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across [ə'krɒs](a) (from one side to the other of) d'un côté à l'autre de;∎ she drew a line across the page elle a tiré un trait en travers de la page;∎ to walk across sth traverser qch;∎ she swam across the lake elle a traversé le lac à la nage;∎ I ran across the street j'ai traversé la rue en courant;∎ can you help me across the road? pouvez-vous m'aider à traverser la rue?;∎ they built a bridge across the lake ils ont construit un pont sur le lac;∎ she threw it across the room elle l'a jeté en travers de ou de l'autre côté de la pièce;∎ he lay across the bed il était couché ou allongé en travers du lit;∎ she felt a pain across her chest une douleur lui a traversé la poitrine;∎ he's very broad across the shoulders il est très large d'épaules(b) (on the other side of) de l'autre côté de;∎ the house across the street la maison d'en face;∎ we live across the street from them nous habitons en face de chez eux;∎ the woman from across the street la femme d'en face;∎ there's a supermarket just across the road from us/our house il y a un supermarché juste en face/en face de notre maison;∎ just across the border de l'autre côté ou au-delà de la frontière;∎ he sat across the table from me il s'assit en face de moi;∎ she glanced across the room at us elle nous lança un regard de l'autre bout de la pièce∎ he leaned across my desk il s'est penché par-dessus mon bureau;∎ a smile spread across her face un sourire a éclairé son visage(d) (so as to cross) en travers de, à travers;∎ the study of literature across cultures l'étude de la littérature à travers différentes cultures;∎ the lines cut across each other les lignes se coupent∎ he gave speeches all across Europe il a fait des discours dans toute l'Europe;∎ across the political spectrum dans l'ensemble de la classe politique∎ he hit me across the face il m'a frappé au visage2 adverb(a) (from one side to the other) d'un côté à l'autre;∎ the room is 3 metres across la pièce fait 3 mètres de large;∎ I helped him across je l'ai aidé à traverser(b) (on or to the other side) de l'autre côté;∎ he reached across and picked the pen up il a tendu le bras et a pris le stylo;∎ she walked across to Mary elle s'est dirigée vers Mary;∎ I looked across at my mother j'ai regardé ma mère(c) (in crosswords) horizontalement;∎ what's 23 across? (clue) quelle est la définition du 23 horizontal ou horizontalement?; (solution) quelle est la réponse du 23 horizontal ou horizontalement?en face de;∎ the man sitting across from me l'homme qui était assis en face de moi;∎ the house across from ours la maison située en face de la nôtresystématiquement;∎ stock prices have fallen across the board le prix des actions a baissé de façon systématique;∎ the policy applies to everybody in the company across the board cette politique concerne tous les employés de l'entreprise quelle que soit leur position
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