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   From: vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid   
      
   Le 27/12/2025 à 20:41, Sam Plusnet a écrit :   
   > On 27/12/2025 18:50, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >> One consequence of the cold is that I learned a new word today: greloter   
   >> means shiver.   
   >   
   > Does it also have the other meaning of "shiver" - to break into small   
   > fragments as in "shiver me timbers"?   
      
   Non, hélas. 'To shiver into pieces' is 'se fracasser' or 'voler en éclats'.   
      
   It's this sort of thing that stops double meanings moving abroad.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)