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le diable

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Definition: devil; hand cart/truck; earthenware casserole

Expressions: qui/quoi/où/pourquoi/etc diable...? - who/what/where/why the hell...?

au diable: être au diable - to be in the middle of nowhere, miles from anywhere; envoyer qqun au diable - to tell someone to go to hell; aller au diable - to go to hell

du diable (intensifier): faire un froid du diable - to be extremely cold; avoir un mal du diable de faire - to have a hell of a time doing

en diable (intensifier): être + adj + en diable - to be extremely/terribly/bloody + adj

à la diable: any which way, any old how

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