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1 snatch
1 ( fragment) ( of conversation) bribe f ; (of poem, poet) quelques vers mpl ; (of concerto, composer) quelques mesures fpl ; ( of tune) quelques notes fpl ; I only caught a snatch of the conversation je n'ai entendu que des bribes de la conversation ; he remembers odd snatches of the song il ne se souvient que de quelques bribes de la chanson ;2 ( grab) to make a snatch at sth essayer d'attraper qch ;3 ( theft) vol m ; bag snatch vol à l'arraché ; £100,000 was stolen in a wages snatch 100 000 livres ont été volées lors de l'attaque d'un fourgon qui contenait la paie des salariés ;B vtr1 ( grab) attraper [book, key] ; saisir [opportunity] ; arracher [victory] ; prendre [lead] ; to snatch sth from sb arracher qch à qn ; she snatched the letter out of my hands elle m'a arraché la lettre des mains ; to be snatched from the jaws of death être arraché aux griffes de la mort ;2 ○ ( steal) piquer ○, voler [handbag, jewellery] (from à) ; kidnapper [baby] ; voler [kiss] (from à) ;3 ( take hurriedly) try to snatch a few hours' sleep essaie de dormir quelques heures ; have we got time to snatch a meal? a-t-on le temps de manger quelque chose en vitesse? ; we managed to snatch a week's holiday nous avons réussi à grapiller une semaine de vacances.■ snatch away:▶ snatch [sth] away arracher qch (from sb à qn).■ snatch up:▶ snatch up [sth] ramasser [qch] en vitesse [clothes, papers] ; saisir [child] ; to snatch up a bargain faire une affaire. -
2 jaw
jaw [dʒɔ:]1 noun∎ she has a very square jaw elle a une mâchoire très carrée;∎ his jaw dropped in astonishment il en est resté bouche bée;∎ upper/lower jaw mâchoire f supérieure/inférieure;∎ figurative snatched from the jaws of death arraché aux griffes de la mort;∎ figurative to set one's jaw (show determination) décider de s'accrocher;∎ figurative the jaws of hell les portes fpl de l'enfer∎ to have a good old jaw tailler une petite bavette, papoter∎ she's been jawing away on the phone all morning elle n'a pas arrêté de papoter au téléphone de toute la matinée(b) (moralize) prêcher, moraliser□familiar (remonstrate with) sermonner□ⓘ Jaw-jaw is better than war-war Churchill déclara lors d'un discours prononcé à la Maison Blanche en 1954 "Talking jaw is better than going to war" ("Mieux vaut discuter que de faire la guerre"). Cependant, c'est la formule Jaw-jaw is better than war-war qui est passée à la postérité. On utilise cette expression aujourd'hui pour dire qu'il est toujours préférable de parlementer avec ses ennemis afin de résoudre un différend de façon pacifique.
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