See torcher on Wiktionary
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"pluperfect",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "torche",
"ipa": "/tɔʁʃ/",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "torchons",
"ipa": "/tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃/",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "torchez",
"ipa": "/tɔʁ.ʃe/",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"multiword-construction",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperative",
"multiword-construction",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"multiword-construction",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "fr-verb"
}
],
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"name": "fr-conj-auto"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"French terms with usage examples"
],
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0,
7
]
],
"english": "To wipe the plates.",
"text": "Torcher les assiettes.",
"translation": "To wipe the plates.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt"
],
"links": [
[
"wipe",
"wipe"
],
[
"cloth",
"cloth"
],
[
"dirt",
"dirt"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site)"
],
"links": [
[
"flare",
"flare"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"French slang"
],
"glosses": [
"to churn out"
],
"links": [
[
"churn out",
"churn out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) to churn out"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bâcler"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"French reflexive verbs",
"French terms with usage examples",
"French vulgarities"
],
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19
]
],
"english": "I don't give a fuck what he thinks about it!",
"text": "Je me torche de ce qu'il en pense!",
"translation": "I don't give a fuck what he thinks about it!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"not to care, not to give a fuck"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(vulgar, reflexive) not to care, not to give a fuck"
],
"tags": [
"reflexive",
"vulgar"
]
},
{
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"French slang",
"French terms with usage examples"
],
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20,
27
]
],
"english": "You were absolutely smashed last night!",
"text": "T'étais complètement torché hier soir !",
"translation": "You were absolutely smashed last night!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be drunk"
],
"qualifier": "passive voice",
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, passive voice) to be drunk"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
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},
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"France",
"Lyon"
]
},
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "torcher"
}
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