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Record 1 2002-04-19

English

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CONT

"You pushed your glasses up on your nose 14 times so far today!" she trumpeted. I'm glad I wasn't teaching. I have worse habits. The same kind of off-the-wall comment is sometimes hatched in institutions of higher learning ...

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  • off the wall

French

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  • Traduction (Généralités)
DEF

Relatif à tout ce qui s'éloigne de l'ordre normal des choses, à ce qui est inhabituel.

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