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  • 51error — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Deviation from truth Nouns 1. error, fallacy; falsity (see falsehood), untruth; misconception, misapprehension, misunderstanding; inexactness, inaccuracy; anachronism; misconstruction, misinterpretation …

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  • 52Kind — Das Kind beim (rechten) Namen nennen: eine Sache unverblümt bezeichnen, seine Meinung unbeschönigt äußern; ähnlich die französische Redensart ›appeler un chat un chat‹ (Boileau, Satiren I,52); ebenso italienisch ›chiamare la gatta gatta‹ (= die… …

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  • 53Calque (linguistique) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Calque. En linguistique, et plus précisément en lexicologie, étymologie et linguistique comparée, on appelle calque un type d emprunt lexical particulier en ce sens que le terme emprunté a été traduit… …

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  • 54empty — see empty sacks will never stand upright empty vessels make the most sound better are small fish than an empty dish don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater …

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  • 56bath water — also bathwater N UNCOUNT Your bath water is the water in which you sit or lie when you have a bath. to throw the baby out with the bath water → see baby He has to share his bath water with the other three children in the family …

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