Raide basically means steep or rigid, but is also used as an intensifier in idiomatic expressions where in English words like very, hard, a lot, loads often appear. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of expressions with raide:
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raide
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steep; rigid, stiff; taut
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raide à bas
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right down
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raide à but
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right at the end
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un raide but
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a long way
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raide bein
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extremely well
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raide bouon
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very good
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à raide braiche
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a lot, hard, vigorously
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travailli à raide braiche
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work hard
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raide dé
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much
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dé raide bouôn tchoeu
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with a will, very cheerfully
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d’sa raide forche
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with all one’s might
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y’avait raide du monde
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there were loads of people
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j’ai raide à faithe
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I’ve got loads to do
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un raide bouôn temps
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a very good time
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eune raide bouonne chose
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a very good thing
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un raide dêjeuner
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a hearty breakfast
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raide coumme eune barre dé fé
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stiff as an iron bar
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raide coumme un mort
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stiff as a corpse
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raide coumme un pitchet
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stiff as a stake
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raide coumme un tangon
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stiff as a stem of tangle (seaweed)
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filer raide
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go at a lick
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filer raide bouon
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go at a lick
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taper raide
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hit hard
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baithe raide
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drink heavily
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tuer raide
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kill stone dead
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tchaie raide mort
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drop down stone dead
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soûfflier raide
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blow hard
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êprouver raide
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try hard
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travailli raide
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work hard
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êtudier raide
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study hard
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aver raide appétit
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have a hearty appetite
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êt’ raide pouor
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be determined to, be dead set on
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êt’ raide au collet
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be on one’s guard
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app’yer raide contre la muthâle
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press right up against the wall
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raide contre
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dead against
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raide par-dessus
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clear over, right over, sailing over
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i’ li’a donné eune raide paffe
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he gave him a right thump
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fliantchi eune raide talmoûthe
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smack in the chops
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un bouôn huilet est raide quémode
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a good waterproof is very handy
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i’ vente raide
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it’s very windy
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eune raide suée d’fraid
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a stinking cold
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un raide Méthodiste
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a strict Methodist
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