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stumble ['stʌmbəl]∎ she stumbled and fell elle trébucha et tomba;∎ he stumbled against me il a trébuché et m'a heurté;∎ he stumbled over the toys in the hall il a trébuché sur les jouets dans le couloir;∎ to stumble along/in/out avancer/entrer/sortir en trébuchant;∎ they stumbled, exhausted, over the finishing line ils ont franchi la ligne d'arrivée en titubant de fatigue;∎ he was stumbling about in the dark il avançait en trébuchant dans le noir;∎ they stumbled out into the bright light ils sortirent en chancelant sous la lumière aveuglante(b) (in speech) trébucher;∎ to stumble over a long word trébucher sur un mot long;∎ he managed to stumble through his lecture c'est d'une voix mal assurée qu'il a finalement prononcé son cours2 noun(a) (in walking) faux pas m∎ she read the poem without a stumble elle a lu le poème sans se tromper ou sans se reprendre une seule fois(b) (discover) trouver par hasard, tomber sur -
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B vi1 ( trip) trébucher (against contre ; on, over sur) ;2 ( stagger) to stumble in/out/off entrer/sortir/s'en aller en chancelant ; he stumbled around the room il a fait le tour de la pièce en chancelant ;3 ( in speech) hésiter ; to stumble over [phrase, word] buter sur ; he stumbled through his farewell speech il a prononcé son discours d'adieu en bafouillant.▶ stumble across [sth] tomber par hasard sur [person, information, fact].■ stumble on:▶ stumble on [walkers, travellers] avancer en trébuchant ; fig [undertaking, leadership] continuer tant bien que mal ;▶ stumble on [sth], stumble upon [sth] tomber par hasard sur [person, place, date, event, item].
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