Vocabulary
perdre
to lose (be unable to find); to lose (not win); to get lost; to waste, to make bad use of something
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perdre pied
to get out of one's depth (to get in a body of water too deep for one to be able to touch the bottom)
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perdre la main
to become out of touch, to lose one's touch, to lose the habit of doing something; to lose the advantage of going first
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perdre les eaux
to break water (to lose one's amniotic fluids just prior to delivery, to experience water breaking)
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perdre son latin
to be confused, to be baffled, to be unsettled (by it, "it" being something previously mentioned)
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perdre une belle occasion de se taire
to put one's foot in one's mouth; to run one's mouth; to speak to one's detriment when one could have avoided commenting
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