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1 heavily
heavily [ˈhevɪlɪ]a. [rely on, influence, censor, subsidize] fortement ; [rain, snow] très fort ; [bleed] abondamment ; [smoke, drink] beaucoup ; [gamble] gros ; [criticize] vivement ; [tax] lourdement• heavily involved in [+ politics, interest group] très engagé dans ; [+ drugs, illegal business] fortement impliqué dansc. ( = deeply) [breathe, pant] bruyamment ; [sleep, sigh] profondémentd. ( = clumsily) lourdemente. ( = solidly) heavily built solidement bâti• her attacker is described as aged 30-40 and heavily built son agresseur aurait entre 30 et 40 ans et serait de forte carruref. [embroidered] richement* * *['hevɪlɪ]1) [lean, fall, move, weigh] lourdement; [sleep, sigh] profondément; [breathe] ( noisily) bruyamment; ( with difficulty) péniblement2) ( abundantly) [rain] très fort; [snow, invest, smoke, drink, rely] beaucoup; [bleed] abondamment; [taxed, armed, in debt] fortementto lose heavily — ( financially) perdre beaucoup; ( in game) se faire écraser
to be heavily into something — (colloq) s'adonner à quelque chose
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2 heavily
1 ( with weight) [lean, press, fall, move, load, weigh] lourdement ; [walk, tread] à pas pesants ; [sleep, sigh] profondément ; [breathe] ( noisily) bruyamment ; ( with difficulty) péniblement ; heavily built solidement bâti ; heavily underlined souligné d'un gros trait ; to come down heavily on sth ne pas tolérer qch ; to come down heavily on sb punir qn de manière exemplaire ;2 (considerably, abundantly) [rain] très fort ; [snow, spend, invest, smoke, drink, criticize, rely] beaucoup ; [bleed] abondamment ; [involved] grandement ; [taxed, armed, in debt] fortement ; to be too heavily dependent on compter beaucoup trop sur ; to be heavily subsidized bénéficier de beaucoup de subventions ; heavily sedated sous forte sédation ; heavily made-up très maquillé ; to be heavily fined avoir une forte amende ; to lose heavily ( financially) perdre beaucoup ; ( in game) se faire écraser ; to be heavily into ○ s'adonner à [drug, music, sport]. -
3 invest
∎ to invest money in a business mettre de l'argent ou placer des fonds dans un commerce;∎ they invested five million dollars in new machinery ils ont investi cinq millions de dollars dans de nouveaux équipementsinvested capital capital m investiinvestir, faire des placements;∎ to invest in shares/in the oil industry investir en actions/dans l'industrie pétrolière;∎ to invest in property faire des placements dans l'immobilier;∎ we're going to invest in three new machines nous allons investir dans trois nouvelles machines;∎ the company has invested heavily in its Asian subsidiary companies la société a beaucoup investi dans ses filiales asiatiques;∎ she's been investing on the Stock Market elle a investi en Bourse -
4 sink
A n3 ( embed) enfoncer [post, pillar] (into dans) ; to sink one's teeth into mordre à pleines dents dans [sandwich etc] ; the dog sank its teeth into my arm le chien a planté ses crocs dans mon bras ; to sink a knife into enfoncer un couteau dans [cake] ;6 ( destroy) [scandal] faire couler [party] ; without capital/a leader we're sunk sans capital/chef nous sommes perdus ;7 Fin amortir [debt] ;1 ( fail to float) [ship, object, person] couler ; to sink without a trace fig [idea, project etc] tomber dans les oubliettes ;2 ( drop to lower level) [sun] baisser ; [cake] se dégonfler ; [pressure, temperature, water level] baisser ; the sun sinks in the West le soleil disparaît à l'ouest ; to sink to the floor s'effondrer ; to sink to one's knees tomber à genoux ; to sink into a chair s'affaler dans un fauteuil ; to sink into a deep sleep/coma sombrer dans un profond sommeil/dans le coma ;3 fig ( fall) [profits, production] baisser ; he has sunk in my estimation il a baissé dans mon estime ; my heart ou spirits sank j'ai eu un serrement de cœur ; I wouldn't sink so low as to beg from him je ne m'abaisserais pas à lui demander de l'argent ;4 ( subside) [building, wall] s'effondrer ; to sink into [person, feet] s'enfoncer dans [mud] ; [country, person] sombrer dans [anarchy, apathy] ; [celebrity] sombrer dans [obscurity] ; to sink under the weight of [shelf] plier sous le poids de [boxes etc] ; [person, company] crouler sous le poids de [debt].to sink one's differences oublier ses différences.■ sink in1 [lotion, water] pénétrer ; let the lotion sink in laisse la crème pénétrer ;2 fig [news, announcement] faire son chemin ; it took several minutes for the good news/truth to sink in il m'a fallu plusieurs minutes pour réaliser la bonne nouvelle/accepter la vérité ; the result hasn't sunk in yet je n'ai encore pas réalisé les conséquences du résultat.
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