French | English |
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cassant adjectif | brittle [brittler, brittlest]◼◼◼(apt to break or crumble when bending) friable◼◻◻(easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder) |
ce n’est pas en cassant le thermomètre qu’on fait tomber la fièvre phrase | don't shoot the messenger(the bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news) |
fracassant adjectif | front-page(deserve to be put on the front page) |