add fuel to fire in Anglais

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    "Composé de add (« ajouter »), fuel (« combustible »), to et fire (« feu »), littéralement « ajouter du combustible au feu »."
  ],
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          "text": "Shouting at a crying child just adds fuel to the fire."
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        "Mettre de l’huile sur le feu, jeter de l’huile sur le feu"
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      "ipa": "\\æd fjuːl̩ tuː ˈfaɪə\\"
    }
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  "word": "add fuel to fire"
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de add (« ajouter »), fuel (« combustible »), to et fire (« feu »), littéralement « ajouter du combustible au feu »."
  ],
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      "word": "add fuel to the fire"
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          "text": "Shouting at a crying child just adds fuel to the fire."
        }
      ],
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        "Mettre de l’huile sur le feu, jeter de l’huile sur le feu"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\æd fjuːl̩ tuː ˈfaɪə\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "add fuel to fire"
}

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"add fuel to fire" meaning in Anglais

Verb