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1 tangle
['tæŋɡl] 1. noun(an untidy, confused or knotted state: The child's hair was in a tangle.) désordre, masse enchevêtrée2. verb(to make or become tangled: Don't tangle my wool when I'm knitting.) (s')emmêler, (s')embrouiller- tangled- tangle with -
2 foul
foul [faʊl]1. adjectivea. ( = disgusting) [place, smell] immondeb. ( = bad) foul luck terrible malchance fc. [language, abuse] grossierd. [shot] mauvais ; [tackle] irrégulier2. nouna. ( = pollute) polluerb. [dog] souiller( = become entangled or jammed) to foul on sth [rope, line] s'emmêler dans qch ; [mechanism] se prendre dans qch5. compounds• he suspected foul play il se doutait que ce n'était pas un accident ► foul-smelling adjective puant* * *[faʊl] 1.noun Sport faute f (by de; on sur)2.1) ( putrid) [conditions] répugnant; [smell, air] fétide; [water] putride; [taste] infect2) ( grim) épouvantable3) ( evil) odieux/-ieuse4) ( offensive) ordurier/-ièreto have a foul mouth — être grossier/-ière
5) ( unsporting) déloyal3. 4.transitive verb1) ( pollute) polluer [environment]; souiller [pavement]2) ( become tangled)3) ( clog) bloquer [mechanism]; obstruer [channel]4) Sport commettre une faute contre•Phrasal Verbs:- foul up••to fall foul of somebody — ( fall out with) se brouiller avec quelqu'un; ( lose favour) s'attirer le mécontentement de quelqu'un
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3 foul
A n Sport faute f (by de ; on sur) ; sent off for a foul éliminé pour faute ; cries of foul fig des cris de protestation.B adj1 ( putrid) [place, slum, conditions] répugnant ; [air, breath, smell] fétide ; [water, stream] putride ; [taste] infect ;2 ( grim) [weather, day, atmosphere] épouvantable ; to be in a foul humour ou mood être d'une humeur massacrante ○ ; to have a foul temper avoir un sale caractère ; it's a foul job! c'est une sale corvée! ; in fair weather or foul qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente ;3 ( evil) [person, act, crime, deed, treachery, creature] odieux/-ieuse ; ‘murder most foul’ ‘horrible assassinat’ ;5 Sport ( unsporting) déloyal.D vtr2 ( become tangled) [weeds, nets, ropes] s'emmêler dans [engine, propeller] ; the propeller was fouled by nets des filets de pêche étaient emmêlés dans l'hélice ;E vi1 Sport commettre des fautes ;to fall ou run foul of sb ( fall out with) se brouiller avec qn ; ( lose favour) s'attirer le mécontentement de qn ; to fall foul of the law tomber sous le coup de la loi.■ foul out ( in baseball) être exclu (pour fautes personnelles).■ foul up ○ faire des erreurs or des bourdes ○ ;▶ foul up [sth], foul [sth] up1 ( bungle) ruiner [plan, opportunity] ; abîmer [system] ; he always manages to foul things up il trouve toujours le moyen de tout louper ○ ;2 ( pollute) polluer [air, soil]. -
4 unravel
past tense - unravelled; verb1) (to take (eg string, thread etc) out of its tangled condition; to disentangle: She could not unravel the tangled thread.) démêler2) ((especially of a knitted fabric) to undo or become undone: My knitting (got) unravelled when it fell off the needles.) (se) défaire3) (to solve (a problem, mystery etc): Is there no-one who can unravel this mystery?) dénouer -
5 entangle
[in'tæŋɡl](to cause (something) to become twisted or tangled with something else: Her long scarf entangled itself in the bicycle wheel; entangled in an unhappy love affair.) emmêler -
6 tangle with
(to become involved in a quarrel or struggle with (a person etc): I tangled with him over politics.) avoir une prise de bec avec
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