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nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondusWe went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.Rate it:

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il ne se laisse pas manger la laine sur le dosHe is not the man to let himself be made a fool of; He will not allow people to take the food out of his mouth; He will not tamely submit to any imposition.Rate it:

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astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)astronomy.Rate it:

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dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)logic, dialectic.Rate it:

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j'ai fait cela en pure perteWhat I have done is completely useless; All I have done is to no purpose.Rate it:

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pure and simplePlain and unadorned.Rate it:

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pure as the driven snowextremely pure; totally pure (typically "pure" in the sense of "virtuous").Rate it:

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pure finderUsed other than as an idiom: see pure, finder.Rate it:

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pure finderSomeone who collected dog faeces for sale to tanneries (which used it as a siccative for bookbinding leather). Undertaken by old women in Britain in the 18th century. (Reference: Robert Hughes, The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback 1996 ISBN 1-86046-150-6 chapter 1 page 21.)Rate it:

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bad to the boneCompletely bad and evil; pure evil.Rate it:

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sweetness and lightThat which is good, pure, pleasant, etc.Rate it:

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lady or tigerA pure gamble with highly divergent outcomes.Rate it:

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de gaieté de cœurOut of pure wantonness.Rate it:

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dumb luckpure chance; luckRate it:

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eat your face offto eat huge quantities of delicious food for the pure joy of eatingRate it:

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incorrupta latini sermonis integritas (Brut. 35. 132)pure, correct Latin.Rate it:

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on the toss of a coinLeaving it to pure chance; relying upon a flippant metric.Rate it:

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oratio pura, pura et emendatapure, correct language.Rate it:

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pastel de carnePlato preparado al horno, consistente en una capa de carne picada de res o cordero sofrita con cebolla y especias, cubierta de una capa de puré de papas u otra hortaliza feculenta y luego horneada hasta dorarse su superficie.Rate it:

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purely and simplyIn a pure and simple manner.Rate it:

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