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coal [kəʊl]1 noun∎ a piece or lump of coal un morceau de charbon;∎ figurative he was treading on hot coals il était sur des charbons ardents;∎ figurative to carry coals to Newcastle porter de l'eau à la rivière∎ soft coal houille f grasse(chute) à charbon; (depot, fire) de charbon(supply with coal) fournir ou ravitailler en charbon; Nautical charbonnerNautical charbonner►► coal basin bassin m houiller;coal black noir m;coal cellar cave f à charbon;coal gas gaz m de houille;coal industry industrie f houillère;coal merchant charbonnier(ère) m,f, marchand(e) m,f de charbon;American coal oil kérosène m, pétrole m (lampant);coal scuttle seau m à charbon;coal seam couche f houillère, gisement m houiller;coal tar coaltar m, goudron m de houille;coal tar soap savon m au coaltar;coal tit mésange f noire -
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A n2 ( individual piece) charbon m ; hot ou live coals charbons mpl ardents ; brown coal lignite m ; soft coal houille f grasse ; hard coal anthracite m.C vtr ravitailler [qch] en charbon.D vi [ship] être ravitaillé en charbon.as black as coal noir comme du charbon ; to carry coals to Newcastle porter de l'eau à la rivière ; to haul sb over the coals ○ passer un savon à qn ○. -
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1 noun∎ nuts and raisins mélange m de différents fruits secs (cacahouètes, noisettes, etc) et de raisins secs;∎ familiar she's a hard or tough nut to crack elle n'est pas commode□ ;∎ it's a hard or tough nut to crack (problem) c'est difficile à résoudre□ ;∎ familiar the American market will be a hard or tough nut to crack ça ne sera pas facile de pénétrer le marché américain□(b) Technology écrou m;∎ nuts and bolts des écrous mpl et des boulons mpl;∎ figurative the nuts and bolts of the problem les détails pratiques du problème;∎ the nuts and bolts of a language les éléments de base d'une langue;∎ to learn the nuts and bolts of a business apprendre à connaître le fonctionnement d'une entreprise∎ what a nut! il est complètement cinglé ou dingue!∎ she's a golf nut c'est une fana de golf∎ it hit him right on the nut il l'a reçu en pleine caboche;∎ to be off one's nut (mad) être dingue ou cinglé;∎ to go off one's nut (go insane) perdre la boule, devenir cinglé; (get angry) péter les plombs, piquer une crise;∎ she really did her nut elle a piqué une de ces crises(f) (small lump of coal) noix f, tête-de-moineau ffamiliar donner un coup de boule à
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Lump coal — Lump Lump (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Lump — (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lump sum — Lump Lump (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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coal — W2S3 [kəul US koul] n [: Old English; Origin: col] 1.) [U] a hard black mineral which is dug out of the ground and burnt to produce heat ▪ Put some coal on the fire. ▪ the coal mining industry ▪ a lump of coal 2.) [C usually plural] a piece of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
In a lump — Lump Lump (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
In the lump — Lump Lump (l[u^]mp), n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. A lump of cheese. Piers Plowman. This lump of clay. Shak.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lump — lump1 lumpingly, adv. /lump/, n. 1. a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal. 2. a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head. 3. an aggregation, collection, or mass;… … Universalium