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adrift [ə'drɪft]1 adverb∎ their boat had been cut adrift leur bateau avait été détaché;∎ figurative his parents turned him adrift ses parents l'ont laissé se débrouiller tout seul;∎ figurative to cut oneself adrift from sb rompre avec qn∎ to come or to go adrift se détacher, se défaire;∎ our holiday plans seem to have gone adrift il semble que nos projets de vacances soient tombés à l'eau∎ figurative she was (all) adrift elle divaguait complètement -
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adrift [əˈdrɪft]• to go adrift [ship] aller à la dérive• to be adrift [person] être perdu* * *[ə'drɪft]adjective, adverb1) [person, boat] à la dérive2)to go adrift — [plan] aller à vau-l'eau
3) ( loose)to come adrift — se détacher (of, from de)
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1 ( floating free) [person, boat] à la dérive ; to set ou cast adrift laisser aller à la dérive ; to be adrift aller à la dérive ;2 to go adrift [plan] aller à vau-l'eau ;3 ( loose) to come adrift se détacher (of, from de) ; -
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[ə'drift]adjective, adverb(drifting: adrift on the open sea.) à la dérive
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