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muscle ['mʌsəl]1 noun∎ he has plenty of muscle il est bien musclé;∎ she didn't move a muscle elle est restée parfaitement immobile∎ we need some muscle to help lift these shelves on a besoin d'hommes forts pour soulever ces étagères(c) (influence, power) puissance f, poids m;∎ the drink-driving laws have no muscle les lois contre l'alcoolisme au volant n'ont aucun poids ou impact;∎ it would give our campaign more muscle cela donnerait plus de force à notre campagnemuscler;∎ he has well-muscled arms il a des bras bien musclés►► muscle fibre fibres fpl musculaires;muscle power force f physique ou musculaire;muscle relaxant myorelaxant m, décontracturant m;Medicine muscle strain élongation f;muscle tone tonus m musculaire;∎ she's got excellent muscle tone elle a les muscles très bien dessinésfamiliar intervenir□ ;∎ to muscle in on sth intervenir autoritairement dans qch□ ;∎ to muscle one's way in entrer par la force□ ;∎ a lot of big companies are muscling in de nombreuses grosses sociétés arrivent en force□ ;∎ we don't want them muscling in nous ne voulons pas qu'ils marchent sur nos plates-bandes
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