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1 forty winks
(a short sleep: He always has forty winks after dinner.) petit somme -
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1 nounquarante m inv2 pronounquarante;∎ about forty une quarantainequarante;∎ familiar forty winks petit somme□ m;∎ to have forty winks faire un petit somme; see also fifty -
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['fo:ti] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 40.) quarante2) (the age of 40.) quarante ans2. adjective1) (40 in number.) quarante2) (aged 40.) de quarante ans•- forties- fortieth - forty- - forty-year-old - forty winks -
6 wink
[wiŋk] 1. verb1) (to shut and open an eye quickly in friendly greeting, or to show that something is a secret etc: He winks at all the girls who pass; Her father winked at her and said: `Don't tell your mother about the present I bought her.') faire un clin d'œil (à)2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) clignoter2. noun(an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) clin d'œil
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Forty winks — is an English idiomatic noun that can be used in the singular or plural and means: to take a nap for a short period of time (usually not in bed),cite web | url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forty%20winks| title = WordNet Search 3.0| … Wikipedia
forty winks — {n. phr.}, {informal} A short period of sleep; a nap. * /When the truck driver felt sleepy, he stopped by the side of the road to catch forty winks./ Compare: SHUT EYE … Dictionary of American idioms
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forty winks — n [U] informal a very short sleep ▪ I felt a lot better after I had forty winks … Dictionary of contemporary English
forty winks — ► forty winks informal a short daytime sleep. Main Entry: ↑forty … English terms dictionary
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