Vocabulary
partir
to share, to share out, to divide; to go away, leave, depart; to originate; to die; to emanate; to start; to go
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partir en fumée
to be consumed by and destroyed in fire (which is only implied) such that smoke is the only evidence of something having happened (ash, smut, etc. notwithstanding); to be ruined, destroyed; to go up in smoke, vanish into thin air
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partir en vrille
to go awry, to hit the fan, to go pear-shaped
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partir en couille
to go awry, to hit the fan, to go to shit
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partir en sucette
to go awry, to hit the fan, to go pear-shaped
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partir à vau-l'eau
to go downhill, to go down the drain, to go awry, to go pear-shaped
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partir du principe
to work on the assumption that, to assume that
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partir du bon pied
to start off on the right foot
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partir à la dérive
drift, go adrift
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partir du mauvais pied
to start off on the wrong foot
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partir dans tous les sens
to be all over the place; to be all over the place, to be all over the shop, to spread oneself thin
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partir sans demander son reste
to leave without further ado, to leave without a murmur, to take to one's heels
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