us |
1. n. Nous. | |
a |
1. art. Un, Une. | |
A book. | |
Un livre. | |
A girl. | |
Une fille. | |
flat |
1. adj. Plat. | |
This surface is perfectly flat. | |
The land around here is flat. | |
Plat, sans intérêt. | |
The party was a bit flat. | |
(anatomie) Plat, maigre, sans rondeurs. | |
That girl is completely flat on both sides. | |
(tech) À plat, en parlant d'une pile, d'un moteur, etc. | |
(musique) Monotone, plat, sans variation. | |
2. adj. Total, absolu. | |
His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results. | |
I'm not going to the party and that's flat. | |
3. v. De façon à être plat, platement. | |
Spread the tablecloth flat over the table. | |
4. v. Directement, sans détour. | |
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat. | |
5. v. (Avec une distance, une durée) Exactement. | |
He can run a mile in four minutes flat. | |
6. v. Complètement. | |
I am flat broke this month. | |
7. n. Surface plane, plan. | |
8. n. (Musique) Bémol. | |
9. n. (Auto) Crevaison, pneu à plat. | |
10. n. Chaussure à talon plat. | |
She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels. | |
11. n. Plat. | |
a flat of strawberries. | |
12. n. Plat d'une arme, par opposition au tranchant. | |
13. n. (GB) Appartement. | |
oblong |
1. adj. Oblong. | |
2. n. Chose oblongue. | |
3. n. Rectangle plus long que large. | |
cake |
1. n. Gâteau. | |
A carrot cake. | |
Un gâteau aux carottes. | |
2. n. Morceau. | |
A cake of soap. | |
3. v. Enrober d'une croûte de matière solide. | |
His shoes are caked with mud. | |
of |
1. prep. De. Indique une origine, une substance, une possession, etc. | |
The university of Ottawa. | |
L'université d'Ottawa. | |
The king of beasts. | |
Le roi des animaux. | |
2. prep. De. Indique une séparation avec certains verbes. | |
The accident deprived him of his health. | |
L'accident l'a privé de sa santé. | |
pressed |
1. v. Prétérit du verbe to press. | |
2. v. Participe passé du verbe to press. | |
press |
1. n. (Journal) Presse. | |
Never underestimate the power of the press. | |
2. n. Pression, fait de presser, d'appuyer sur un bouton, une commande. | |
The machine can do all this with the press of a button. | |
3. v. Pousser. | |
To open the computer file, click on the menu item, or else press the return key. | |
4. v. Appuyer sur. | |
Press the doorbell button already! | |
5. v. Presser, être urgent. | |
Time is pressing. | |
6. v. Appuyer en écrasant, presser, serrer. | |
The crowd pressed in on her. | |
7. v. Presser, serrer, serrer plus fort, tasser. | |
8. v. Pressurer. | |
The wine growers press grapes to make wine. | |
9. v. Repasser. | |
My clothes are wrinkled. I'll have to get them pressed at the cleaners. | |
tobacco |
1. n. Le tabac. | |