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Record 1 2006-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Impulse snacks and TV meals. A Mars bar may be all right after some strenuous physical exercise, but demand feeding with chocolate is the fastest way to add calories. [The Daily Telegraph, 29 Dec. 1987, p. 11; 7]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

tromper la faim : Donner une satisfaction illusoire ou momentanée (à la faim).

OBS

Pluriel : des coupe-faim ou des coupe-faims.

OBS

coupe-faims (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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