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1 task
(a piece of especially hard work; a duty that must be done: household tasks.) tâche -
2 chore
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3 chore
chore n1 ( routine task) tâche f ; the (household) chores les tâches ménagères ; to do the/one's chores faire le/son ménage ;2 ( unpleasant task) corvée f ; shopping is such a chore! les courses sont une vraie corvée! ; it's a real chore having to… c'est une vraie corvée de devoir… -
4 shrink
B vtr ( prét shrank ; pp shrunk ou shrunken) faire rétrécir [fabric] ; contracter [wood] ; Anthrop réduire [head].1 [fabric] rétrécir ; [timber] se contracter ; [piece of dough, meat] réduire ; [forest, area of land] reculer ; [boundaries] se rapprocher ; [economy, sales] être en recul ; [resources, funds] s'amenuiser ; [old person, body] se tasser ; the staff has shrunk from 200 to 50 les effectifs sont tombés de 200 à 50 ; to have shrunk to nothing [team, household] être quasiment réduit à néant ; [person] n'avoir plus que la peau sur les os ;2 ( recoil) ( physically) reculer ; to shrink from se dérober devant [conflict, responsibility] ; to shrink from doing hésiter à faire ; he didn't shrink from the task il n'a pas rechigné à la tâche.■ shrink back reculer ; to shrink back in horror reculer d'horreur. -
5 chore
chore [tʃɔ:(r)](task → routine) travail m de routine; (→ unpleasant) corvée f;∎ household chores travaux mpl ménagers;∎ American I have to do the chores il faut que je fasse le ménage
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