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narrow ['nærəʊ](a) (not wide → street, passage, valley) étroit; (tight → skirt, shoe) étroit, serré; (long → nose) mince; (→ face) allongé;∎ to grow or to become narrow se rétrécir;∎ to have narrow shoulders être petit de carrure, ne pas être large d'épaules;∎ to have a narrow face être mince de visage;∎ to have a narrow waist avoir la taille fine∎ it was another narrow victory/defeat for the French side l'équipe française l'a encore emporté de justesse/a encore perdu de peu;∎ we had a narrow escape on l'a échappé belle;∎ to win/lose by the narrowest of margins gagner/perdre de très peu(c) (restricted → scope, field, research) restreint, limité; (strict → sense, interpretation) restreint, strict;∎ in the narrowest sense of the word au sens strict du mot∎ to take a narrow view of sth adopter un point de vue étroit sur qch∎ we were subjected to narrow scrutiny nous avons été soumis à un examen minutieux(a) (make narrow → road) rétrécir;∎ to narrow one's eyes plisser les yeux∎ the police have narrowed their search to a few streets in central Leeds la police concentre ses recherches sur quelques rues du centre de Leeds(a) (become narrow → road, space) se rétrécir, se resserrer;∎ the old man's eyes narrowed le vieil homme plissa les yeux(b) (be reduced → difference, choice) se réduire, se limiter; (→ number, majority) s'amenuiser, se réduire;∎ the gap between rich and poor has narrowed l'écart entre les riches et les pauvres s'est resserré4 noun►► narrow boat péniche f (étroite);narrow gauge voie f étroite;Finance narrow money = ensemble des billets et pièces de monnaie en circulation;Linguistics narrow transcription transcription f étroite(limit → choice, search) limiter, restreindre; (reduce → majority, difference) réduire(search) se limiter, se restreindre;∎ the choice narrowed down to just two people il ne restait que deux personnes en lice -
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narrow [ˈnærəʊ]1. adjectivea. étroita. [road, valley] se rétrécirb. [majority] s'amenuiser[+ choice] restreindre ; [+ differences] réduire• they are hoping to narrow the gap between rich and poor nations ils espèrent réduire l'écart entre pays riches et pays pauvres4. compounds[+ choice, meaning, interpretation] restreindre* * *['nærəʊ] 1.narrows plural noun goulet m2.1) (in breadth, size, shape) étroitto grow ou become narrow — [road, river] se rétrécir; [valley] se resserrer
2) ( in scope) [range, choice] restreint; [issue, field, boundaries, group, sense, definition] étroit; [vision, life, interests, understanding] limité; [views, version] étriqué pej3) ( in degree) [majority, margin] faible3.to have a narrow escape ou a narrow squeak — (colloq) GB l'échapper belle
transitive verb1) ( limit) gen limiter (to à); restreindre [sense, definition] (to à)Elliott has narrowed the gap — (in race, poll) Elliott a réduit l'écart
3) ( reduce breadth of) rétrécir [road, path, arteries]4.1) lit gen se rétrécir; [valley, arteries] se resserrer2) fig [gap, deficit, margin, lead] se réduire (to à); [choice] se limiter (to à)•Phrasal Verbs:••
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