"the game is afoot" meaning in Anglais

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      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
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      "source": "w"
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1597) Citation de Henry IV, Part 1, acte I scène 3, de William Shakespeare : « Before the game's a-foot, thou still lett'st slip. »",
    "Composé de the, game (« jeu »), is et afoot (« en cours »), littéralement « le jeu est commencé, la partie est en train de se jouer »."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locution-phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1905",
          "text": "It was on a bitterly cold and frosty morning, towards the end of the winter of '97, that I was awakened by a tugging at my shoulder. It was Holmes. The candle in his hand shone upon his eager, stooping face, and told me at a glance that something was amiss. \"Come, Watson, come!\" he cried. \"The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Le processus est en marche ; il se passe quelque chose."
      ],
      "id": "fr-the_game_is_afoot-en-phrase-H4sN2ALC"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðə ɡeɪm ɪz ʌfʊt\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "the game is afoot"
}

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    "Compositions en anglais",
    "Locutions-phrases en anglais",
    "anglais"
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1597) Citation de Henry IV, Part 1, acte I scène 3, de William Shakespeare : « Before the game's a-foot, thou still lett'st slip. »",
    "Composé de the, game (« jeu »), is et afoot (« en cours »), littéralement « le jeu est commencé, la partie est en train de se jouer »."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locution-phrase",
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        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1905",
          "text": "It was on a bitterly cold and frosty morning, towards the end of the winter of '97, that I was awakened by a tugging at my shoulder. It was Holmes. The candle in his hand shone upon his eager, stooping face, and told me at a glance that something was amiss. \"Come, Watson, come!\" he cried. \"The game is afoot. Not a word! Into your clothes and come!\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Le processus est en marche ; il se passe quelque chose."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ðə ɡeɪm ɪz ʌfʊt\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "the game is afoot"
}