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1 squirm
squirm [skwɜ:m]∎ he squirmed out of my grasp il a échappé à mon étreinte en se tortillant;∎ she squirmed with impatience elle était tellement impatiente qu'elle ne tenait plus en place∎ to squirm with embarrassment être mort de honte;∎ the reporters are going to make him squirm! devant la presse, il ne saura pas où se mettre!;∎ I still squirm when I remember how I treated her j'ai encore honte quand je pense à la manière dont je l'ai traitée;∎ his speech was so bad it made me squirm son discours était si mauvais que j'en ai eu honte pour lui∎ to squirm one's way out of a situation se sortir d'une situation;∎ to squirm one's way out of one's commitments se défiler de ses obligations -
2 roll
A n1 ( wad) (of paper, cloth) rouleau m ; ( of banknotes) liasse f ; ( of flesh) bourrelet m ; a roll of film une pellicule ;2 Culin ( bread) petit pain m ; cheese roll sandwich m au fromage ; chicken/turkey roll ( meat) ≈ galantine f de poulet/dinde ;3 ( rocking motion) (of ship, train) roulis m ; to walk with a roll of the hips marcher en balançant les hanches ;5 Aviat tonneau m ;8 ( register) liste f ; class roll liste des élèves ; electoral roll listes électorales ; to have 200 members on the roll avoir 200 membres inscrits ; to call the roll faire l'appel ; falling school rolls baisse f des effectifs scolaires ;B vtr1 ( push) rouler [ball, barrel, log] ; to roll sth away rouler qch pour l'éloigner (from de) ; to roll sth forward rouler qch en avant ; to roll sth back a few metres rouler qch en arrière de quelques mètres ;2 ( make) rouler [cigarette] ; to roll one's own rouler ses cigarettes soi-même ; to roll sth into a ball ( of paper) faire une boulette de qch ; (of dough, clay) faire une boule de qch ; ( of wool) faire une pelote de qch ;4 ( turn) to roll one's eyes rouler des yeux ; roll the patient onto his back faire rouler le patient sur le dos ; she rolled her car ○ sa voiture s'est retournée ;6 Games faire rouler [dice] ;7 Ling to roll one's ‘r’s rouler les r.C vi1 ( move) [ball, coin, rock] rouler (onto sur) ; [person, animal] se rouler ; to roll backwards [car] reculer ; to roll down [car, rock] dévaler [hill] ; [person] rouler de haut en bas de [slope] ; to roll into [train] entrer en [station] ; to roll off [car] tomber de [cliff] ; [coin, dice] rouler de [table] ; [person] tomber de [couch] ; to roll out of [person] rouler hors de [bed] ; the ball rolled over the line la balle a dépassé la ligne ;5 ( function) [camera, press] tourner.1 [countryside, hills] valonné ;2 [walk, gait] balancé.heads will roll! des têtes vont tomber! ; let the good times roll! que la fête commence! ; roll on the holidays! vivement les vacances! ; to be on a roll ○ être dans une période faste ; to be rolling in it ○ rouler sur l'or ; to be X, Y and Z rolled into one être à la fois X, Y et Z.■ roll about GB, roll around [animal, person] se rouler ; [marbles, tins] rouler ; to roll around on the grass se rouler dans l'herbe.■ roll along [car] rouler tranquillement.■ roll back:▶ roll [sth] back, roll back [sth]1 ( push back) rouler [carpet] ;3 Fin baisser [prices].■ roll down:▶ roll [sth] down, roll down [sth] baisser [blind, window, sleeve, trouser leg].■ roll in1 ( pour in) [tourists, money, orders] affluer ;2 ( gather) [clouds] se rassembler ;3 ( advance) [tanks, trucks] avancer ; the tanks rolled into the city les chars sont entrés dans la ville ;4 ○ ( stroll in) s'amener ○ ; to roll in 20 minutes late s'amener 20 minutes en retard.■ roll off:▶ roll off [sth] [cars] sortir de [production line] ; [newspapers] sortir de [presses].■ roll on:▶ roll on [time, hours] passer ;■ roll out:▶ roll [sth] out, roll out [sth] étirer [pastry] ; laminer [metal] ; faire disparaître [bumps] ; dérouler [rug].■ roll over:1 [car, boat] se retourner ;2 [person] se retourner ; to roll over on one's back/stomach rouler sur le dos/ventre ;▶ roll [sb] over tourner [patient, invalid] (onto sur).■ roll up:▶ roll up2 ( form a cylinder) [poster, mat] s'enrouler ;▶ roll up [sth], roll [sth] up enrouler [rug, poster] ; to roll up one's sleeves retrousser ses manches ; I rolled his sleeve up je lui ai retroussé la manche ; to roll sth/sb up in enrouler qch/qn dans [blanket].
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