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(literally verbe | water [watered, watering, waters](dilute) |
avoir d'autres chats à fouetter (verb: literally to have other cats to whip) nom | bigger fish to fry◼◼◼(more pressing issues to attend to) |
billet de banque [literally] nom {m} | currency [currencies]◼◼◼(paper money) |
de première de couverture [literally] adjectif | front-page(deserve to be put on the front page) |
il faut ployer l'arbre pendant qu'il est jeune [literally: a tree must be bent while it is young] phrase | you can't teach an old dog new tricks(too old to change) |
loin du cœur (literally: far from the eyes phrase | out of sight, out of mind◼◼◼(something not nearby is forgotten) |
noix [literally ‘walnut’ but often used generically] nom {f} | nut [nuts]◼◼◼(hard-shelled fruit) |
tas de ferraille [literally: pile of scrap metal] nom {m} | bucket of bolts◼◼◼(machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value) |