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floodgates

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floodgates [ˈflʌdgeɪts] npl
to open the floodgates to sth (= open the way to) → être la porte ouverte à qch
floodgates [ˈflʌdˌgeɪts] npl to open the floodgates toaprire le porte a


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"And it is a remarkable example of the confusion into which the present age has fallen; of the obliteration of landmarks, the opening of floodgates, and the uprooting of distinctions," says Sir Leicester with stately gloom, "that I have been informed by Mr.
I grasped my whip with more determined energy than before - but still forbore to raise it, and rode on in silence, waiting for some more tangible cause of offence, before I opened the floodgates of my soul and poured out the dammed-up fury that was foaming and swelling within.
How the floodgates were opened, and mother and daughter wept, when they were together embracing each other in this sanctuary, may readily be imagined by every reader who possesses the least sentimental turn.
 
 
 
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