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1 ballotter
ballotter° [balɔte]➭ TABLE 11. intransitive verb[objet] to roll around ; [poitrine] to bounce2. transitive verba. ( = secouer) [+ personne] to shake about ; [+ bateau] to toss (about)b. ( = déplacer sans ménagement) to shunt (around)• cet enfant a été ballotté entre plusieurs écoles this child has been shunted around from school to school* * *balɔte
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1) [mer] to toss [somebody/something] around [embarcation]; [cahot] to jolt [personne, véhicule]2) fig
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verbe intransitif [bateau] to be buffeted; [voiture, objet, tête] to jolt* * *balɔte1. vi[objet] to roll around, [bateau] to toss2. vtto shake around, to throw around, [bateau] to toss aroundêtre ballotté entre fig — to be shunted between, (= indécis) to be torn between
* * *ballotter verb table: aimerA vtr1 [mer] to toss [sb/sth] around [personne, embarcation]; [cahot] to jolt [personne, véhicule]; véhicule/radeau ballotté par la tempête vehicle/raft buffeted by the storm;2 fig être ballotté entre qn et qn/entre la France et l'Angleterre to be tossed back and forth between sb and sb/between France and England; être ballotté par qch to be buffeted by sth; être ballotté entre sa famille et son travail fig to be torn between one's family and one's job.B vi [bateau] to be buffeted; [voiture, objet, tête] to jolt.[balɔte] verbe transitif[navire] to toss (about)[passager, sac] to roll aroundêtre ballotté entre deux endroits to be shifted ou shunted around constantly from one place to the other————————[balɔte] verbe intransitif -
2 crépitement
crépitement [kʀepitmɑ̃]masculine noun* * *kʀepitmɑ̃nom masculin (de feu, flamme) crackling [U]; ( d'huile) sizzling [U]; ( de fusillade) crackle [U]; ( d'appareils photo) clicking [U]* * *kʀepitmɑ̃ nm[feu] crackling no pl, [arme automatique] rattle no pl* * *crépitement nm (de feu, flamme) crackling ¢; ( d'huile) sizzling ¢; ( de fusillade) crackle ¢; ( d'appareils photo) clicking ¢.[krepitmɑ̃] nom masculin[d'une fusillade] rattle[d'une friture] splutter[de la pluie] pitter-patter -
3 bruit
bruit [bʀyi]masculine noun• un bruit de moteur/voix the sound of an engine/of voicesc. ( = agitation) beaucoup de bruit pour rien a lot of fuss about nothing• faire grand bruit [affaire, déclaration] to cause a stird. ( = nouvelle) rumour* * *bʀɥinom masculin1) ( son) noiseun bruit de casseroles/d'assiettes — the clatter of saucepans/of plates
j'entends un bruit de pas/voix — I can hear footsteps/voices
2) ( tapage) noisefaire du bruit — to make a noise, to be noisy
faire un bruit infernal or d'enfer — [machine] to make a terrible din; [voisins] to make an awful racket
son film a fait beaucoup de bruit — his/her film attracted a lot of attention
4) ( rumeur) rumour [BrE]le bruit court que — rumour [BrE] has it that
•Phrasal Verbs:* * *bʀɥi nm1) (= son) noise, soundJ'ai entendu un bruit. — I heard a noise.
sans bruit — without a sound, noiselessly
faire du bruit — to make a noise, figto cause a stir
3) (= rumeur) rumour Grande-Bretagne rumor USAle bruit court que... — there's a rumour that..., it's rumoured that...
Des bruits circulent à son sujet. — There are rumours going round about him.
* * *bruit nm1 ( son) noise; entendre un bruit to hear a noise; on n'entend pas un bruit you can't hear a sound; bruit léger faint noise; bruit soudain sudden noise; bruit étouffé thud; le bruit de la circulation/d'un train ( au loin) the sound of traffic/of a train; ( proche) the noise of traffic/of a train; un bruit de marteau hammering; un bruit de casseroles/d'assiettes the clatter of saucepans/of plates; un bruit de ferraille a clang; j'entends un bruit de pas/voix I can hear footsteps/voices; entendre le bruit des charrettes sur les pavés to hear carts rattling over the cobbles; on dirait un bruit de moteur it sounds like an engine; il y a un bruit dans le moteur the engine is making a funny noise; dans un bruit de tonnerre with a noise like thunder;2 ( tapage) noise; la pollution par le bruit noise pollution; faire du bruit to make a noise, to be noisy; tu fais trop de bruit you're too noisy, you're making too much noise; ne fais pas de bruit, il dort don't make any noise, he's asleep; il y a du bruit it's noisy; travailler dans le bruit to work in a noisy environment; faire un bruit infernal or d'enfer [machine] to make a terrible din; [voisins] to make an awful racket; sans bruit [marcher] silently; [pleurer] in silence; [fonctionner] without making any noise;3 fig ( commotion) son film a fait beaucoup de bruit his/her film attracted a lot of attention; on a fait grand bruit de ce livre this book caused quite a stir; faire beaucoup de bruit pour rien to make a lot of fuss about nothing; une affaire qui a fait du bruit an affair that caused an uproar;6 Télécom noise;bruit de couloir rumourGB; bruit de fond background noise.[brɥi] nom masculinles bruits de la maison/rue the (everyday) sounds of the house/streetfaire un bruit to make a sound ou noise2. [vacarme]j'ai horreur d'expliquer quelque chose dans le bruit I hate explaining something against a background of noisele bruit court que... rumour has it ou it is rumoured that...des bruits de bottes rumours of impending war, the sound of jackbootsbruit cardiaque ou du cœur heart ou cardiac soundsans bruit locution adverbiale
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