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1 fling
fling [flɪŋ](verb: preterite, past participle flung)1. nouna. ( = affair) aventure fb. ( = period of enjoyment) to have a last fling faire une dernière folie• to fling o.s. off a bridge se jeter d'un pont• to fling o.s. into a hobby se lancer à corps perdu dans une activité* * *[flɪŋ] 1.1) (colloq) ( spree) bon temps m2) (colloq) ( affair) ( with person) aventure f; ( intellectual) flirt (colloq) m2.transitive verb (prét, pp flung) ( throw) lancer [ball, grenade] ( onto sur; into dans); lancer [insult] (at à)3.to fling somebody to the ground — [person] jeter quelqu'un à terre; [blast] projeter quelqu'un à terre
to fling oneself — se jeter ( across en travers de; over par dessus)
to fling oneself off something — sauter de [bridge, cliff]
Phrasal Verbs:- fling on -
2 toot
toot [tu:t](a) to toot a horn/a trumpet sonner du cor/de la trompette;∎ Cars he tooted his horn il a klaxonné ou donné un coup de klaxon3 noun∎ the tugboat gave a toot le remorqueur a donné un coup de sirène;∎ Cars a toot of the horn un coup de Klaxon□∎ to go on the toot prendre une cuite4 adverb∎ familiar toot sweet tout de suite□, illico -
3 bat
1 noun∎ he's a good bat il manie bien la batte;(b) (shot, blow) coup m∎ familiar to have bats in the or one's belfry avoir une araignée au plafond;∎ familiar to run/to drive like a bat out of hell courir/conduire comme si l'on avait le diable à ses trousses∎ to go off on a bat aller faire la bringueSport (baseball player, cricketer → play) manier la batte; (→ take one's turn at playing) être à la batte;∎ he batted for Pakistan il était à la batte pour l'équipe pakistanaise;∎ to go in to bat aller à la batte;∎ American familiar figurative to go to bat for sb intervenir en faveur de qn□∎ she batted her eyelids at him elle battit des paupières en le regardant;∎ figurative he didn't bat an eyelid il n'a pas sourcillé ou bronché;∎ figurative she did it without batting an eyelid elle l'a fait sans broncher►► American Sport bat boy (in baseball) = garçon qui s'occupe des battes et de l'entretien du matériel∎ to bat sth around parler de qch à bâtons rompus -
4 fling
A n1 ○ ( spree) bon temps m ; to have a fling se payer du bon temps ; to have a last ou final fling faire la fête avant de se ranger ;2 ○ ( affair) ( sexual) aventure f ; ( intellectual) flirt ○ m ; to have a brief fling with Marxism flirter brièvement avec le marxisme.B vtr (prét, pp flung) ( throw) lancer [ball, grenade, stone] (onto sur ; into dans) ; lancer [insult, accusation] (at à) ; to fling a scarf around one's shoulders jeter une écharpe sur ses épaules ; to fling a few things into a suitcase jeter quelques affaires dans une valise ; to fling sb to the ground [person] jeter qn à terre ; [blast] projeter qn à terre ; to fling sb against sth [blast, person] projeter qn contre qch ; I flung my arms around her neck je me suis jeté à son cou ; to fling sb into prison jeter qn en prison.C v refl to fling oneself se jeter (across en travers de ; into dans ; onto sur ; over par dessus ; under sous) ; to fling oneself off sth sauter de [bridge, cliff] ; he flung himself at her feet il s'est jeté à ses pieds.to fling oneself at sb's head se jeter à la tête de qn ; youth must have its fling il faut que jeunesse se passe.■ fling about, fling around:▶ fling [sth] around gaspiller [money].■ fling away:▶ fling [sth] away jeter qch.■ fling back:▶ fling [sth] back, fling back [sth] renvoyer [ball, keys] ; rejeter [qch] en arrière [hair, head] ; ouvrir [qch] brusquement [door].■ fling down:▶ fling [sth] down, fling down [sth] jeter [qch] par terre [coat, newspaper].■ fling on:▶ fling on [sth] enfiler [qch] rapidement [dress, coat].■ fling open:▶ fling [sth] open, fling open [sth] ouvrir [qch] brusquement [door] ; ouvrir [qch] tout grand [window].■ fling out:▶ fling [sb] out mettre [qn] à la porte [lover, troublemaker]. -
5 splurge
1 noun(a) (spending spree) folie□ f, folles dépenses□ fpl;∎ I went on or I had a splurge and bought a fur coat j'ai fait une folie, je me suis acheté un manteau de fourrure∎ the book came out in a splurge of publicity la sortie du livre a été accompagnée d'un grand battage publicitaire;∎ a great splurge of colour une débauche de couleur□∎ she splurged her savings on a set of encyclopedias toutes ses économies ont été englouties par l'achat d'une encyclopédie□faire une folie ou des folies;∎ to splurge out on sth se payer qch
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