look for a needle in a haystack in Anglais

IPA: \lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\, \lʊk fɔɹ ə ˈniː.dl ɪn ə heɪ.stæk\, \lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\ Forms: to look for a needle in a haystack [infinitive], looks for a needle in a haystack [present, third-person, singular], looked for a needle in a haystack [preterite], looked for a needle in a haystack [participle, past], looking for a needle in a haystack [participle, present]

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions verbales en anglais",
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    }
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de look, for, a, needle, in, a et haystack."
  ],
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    {
      "form": "to look for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
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    },
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      "form": "looks for a needle in a haystack",
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        "\\lʊks fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊkt fɔː fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "\\lʊkt fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking for a needle in a haystack",
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        "\\lʊk.ɪŋ fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.",
          "translation": "C’est comme chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin."
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔɹ ə ˈniː.dl ɪn ə heɪ.stæk\\",
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\",
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  ],
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}

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    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de look, for, a, needle, in, a et haystack."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to look for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊk fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looks for a needle in a haystack",
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        "\\lʊks fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊkt fɔː fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊkt fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking for a needle in a haystack",
      "ipas": [
        "\\lʊk.ɪŋ fɔː eɪ ˈniː.dl ɪn eɪ heɪ.stæk\\"
      ],
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    }
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        {
          "text": "It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.",
          "translation": "C’est comme chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin."
        }
      ],
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        "Chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin."
      ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "\\lʊk fɔɹ ə ˈniː.dl ɪn ə heɪ.stæk\\",
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}

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"look for a needle in a haystack" meaning in Anglais

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