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anglais > français
thick
1. adj. Épais, gros.
2. adj. Stupide, bête.
3. adj. Lié, proche.
Thick as thieves.
Copains comme cochons. (littéralement, « Proches comme des voleurs. »)
4. adj. Déraisonnable, osé.
5. v. Épais ; avec densité, d'une manière serrée.
6. n. Partie la plus épaisse, ou plus active et intense de quelque chose ; le cœur.
The thick of battle.
Le plus fort de la bataille.
In the thick of crowd.
Au beau milieu de la foule.
anglais > anglais
thick
1. adj. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
2. adj. Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
I want some planks that are two inches thick.
3. adj. Heavy in build; thickset.
He had such a thick neck that he had to turn his body to look to the side.
4. adj. Densely crowded or packed.
We walked through thick undergrowth.
5. adj. Having a viscous consistency.
My mum’s gravy was thick but at least it moved about.
6. adj. Abounding in number.
The room was thick with reporters.
7. adj. Impenetrable to sight.
We drove through thick fog.
8. adj. Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
We had difficulty understanding him with his thick accent.
9. adj. (informal) Stupid.
He was as thick as two short planks.
10. adj. (informal) Friendly or intimate.
They were as thick as thieves.
11. adj. Deep, intense, or profound.
Thick darkness.
12. adj. (dated) troublesome; unreasonable
13. adj. (slang) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
14. adj. topics, en, Size
15. adv. In a thick manner.
Snow lay thick on the ground.
16. adv. Thickly.
Bread should be sliced thick to make toast.
17. adv. Frequently; in great numbers.
The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
18. n. The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
It was mayhem in the thick of battle.
19. n. A thicket.
20. n. (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
21. v. (archaic, transitive) To thicken.
The nightmare Life-in-death was she, / Who thicks man's blood with cold. — Coleridge.
français > anglais
épais
1. adj. thick
2. adj. (Quebec, informal) stupid, thick
3. adv. thickly; densely

Exemples de phrases

This book is very thick.      Ce livre est très épais. He was a little old man with thick glasses.      C'était un petit vieillard avec d'épaisses lunettes. I cannot read the thick book in a week.      Je ne peux lire un livre de cette épaisseur en une semaine. The floor is covered with a thick carpet.      Le sol est couvert par un tapis épais. Real friends stick together through thick and thin.      Les vrais amis restent ensemble au travers des épreuves.

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