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2 squash
[skwoʃ] 1. verb1) (to press, squeeze or crush: He tried to squash too many clothes into his case; The tomatoes got squashed (flat) at the bottom of the shopping-bag.) entasser; écraser2) (to defeat (a rebellion etc).) écraser2. noun1) (a state of being squashed or crowded: There was a great squash in the doorway.) cohue2) ((a particular flavour of) a drink containing the juice of crushed fruit: Have some orange squash!) boisson au jus de fruit3) ((also squash rackets) a type of game played in a walled court with rackets and a rubber ball.) squash4) (a vegetable or plant of the gourd family.) courge(tte)•- squashy -
3 predatory economy
[con.] économie de prédation [pillage de l'aide économique, rackets et trafics en tous genres] [ONU]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > predatory economy
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4 badminton
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5 tennis
['tenis]((also lawn tennis) a game for two or four players who use rackets to hit a ball to each other over a net stretched across a tennis-court: Let's play (a game of) tennis; ( also adjective) a tennis match.) (de) tennis- tennis-racket - tennis shoe -
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A n2 ( drink) sirop m ;3 ( vegetable) courge f ;C vtr1 ( crush) écraser [fruit, insect, person] (against contre ; between entre) ; aplatir [hat] ; to be squashed out of shape [car, toy] être complètement écrasé ; [box] être complètement déformé ;3 ( put down) rabattre le caquet à ○ [person] ; écraser [revolt, rebellion] ; stopper [rumour] ; to feel squashed se sentir humilié ;4 ( reject) rejeter [idea, proposal].D vi1 ( become crushed) s'écraser ; to squash easily s'écraser facilement ;2 ( pack tightly) [people] s'entasser (into dans) ; to squash through a gap réussir à se glisser par une ouverture.■ squash in ○:▶ squash in se faire de la place ;▶ squash in [sth/sb], squash [sth/sb] in trouver de la place pour.■ squash up ○:▶ squash up [person] se tasser (against contre) ; [crowd] se serrer (against contre) ; if I squash up you can fit in si je me serre ça te fera de la place ; to squash sb up against écraser qn contre ; to squash oneself up against s'aplatir contre. -
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gut [gʌt]1 noun∎ I've got a pain in the gut j'ai mal au bide;∎ pull in your gut rentre ton bide(d) (in sea port) goulet m, passage m étroit(a) (fish, poultry etc) étriper, vider(b) (building) ne laisser que les quatre murs de;∎ the house had been gutted by the fire la maison avait été ravagée par l'incendie;∎ she gutted the house and completely redecorated it elle a cassé tout l'intérieur de la maison et a tout refait∎ to have guts avoir du cran ou du cœur au ventre;∎ he has no guts il n'a rien dans le ventre;∎ I didn't have the guts to tell them je n'ai pas eu le courage de le leur dire∎ to work or to sweat one's guts out se casser les reins, se tuer au travail;∎ to hate sb's guts ne pas pouvoir blairer qn;∎ I'll have your guts for garters je vais faire de toi de la chair à pâté►► American University gut course matière f facile;gut feeling pressentiment m;gut reaction réaction f instinctive ou viscérale -
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racket ['rækɪt]1 noun(b) (snowshoe) raquette f∎ to make a racket faire du boucan ou du barouf;∎ the neighbours are making a terrible racket les voisins font un boucan épouvantable;∎ will you turn that racket off! arrêtez ce boucan!∎ protection racket racket m;∎ drugs racket trafic m de drogue;∎ this lottery is such a racket cette loterie, c'est de l'arnaque;∎ he's involved in some money-laundering racket il trempe dans des affaires de blanchiment d'argent∎ what's your racket? vous travaillez dans quoi?;∎ is she still in the teaching/publishing racket? est-ce qu'elle est encore dans l'enseignement/dans l'édition?□familiar (be noisy) faire du boucan(UNCOUNT) (game) racquet-ball m►► Sport racket cover housse f de raquette;Sport racket-press presse-raquette m -
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squash [skwɒʃ]∎ he sat on my hat and squashed it en s'asseyant il a écrasé mon chapeau;∎ you're squashing me! tu m'écrases!;∎ I was squashed between two large ladies j'étais serré ou coincé entre deux grosses dames;∎ we were squashed in like sardines nous étions serrés comme des sardines(b) (cram, stuff) fourrer;∎ she squashed the laundry down in the bag elle a tassé le linge dans le sac;∎ I squashed another sweater into my rucksack j'ai pu faire entrer un pull supplémentaire dans mon sac à dos(c) (silence, repress → person) remettre à sa place; (→ objection) écarter; (→ suggestion) repousser; (→ argument) réfuter; (→ hopes) réduire à néant; (→ rumour) mettre fin à; (→ rebellion) réprimer;∎ she squashed him with a look elle l'a foudroyé du regard(a) (push → people) s'entasser;∎ all seven of us managed to squash into her car on a réussi à s'entasser à sept dans sa voiture(b) (fruit, package) s'écraser;∎ be careful, the fruit squashes easily faites attention, ces fruits s'écrasent facilement3 noun(a) (crush of people) cohue f;∎ with five of us it'll be a bit of a squash à cinq, nous serons un peu serrés∎ lemon/orange squash sirop m de citron/d'orange(d) (vegetable) courge f(ball, court, champion, racket) de squash►► squash court court m de squash;old-fashioned squash hat chapeau m mou;(people) s'entasser;∎ the lift arrived and everybody squashed in l'ascenseur arriva et tout le monde s'entassa dedans;∎ I squashed in between two very fat men je me suis fait une petite place entre deux hommes énormes(people) se serrer (les uns contre les autres), s'entasserserrer, tasser(people) se serrer (les uns contre les autres), s'entasserécraser -
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(specially made → clothes, equipment) (fait) sur mesure; (very suitable) (comme) fait exprès;∎ top players have their rackets tailor-made for them les joueurs de haut niveau ont des raquettes faites sur mesure;∎ the job could have been tailor-made for her on dirait que le poste est taillé pour elleUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > tailor-made
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