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Dessous and Dessus
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16
Language - French
Undergraduate 2
03/12/2008
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       les dessous

 

 Definition
underware
Term
  avoir le dessous
 Definition
to get the worst of, be at a disadvantage
Term
  connaître le dessous des cartesAdvanced Editor
 Definition
  to have inside information
Term
  être au-dessous de
 Definition
to be incapable of
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  le dessous de caisse
 Definition
underbody (of a car)
Term
  un dessous-de-plat
 Definition
  hot pad (for putting under hot dishes)
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  le dessous-de-table
 Definition
under the table payment
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  un dessous de verre
 Definition
coaster
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avoir le dessus
 Definition
to have the upper hand
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  avoir par-dessus la tête de
 Definition
    to be fed up with, to have had enough of
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  dessus dessous
 Definition
    upside down
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  le dessus du panier
 Definition
  the best of the bunch, the upper crust
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  un pardessus
 Definition
overcoat
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reprendre le dessus
 Definition
to get over it
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  par-dessus tout
 Definition
especially, mainly
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  un dessus-de-lit
 Definition
bedspread
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