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jaillir

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Definition: spurt out, gush forth, spring out

L'eau jaillissait du trou - Water spurted out of the hole

Des centaines d'étudiants ont jailli de l'école à 15h00 - Hundreds of students sprang out of the school at 3 o'clock

Quand nous sommes ensemble, nos idées jaillissent facilement - When we're together, ideas just gush forth

Related: le jaillissement - spurt, gush, outpouring

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