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flow [fləʊ]circulation ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) écoulement ⇒ 1 (a) flux ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (e) mouvement ⇒ 1 (b) flot ⇒ 1 (d) couler ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (d) circuler ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (h)1 noun(a) (of liquid) circulation f; (volume of liquid) volume m; (of river) écoulement m; (of lava) coulée f; (of tears) ruissellement m; (of blood → in veins) circulation f; (→ from wound) écoulement m; (of air, fuel etc) passage m, arrivée f; Electricity (of current) passage m;∎ the decreasing flow of oil from the North Sea la quantité décroissante de pétrole en provenance de la mer du Nord(b) (amount → of traffic, people, information, work) flux m; (→ of ideas) flot m; (movement → of work) acheminement m; (→ of information) circulation f; Finance (→ of capital) mouvement m;∎ there is normally a very heavy flow of traffic here il y a généralement beaucoup de circulation ou une circulation intense par ici;∎ a steady flow of immigrants un courant ininterrompu d'immigration;∎ figurative to go with the flow suivre le mouvement;∎ flow of funds mouvement m de fonds;∎ flow of money flux m monétaire(c) (of dress, cape) drapé m(d) (of prose, novel, piece of music) flot m;∎ to be in full flow (orator) être en plein discours;∎ there's no stopping him once he's in full flow il n'y a pas moyen de l'arrêter quand il est lancé;∎ to follow the flow of sb's argument suivre le fil de l'argumentation de qn(e) (of the tide) flux m∎ the river flows into the sea la rivière se jette dans la mer;∎ I let the waves flow over me j'ai laissé les vagues glisser sur moi;∎ blood was still flowing from the wound le sang continuait à couler ou s'écouler de la blessure;∎ a lot of blood will flow before peace is established beaucoup de sang sera versé avant que la paix ne soit rétablie;∎ I could feel a new vital force flowing through my veins je sentais un regain de force vitale m'envahir;∎ the tears flowed down her cheeks les larmes coulaient sur ses joues;∎ figurative I let the sound of the music just flow over me j'ai laissé la musique m'envahir(b) (traffic, crowd) circuler, s'écouler;∎ new measures designed to enable the traffic to flow more freely de nouvelles mesures destinées à rendre la circulation plus fluide;∎ the traffic isn't flowing as it should la circulation n'est pas aussi fluide qu'elle devrait l'être(c) (hair, dress) flotter∎ this essay doesn't flow very well cette dissertation n'est pas très fluide;∎ Music play it this way, it flows better joue-le comme ça, ça coule mieux;∎ in order to keep the conversation flowing pour entretenir la conversation∎ the whisky flowed freely le whisky a coulé à flots;∎ ideas flowed fast and furious les idées fusaient de tous côtés∎ decisions flowing from head office les décisions qui proviennent ou émanent du siège social;∎ God from whom all blessings flow Dieu, de qui découlent toutes les grâces►► flow diagram organigramme m, graphique m d'évolution; Computing ordinogramme m;Computing flow path branche f de traitement;flow pipe conduite f montante;Accountancy flow sheet feuille f d'avancement(liquid) s'écouler(water) refluer; (in pipe etc) regorger(water, liquid) entrer, s'écouler; (contributions, messages of sympathy, people) affluer(water, liquid) sortir, s'écouler; (people, crowds) s'écouler;∎ the sewage then flows out of the pipe into the lake les égouts se déversent ensuite du conduit dans le lac
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