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GROSSE-TETE [1 record]

Record 1 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
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  • General Vocabulary
DEF

An intellectual, a high-brow.

French

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  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

[...] pour la première fois depuis 1936, le socialisme recrute des Grosses-Têtes.

CONT

La chasse aux crânes d'œuf. La chasse aux hauts fonctionnaires. Il s'agit de repérer parmi toutes ces têtes bien faites, celles qui pourraient et voudraient, peupler les cabinets ministériels.

Spanish

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