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1 fiddle
fiddle [ˈfɪdl]1. nouna. ( = violin) violon m• can't you stop fiddling (around)! tiens-toi donc tranquille !* * *['fɪdl] 1.1) (colloq) ( dishonest scheme) magouille (colloq) f [U]tax fiddle — fraude f fiscale
to be on the fiddle — traficoter (colloq)
2) ( violin) violon m2.transitive verb (colloq) ( illegally) falsifier [tax return, figures]3.1) ( fidget)2) ( adjust)to fiddle with — tourner [knobs, controls]
•Phrasal Verbs:••to play second fiddle to somebody — être le sous-fifre (colloq) de quelqu'un
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2 fiddle
fiddle ['fɪdəl]1 noun(a) (musical instrument) violon m;∎ to be as fit as a fiddle être en pleine forme, être frais comme un gardon;∎ her face was as long as a fiddle elle faisait une tête d'enterrement;∎ figurative to play second fiddle (to sb) jouer les seconds violons ou rôles (auprès de qn)∎ British to work a fiddle combiner quelque chose;∎ it's a fiddle c'est un attrape-nigaud;∎ to be on the fiddle traficoter;∎ tax fiddle fraude f fiscale∎ stop fiddling! tiens-toi tranquille!, arrête de remuer!;∎ to fiddle with sth (aimlessly, nervously) jouer avec qch; (interfere with) jouer avec ou tripoter qch;∎ to fiddle with one's watch jouer avec sa montre;∎ don't fiddle with the switch laisse l'interrupteur tranquille, ne tripote pas l'interrupteur∎ he fiddled with the knobs on the television il a tourné les boutons de la télé dans tous les sens(c) (play the fiddle) jouer du violon;∎ figurative to fiddle while Rome burns s'occuper de futilités alors qu'il est urgent d'agir∎ to fiddle one's income tax falsifier sa déclaration d'impôts;∎ he fiddled it so that he got the results he wanted il a trafiqué pour obtenir les résultats qu'il voulait∎ he fiddled me out of £20 il m'a refait de 20 livres;∎ I've been fiddled! je me suis fait escroquer!(d) (play → tune) jouer au violon -
3 fiddle
A n1 ○ ( dishonest scheme) magouille ○ f ¢ ; to work a fiddle magouiller ○ qch ; it's a complete fiddle! c'est de la grosse magouille ○ ! ; tax fiddle fraude f fiscale ; to be on the fiddle traficoter ○ ;C vi1 ( fidget) to fiddle with sth tripoter qch ;to be as fit as a fiddle être en pleine santé ; to fiddle while Rome burns se ficher de tout comme de l'an 40 ○ ; to have a face as long as a fiddle faire une tête d'enterrement or de six pieds de long ○ ; to play second fiddle to sb être le sous-fifre ○ de qn.1 ( be idle) traîner sa flemme ○ ;2 to fiddle around with sth ( readjust) bricoler [typewriter, engine] ; ( fidget) jouer avec [corkscrew, elastic band]. -
4 expense
A n1 ( cost) frais mpl ; at vast/at one's own expense à grands/à ses propres frais ; at public expense aux frais de l'État ; to go to some expense faire des frais ; to go to great expense, to go to a great deal of expense dépenser beaucoup d'argent (to do pour faire) ; to put sb to expense faire faire des frais à qn ; to spare no expense ne pas regarder à la dépense ; no expense has been spared on n'a pas regardé à la dépense ; to go to the expense of renting a villa faire la dépense de la location d'une villa ; to save oneself the expense of a hotel éviter la dépense d'une nuit à l'hôtel ;2 ( cause for expenditure) dépense f ; a wedding is a big expense un mariage revient cher ; petrol is a big expense for me l'essence représente une grosse dépense pour moi ;3 ( loss) at the expense of au détriment de [health, public, safety] ; at the expense of jobs au risque de perdre des emplois ; at sb's expense [laugh, joke] aux dépens de qn.B expenses npl Comm frais mpl ; tax-deductible expenses frais déductibles ; to cover sb's expenses [person] prendre à sa charge les frais de qn ; [sum] couvrir les frais de qn ; to get one's expenses paid se faire rembourser ses frais ; all expenses paid tous frais payés ; to claim expenses présenter sa note de frais ; to fiddle ○ expenses trafiquer ○ sa note de frais.
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