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1 précipice
précipice [pʀesipis]masculine noun* * *pʀesipisnom masculin precipiceêtre au bord du précipice — fig to be on the brink of collapse
* * *pʀesipis nm1) (= gouffre) chasmLeur voiture est tombée dans un précipice. — Their car fell into a ravine.
2) fig abyss* * *précipice nm precipice; être au bord du précipice fig [pays, compagnie] to be on the brink of collapse.[presipis] nom masculin1. [gouffre] precipice2. [catastrophe] -
2 abîme
abîme° [abim]masculine noun( = gouffre) abyss• être au fond de l'abîme [personne] to be in the depths of despair ; [pays] to have reached rock-bottom* * *abimnom masculin1) ( précipice) abyss3) ( ruine) ruintoucher le fond de l'abîme — gén to hit rock bottom; ( moralement) to be at one's lowest ebb
* * *abim nm1) (= précipice) abyss2) fig gulfl'abîme entre... — the gulf between...
l'abîme qui sépare... — the gulf that separates...
3) fig (situation désastreuse) ruin* * *abîme nm1 ( précipice) abyss;2 ( écart) gulf (entre between); un abîme nous sépare there is a gulf between us;3 ( ruine) ruin; être au bord de l'abîme to be on the verge of ruin; toucher le fond de l'abîme gén to hit rock bottom; ( moralement) to be at one's lowest ebb; sa lente remontée de l'abîme his slow recovery from the depths of despair;4 ( haut degré) un abîme de désespoir the depths of despair; plonger qn dans un abîme de perplexité to make sb deeply perplexed; être plongé dans des abîmes de réflexion to be deep in thought.[abim] nom masculin2. (littéraire) [infini] depths -
3 abîmé
abîme° [abim]masculine noun( = gouffre) abyss• être au fond de l'abîme [personne] to be in the depths of despair ; [pays] to have reached rock-bottom* * *abimnom masculin1) ( précipice) abyss3) ( ruine) ruintoucher le fond de l'abîme — gén to hit rock bottom; ( moralement) to be at one's lowest ebb
* * *abim nm1) (= précipice) abyss2) fig gulfl'abîme entre... — the gulf between...
l'abîme qui sépare... — the gulf that separates...
3) fig (situation désastreuse) ruin* * *abîme nm1 ( précipice) abyss;2 ( écart) gulf (entre between); un abîme nous sépare there is a gulf between us;3 ( ruine) ruin; être au bord de l'abîme to be on the verge of ruin; toucher le fond de l'abîme gén to hit rock bottom; ( moralement) to be at one's lowest ebb; sa lente remontée de l'abîme his slow recovery from the depths of despair;4 ( haut degré) un abîme de désespoir the depths of despair; plonger qn dans un abîme de perplexité to make sb deeply perplexed; être plongé dans des abîmes de réflexion to be deep in thought.1. [vêtement] ruined[livre, meuble] damaged2. (familier) [personne, visage] beaten upil est bien abîmé he was beaten up pretty badly, he's in a pretty bad state -
4 friser
friser [fʀize]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ cheveux] to curl ; [+ moustache] to twirlb. [+ catastrophe, mort] to be within a hair's breadth of ; [+ insolence, ridicule] to verge on2. intransitive verb[cheveux] to be curly ; [personne] to have curly hair* * *fʀize
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1) ( boucler) to curl [cheveux, moustache]2) ( frôler) [remarque, attitude] to border on [insolence, grossièreté]cela frise les 10% — it's approaching 10%
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verbe intransitif [cheveux] to curl; [personne] to have curly hair
3.
se friser verbe pronominal* * *fʀize1. vt [cheveux]to curl1) (= frôler) [surface] to skim, to graze2) (= confiner à) [hérésie] to verge on2. vi[cheveux] to curl, [personne] to have curly hair* * *friser verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( boucler) to curl [cheveux, moustache]; friser qn to curl sb's hair; se faire friser to have one's hair curled; la pluie me frise les cheveux the rain makes my hair go curly ou frizzy;2 ( frôler) [remarque, attitude] to border on [insolence, grossièreté]; [personne] to be on the brink of [catastrophe]; il frise les quarante ans he's getting on for forty; cela frise les 10% it's approaching 10%.B vi [cheveux. moustache] to curl; [personne] to have curly hair.[frize] verbe transitif1. [barbe, cheveux] to curl3. [être proche de]————————[frize] verbe intransitif
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