red herring in Anglais

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions nominales en anglais",
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    {
      "form": "red herrings",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɹɛd ˈhɛɹ.ɪŋz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Hareng saur."
      ],
      "id": "fr-red_herring-en-noun-E0gdcJ6I"
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
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              40,
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          "text": "Ignore the second possibility. That’s a red herring, and we don’t want to waste a lot of time on it.",
          "translation": "Ignorez la seconde possibilité. C’est une fausse piste, et nous ne voulons pas perdre beaucoup de temps dessus."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fausse piste."
      ],
      "id": "fr-red_herring-en-noun-ufMiI5TP",
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        "figuratively"
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ɹɛd ˈhɛɹ.ɪŋ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "red herring"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Locutions nominales en anglais",
    "Poissons en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "red herrings",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɹɛd ˈhɛɹ.ɪŋz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Hareng saur."
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Métaphores en anglais"
      ],
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              40,
              51
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          "text": "Ignore the second possibility. That’s a red herring, and we don’t want to waste a lot of time on it.",
          "translation": "Ignorez la seconde possibilité. C’est une fausse piste, et nous ne voulons pas perdre beaucoup de temps dessus."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fausse piste."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ɹɛd ˈhɛɹ.ɪŋ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "red herring"
}

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"red herring" meaning in Anglais

Noun

Inflected forms