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breaking (of a lock, door, fence, or other barrier to an enclosed area) [116] Usage notes: entrée par effraction entrance by force [103] break-in; entrer par effraction to break in [116] pénétrer par effraction breaking and entering; vol par effraction burglary [116] égalité devant la loi equality before the law. élément intellectuel
In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...
A prison escape (also referred to as a bust out, breakout, jailbreak, jail escape or prison break) is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. Normally, when this occurs, an effort is made on the part of authorities to recapture them and return them to their original detainers.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
An essay of 1724 emphasizes not the fact of being the last cause, but rather of being a least cause, that is, a minor one: . Every thing must be at rest which has no Force to impell it; but as the least Straw breaks the Horse's Back, or a single Sand will turn the Beam of Scales which holds Weights as heavy as the World; so, without doubt, as minute Causes may determine the Actions of Men ...
The Strappado, used as public punishment, detail of plate 10 of Les Grandes Misères de la guerre by Jacques Callot, 1633. The strappado, also known as corda, [1] is a form of torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind their back and the victim is suspended by a rope attached to the wrists, typically resulting in dislocated shoulders.
Nikki Bella setting up to perform the Rack Attack (Argentine backbreaker drop) on Naomi.. This submission hold, better known as a Torture Rack or simply a rack, sees the attacking wrestler carrying the opponent face-up across his own shoulders, before hooking the opponent's head with one hand and a leg with the other to then pull down on both ends to hyperextend the opponent's back and force a ...
taper, tomber sur les nerfs: to irritate someone, "get on one's nerves" Only taper sur les nerfs in France. tête(s) carrée(s) English-Canadians Used only in Quebec, this term can be considered pejorative or even a racial slur. Literally "square head(s)" in English. toé (toi) you (informal) tsé (tu sais) you know