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battle
1. n. Bataille.
2. n. Combat.
3. v. Combattre, batailler, lutter.
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battle
1. n. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
2. n. A struggle; a contest.
the battle of life
3. n. (now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
4. n. (obsolete) The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.
5. v. (intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
Scientists always battle over theories.
She has been battling against cancer for years.
6. v. To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
She has been battling cancer for years.
7. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England, agriculture) Improving; nutritious; fattening.
battle grass, battle pasture
8. adj. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) Fertile; fruitful.
battle soil, battle land
9. v. (transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) To nourish; feed.
10. v. (transitive, UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland, Northern England) To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful
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bataille
1. n-f. battle
2. n-f. war (card game)

Exemples de phrases

The ship wasn't ready for battle.      Le navire n'était pas en ordre de bataille. We seized the town after a short battle.      Nous prîmes la ville à l'issue d'une courte bataille. Many of Pope's men were not prepared for battle.      Plusieurs des hommes du Pape n'étaient pas prêts pour la bataille. We have lost a battle, but we will win the war.      Nous avons perdu une bataille, mais nous gagnerons la guerre. Losing a battle doesn't mean losing the war!      Perdre une bataille ne signifie pas perdre la guerre !

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