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"une goutte"

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Definition: drop, gout, (inf) brandy

Il y a une goutte de sang par terre - There's a drop of blood on the floor.

Encore du vin? - More wine?
Une goutte - Just a drop.

Elle souffre de la goutte depuis 5 ans - She's had gout for five years.

Related: un goutte-à-goutte - drip, IV; goutter - to drip; goutteux (adj) - gouty; une gouttière - gutter, drainpipe, (plaster) cast

Expressions: tomber goutte à goutte - to drip; suer à grosses gouttes - to be sweating profusely; pleuvoir à grosses gouttes - to rain heavily, to pour; avoir la goutte au nez - to have a runny nose; passer entre les gouttes - to come through without a scratch; Il n'y en a plus une goutte - There's not a drop left; C'est une goutte d'eau dans la mer - It's a drop in the bucket / ocean; C'est la goutte (d'eau) qui fait déborder la vase - It's the last straw / the straw that broke the camel's back

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