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121 bout
n. m.1. Etre à bout: To be 'knackered', 'worn out', to be exhausted. Pousser quelqu'un à bout (fig.): To bring someone to breakingpoint.2. En connaître un bout: To 'know a thing or two', to be very knowledgeable (on a specific topic). Pour ce qui est de la mécanique, il en connaît un bout! When it comes to cars, he's on the ball!3. Mettre les bouts: To 'buzz off', to 'nip along', to go away.4. Au bout le bout! (iron.): All in good time! — Don't rush things!a To 'natter away', to chat on idly.b To argue away endlessly.6. (also: gros bout): 'Prick', 'prong', penis. -
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v. trans.1. To 'cool someone off', to bring someone back to reality.2. To shake someone's confidence. Ça l'a drôlement douché de voir le bilan: Seeing the accounts made him a trifle less cocky.3. Avoir été douché: To have 'got one's fingers burnt', to have suffered a severe financial loss.
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