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1 overlook
(a) (have view of) avoir vue sur, donner sur;∎ villa overlooking the sea (in property advertisement) villa avec vue sur la mer;∎ the bedroom window overlooks the garden la fenêtre de la chambre donne sur le jardin;∎ the castle/hill overlooks the town le château/la colline surplombe la ville;∎ our house is overlooked at the back il y a une maison qui a vue sur l'arrière de la nôtre(b) (fail to notice → detail, small thing) laisser échapper, oublier; (neglect) négliger, ne pas prendre en compte;∎ it's easy to overlook the small print on oublie souvent de lire ce qui est en petits caractères;∎ they overlooked the language problem ils n'ont pas pris en compte le problème de la langue;∎ he seems to have overlooked the fact that I might have difficulties l'idée que je puisse avoir des difficultés semble lui avoir échappé;∎ his work has been overlooked for centuries cela fait des siècles que ses travaux sont ignorés∎ I cannot overlook this insolence je ne peux pas laisser passer cette insolence;∎ she decided to overlook the matter elle décida de fermer les yeux sur l'affaire;∎ I'll overlook it this time je veux bien fermer les yeux cette fois-ci(d) (supervise) surveiller2 noun['əʊvəlʊk] American panorama m
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