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A more colloquial quasi-synonymous expression in French would be en tout bien tout honneur. hors de combat lit. "out of the fight": prevented from fighting or participating in some event, usually by injury. hors concours lit. "out of competition": not to be judged with others because of the superiority of the work to the others. hors d'œuvre
An exception to this is the adverb tout "wholly, very" which agrees in gender and number with the adjective it modifies when it is in the feminine and begins with a consonant (e.g. tout petit "very small, m.s.", tous petits "very small, m.pl." but toute petite "very small, f.s.", toutes petites "very small, f.pl." — when beginning with a ...
Voting defines the opinion of the mayority and is a decision – the volonté de tous or the will of all. The volonté générale or general will is a consultation to find jointly a mayority decision. Translations which do not take into account this difference – voting without a deliberation and voting after the effort of finding a mayority ...
"Ticket tout" is a British term for a scalper, someone who engages in ticket resale for more than the face value of the ticket. In recent years some British ticket touts have moved into Internet ticket fraud. [3] In the sports betting world, a tout is someone who sells picks of winners against the spread and the over/under.
Johnson came back with a new spending plan Thursday approved by Trump that had a two year suspension of the debt ceiling. That approach failed, despite the president-elect urging Republicans to ...
"The gap in affordability between used and new could actually improve in a favorable way as we go into 2025, which would be a nice reversal." Her top pick is Carvana , given ...
A majority is more than half of a total. [1] It is a subset of a set consisting of more than half of the set's elements. For example, if a group consists of 31 individuals, a majority would be 16 or more individuals, while having 15 or fewer individuals would not constitute a majority.
Between dinner parties, cookie exchanges and festive cocktails, most people report eating and drinking more than usual during the holidays, gaining on average 1 to 2 pounds of body weight.