sort of nervous situation between different peopleRate it:

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c'est un homme comme il en fautHe is one of the right sort.Rate it:

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comment est-il fait?What sort of a man is he?Rate it:

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coquin de sortImprécation familière exprimant le désarroi, la colère, l’exaspération, etc.Rate it:

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death spiralThe situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure.Rate it:

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dope sheetA publication, updated very frequently and used by people who make horse racing wagers, which summarizes information about the horses running in specific races; a publication which provides background information and/or predictions used by people wagering on any sort of competition.Rate it:

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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:

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elle lui a jeté un sortShe cast a spell over him; He is infatuated with her.Rate it:

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et id genus omneAnd everything of that sort.Rate it:

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first rateSuperb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.Rate it:

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il n'en fera rienHe will do nothing of the sort.Rate it:

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il sait tirer parti de la vieHe knows how to make the best of life.Rate it:

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il se fera tirer l'oreilleHe will require pressing.Rate it:

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it's all grist to the millEverything referred to in the present context has some sort of use.1999, Simon Blackburn, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (Oxford University Press paperback, ISBN 0199690871), ch. 7 section 6: "KantRate it:

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je me ferais tirer à quatre avant de parlerWild horses would not make me speak.Rate it:

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je ne mange pas de ce pain-làI don’t go in for that sort of thing.Rate it:

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je ne me ferai pas tirer par la mancheI shall not require much pressing.Rate it:

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je saurai en tirer partiI shall be able to turn it to account.Rate it:

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kind ofSlightly; somewhat; sort of.Rate it:

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la vérité sort de la bouche des enfantsLes enfants dévoilent régulièrement des vérités.Rate it:

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le feu lui sort par les yeuxSes yeux sont allumés de colère ; il est fort courroucé.Rate it:

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le sort en est jetéThe die is cast; Alea jacta est.Rate it:

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le sort en est jetéthe die is castRate it:

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le vin entre, la raison sortWhen ale is in, wit is out.Rate it:

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les grands sont les plus exposés aux coups du sortHigh winds blow on high hills.Rate it:

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les voies de Dieu sont impénétrablesLes coups du sort nous sont incompréhensibles.Rate it:

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lucky breakA stroke of luck; a fortunate event, particularly of the sort that propels one to success, fame, etc.Rate it:

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mettre un tonneau en perceFaire une ouverture dans un tonneau pour en tirer du vin. Mettre une barrique, un foudre, un fût en perce.Rate it:

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nail the hammer on the headTo solve a problem of any sort; to get the right answer to something; to be on target, spot on.Rate it:

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on voulait lui tirer les vers du nezThey wished to pump him.Rate it:

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quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue (or, il sort du bois)Speak of angels and you hear their wings; Talk of the devil, he is sure to appear.Rate it:

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quid tibi animi est?what sort of humour are you in?Rate it:

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rien de semblableNothing of the sort.Rate it:

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se tirer d'un mauvais pasTo get out of an awkward fix (scrape).Rate it:

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se tirer une balle dans le piedto shoot oneself in the footRate it:

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sort ofApproximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.Rate it:

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sort oneself outTo organize or solve one's personal problems.Rate it:

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sort oneself outTo calm down emotionally.Rate it:

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sort outTo clarify by reviewing mentally.Rate it:

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sort outTo attack physically.Rate it:

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sort outTo fix, as a problem.Rate it:

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sort outTo separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.Rate it:

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sort outTo organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.Rate it:

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