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1 prevent
prevent vtr prévenir [fire, illness, violence] ; éviter [conflict, disaster, damage] ; faire obstacle à [marriage] ; to prevent the outbreak of war/the introduction of reform empêcher le déclenchement d'une guerre/l'introduction de réformes ; to prevent sb/sth from doing empêcher qn/qch de faire ; to prevent sb/sth from being criticized empêcher que qn/qch soit critiqué ; to prevent sb's death empêcher que qn ne meure. -
2 plunge
A n1 ( from height) plongeon m ; death plunge journ plongeon de la mort ; to take a plunge ( dive) piquer une tête ;3 gen, fig the company's plunge into debt l'endettement subit de l'entreprise ; the plunge in confidence la perte subite de confiance ; nothing could prevent the country's plunge into chaos rien ne pouvait empêcher le pays de sombrer dans le chaos.B vtr1 ( thrust) to plunge sth into sth plonger qch dans qch ; he plunged the knife into her heart il lui a plongé le couteau dans le cœur ; she plunged her hand into the water/the bag elle a plongé sa main dans l'eau/le sac ; to be plunged into être plongé dans [crisis, danger, new experience, strike] ; être submergé de [debt] ; the house was plunged into darkness la maison a été plongée dans l'obscurité ;2 ( unblock) déboucher [qch] avec une ventouse [sink].C vi1 ( fall from height) [person, waterfall, submarine] plonger ; [bird, plane] piquer ; [road, cliff] fig plonger ; the plane plunged to the ground l'avion a piqué vers le sol ; the boy plunged over the precipice to his death l'enfant a fait une chute mortelle dans le précipice ; the car plunged off the road la voiture est sortie en catastrophe de la route ;3 fig ( embark on) to plunge into se lancer dans [activity, career, negotiations] ; sombrer dans [chaos, crisis, decline] ; se ruer vers [danger].to take the plunge se jeter à l'eau.■ plunge forward [person] s'élancer ; [boat] piquer de l'avant ; [horse] se ruer ; [vehicle] foncer. -
3 choke
[ əuk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) stop, or partly stop, breathing: The gas choked him; He choked to death.) suffoquer, étouffer2) (to block: This pipe was choked with dirt.) boucher2. noun(an apparatus in a car engine etc to prevent the passage of too much air when starting the engine.) étrangleur -
4 stifle
1) (to prevent, or be prevented, from breathing (easily) eg because of bad air, an obstruction over the mouth and nose etc; to suffocate: He was stifled to death when smoke filled his bedroom; I'm stifling in this heat!) étouffer2) (to extinguish or put out (flames).) étouffer3) (to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc).) réprimer•- stifling
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