| shaft |
| 1. n. Bâton, gaule, perche, barre, barreau. | |
| A shaft is the long narrow body of a spear or arrow | |
| 2. n. Rachis d'une plume. | |
| A shaft is the main axis of a feather | |
| I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer! | |
| 3. n. Puits de mine. | |
| A shaft is a long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft. | |
| Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts. | |
| 4. n. Cage, gaine d'ascenseur. | |
| A shaft is a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft. | |
| Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft. | |
| 5. n. Conduit d'aération. | |
| A shaft is a ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct. | |
| 6. n. (Argot) Escroquerie | |
| A shaft is a malicious act, as in “to give someone the shaft” | |
| That guy at work gave me the shaft, he ratted me out to the boss for being late! | |
| 7. n. (Vulg) Bite. | |
| 8. n. Brancard (de charrette). | |
| 9. v. (Familier) (Populaire) Tricher, escroquer. | |
| I trusted him and he really shafted me. | |
| 10. v. (Vulg) (Argot) Baiser. | |
| 11. v. Creuser un puits de mine. | |
| 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. | |
| wagon |
| 1. n. Char, chariot, charrette. | |
| 2. n. (Ferro) Wagon. | |
| 3. n. (Voitures) (US) (argot) Un break (automobile dont le coffre peut communiquer avec l'habitacle en baissant le dossier de la banquette arrière). | |
| cart |
| 1. n. (Charronnerie) Charrette, chariot. | |
| 2. n. (Internet) Panier. | |
| 3. v. Transporter en charrette. | |
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