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1 shunt
shunt [ʃʌnt]∎ the neighbours upstairs were shunting furniture around les voisins du dessus déplaçaient des meubles;∎ they shunted him off to the Fresno office ils l'ont muté à Fresno;∎ he just shunted me out of his way il m'a poussé hors de son chemin∎ the carriages had been shunted into a siding les wagons avaient été mis sur une voie de garage(b) (travel back and forth) faire la navette;∎ I spent the day shunting back and forth between the two offices j'ai passé ma journée à faire la navette entre les deux bureaux3 noun(b) Electricity shunt m, dérivation f -
2 spur
1 noun(a) Horseriding éperon m;∎ to dig in one's spurs piquer des éperons;∎ History to win one's spurs gagner son épée de chevalier; figurative faire ses preuves∎ the spur of competition l'aiguillon de la concurrence;∎ easy credit is a spur to consumption le crédit facile pousse ou incite à la consommation;∎ on the spur of the moment sans réfléchir∎ the warehouse is served by a spur line l'entrepôt est desservi par un embranchement(e) (on motorway) bretelle f(f) (breakwater) brise-lames m inv, digue f(b) figurative inciter;∎ her words spurred me into action ses paroles m'ont incité à agir(b) figurative éperonner, aiguillonner;∎ their shouts spurred us on leurs cris nous aiguillonnaient ou encourageaient;∎ to spur sb on to do sth inciter ou pousser qn à faire qch;∎ these developments in business have been spurred on by the information technology revolution cette évolution commerciale a été favorisée par la révolution des technologies de l'information
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