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1 flog
1 ( beat) flageller ;to flog sth into the ground ○ ou to death ○ GB bousiller ○ qch ; to flog oneself into the ground ○ ou to death ○ GB se crever ○ au travail ; to flog a joke/story to death ○ rabâcher une plaisanterie/une histoire. -
2 flog
flog [flɒg]a. flageller• how much did you manage to flog it for? tu as réussi à en tirer combien ?* * *[flɒg]transitive verb (p prés etc - gg-)1) ( beat) flageller2) (colloq) GB ( sell) fourguer (colloq), vendre••to flog something to death — (colloq) GB bousiller (colloq) quelque chose
to flog a joke to death — (colloq) rabâcher une plaisanterie
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3 flog
∎ familiar to flog an idea/a joke to death accommoder une idée/blague à toutes les sauces∎ they're flogging them off cheap ils les bazardent pour pas cher -
4 flog
[floɡ]past tense, past participle - flogged; verb(to beat; to whip: You will be flogged for stealing the money.) fouetter- flogging- flog a dead horse -
5 flog a dead horse
(to try to create interest in something after all interest in it has been lost.) perdre sa peine et son temps -
6 dead
dead [ded]1. adjectivea. [person, animal, plant] mort• will he do it? -- over my dead body! (inf) il le fera ? -- il faudra d'abord qu'il me passe sur le corps !• I wouldn't be seen dead with him! (inf) pour rien au monde je ne voudrais être vu avec lui !• I wouldn't be seen dead in that pub! (inf) il est hors de question que je mette les pieds (inf) dans ce bar !• you're dead meat! (inf!) t'es un homme mort ! (inf)b. [limbs] engourdic. [battery] à plat ; [town] mortd. ( = absolute, exact) to hit sth dead centre frapper qch en plein milieu• it's a dead cert (inf!) c'est sûr et certain2. adverb3. noun4. plural noun5. compounds* * *[ded] 1.1)2.1) ( no longer living) mortthe dead man/woman — le mort/la morte
to play dead — faire le mort/la morte
dead and buried — lit, fig mort et enterré
I'm absolutely dead! — (colloq) ( exhausted) je suis mort! (colloq)
2) ( extinct) [language] mort; [custom] désuet/-ète; [issue] dépassé; [fire] mort3) (dull, not lively) [place] mort; [audience] apathique4) (not functioning, idle) [battery] à plat; [capital] inactif/-ivethe phone went dead — tout d'un coup, plus rien (sur la ligne)
5) ( impervious) insensible (to à)6) ( numb) [limb] engourdi7) ( absolute)3.adverb surtout GB (absolutely, completely) absolumentdead on time — pile (colloq) à l'heure
dead on six o'clock — à six heures pile (colloq)
dead easy — (colloq) simple comme bonjour (colloq)
they were dead lucky! — (colloq) ils ont eu du pot! (colloq)
dead drunk — (colloq) ivre mort
dead tired — (colloq) crevé (colloq), claqué (colloq)
I was dead scared! — (colloq) j'avais une trouille bleue! (colloq)
you're dead right! — (colloq) tu as parfaitement raison!
‘dead slow’ — Automobile ‘roulez au pas’
to be dead against — être totalement opposé à [idea, plan]
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7 horse
horse [hɔ:s]cheval m• stop horsing about! arrêtez de chahuter !* * *[hɔːs]1) cheval mthe horses — (colloq) fig ( horseracing) les courses fpl (de chevaux)
3) Military [U] cavalerie f•Phrasal Verbs:••to flog GB ou beat US a dead horse — (colloq) perdre sa peine et son temps
hold your horses! — (colloq) arrêtez!, une minute!
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8 lash
lash [læ∫]1. nounb. ( = eyelash) cil ma. [person] ( = beat) fouetter ; ( = flog) flagellerc. ( = fasten) attacher fermement[rain] tomber avec violence[+ cargo] arrimer► lash out* * *[læʃ] 1.2) ( whipstroke) coup m de fouet3) ( whip) lanière f2.transitive verb1) lit ( whip) fouetter; [rain] cingler [windows]; [storm] balayer [region]; [waves] fouetter [shore]2) ( criticize)3) ( secure) attacher (to à)•Phrasal Verbs:- lash out -
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10 horse
horse nI could eat a horse j'ai une faim de loup ; to back the wrong horse miser sur le mauvais cheval ; to eat like a horse manger comme quatre ; to flog GB ou beat US a dead horse ○ perdre sa peine et son temps ; (straight) from the horse's mouth de source sûre ; to get on one's high horse monter sur ses grands chevaux ; hold your horses! ○ arrêtez!, une minute! ; it's horses for courses c'est la solution idoine ; you can take ou lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink Prov on ne saurait faire boire un âne qui n'a pas soif Prov ; that's a horse of a different colour ça c'est une autre paire de manches ; to work like a horse travailler comme un forcené or une bête de somme ; wild horses wouldn't drag it out of me pour rien au monde je ne le révélerais ; wild horses wouldn't drag me there je n'irais pas pour tout l'or du monde!■ horse about, horse around chahuter.
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