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1 nod
∎ to nod one's head (as signal) faire un signe de (la) tête; (in assent) faire oui de la tête, faire un signe de tête affirmatif; (in greeting) saluer d'un signe de tête; (with fatigue) dodeliner de la tête;∎ she nodded her head in approval or nodded her approval elle manifesta son approbation d'un signe de tête;∎ the boss nodded him into the office le chef lui fit signe (de la tête) d'entrer dans le bureau(a) (as signal) faire un signe de (la) tête; (in assent, approval) faire un signe de tête affirmatif, faire oui de la tête; (in greeting) saluer d'un signe de tête;∎ she nodded at or to him through the window elle lui fit un signe de tête de derrière la fenêtre∎ he was nodding in his chair il somnolait dans son fauteuil3 noun∎ to give sb a nod (as signal) faire un signe de tête à qn; (in assent) faire un signe de tête affirmatif à qn; (in greeting) saluer qn d'un signe de tête;∎ to answer with a nod répondre d'un signe de tête;∎ a nod in sb's direction un signe de tête à l'intention de qn;∎ a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind man) inutile d'en dire plus;∎ to get British the nod or American a nod (gen) obtenir le feu vert; (in boxing) gagner aux points;∎ the land of Nod le pays des rêves;∎ humorous to be in the land of Nod être dans les bras de Morphéefamiliar s'assoupir□, s'endormir□(b) drugs slang planer -
2 ceremony
(a) (UNCOUNT) (formality) cérémonie f, cérémonies fpl;∎ with much ceremony avec beaucoup de cérémonie;∎ without ceremony sans cérémonie ou cérémonies;∎ we don't stand on ceremony nous ne faisons pas de cérémonies
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