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Record 1 2001-02-26

English

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"Do you really want me to go, he asked with the same cool, aggravating politeness" (Aldous Huxley, point counter point, p. 243) "To aggravate: Increase the gravity of ( burden, offence, etc); (colloquial) exasperate (person)" (oxford). "We achieved far more aggravation than amusement" (Mark Twain, The innocents abroad, 78)

French

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encore agacer, agaçant. Il est vrai que cette dernière acception constitue un vulgarisme, au dire des puristes, mais on a vu que les meilleurs auteurs, comme Huxley, l'acceptent.

Spanish

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agravante: Término reproducido de Law Terminology con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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