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1 wrench
A n1 ( tool) tourne-à-gauche m inv ;2 ( movement) (of handle, lid) mouvement m brusque (tournant) ; she pulled the lid off with a wrench elle a dévissé le couvercle d'un mouvement brusque ; to give one's ankle a wrench se tordre la cheville ;B vtr tourner [qch] brusquement [handle] ; to wrench one's ankle/knee se tordre la cheville/le genou ; to wrench sth from sb arracher qch à qn ; she wrenched the bag from my hands elle m'a arraché le sac des mains ; to wrench sth away from ou off sth arracher qch de qch ; he wrenched the handle off the door il a arraché la poignée de la porte ; to wrench a door open ouvrir une porte d'un mouvement brusque.to throw a wrench in the works US créer des difficultés ; this will throw a wrench into the economy cela portera un coup dur à l'économie. -
2 monkey
monkey ['mʌŋkɪ]∎ female monkey guenon f;∎ familiar to make a monkey out of sb se payer la tête de qn;∎ you little monkey! petit polisson!, petit espiègle!►► American monkey bars cage f d'écureuil;∎ they're up to some monkey business ils sont en train de combiner quelque chose;monkey jacket spencer m (de garçon de café etc);British monkey nut cacahouète f, cacahuète f;Botany monkey puzzle tree désespoir m des singes, specialist term araucaria m;American monkey shine farce f;monkey wrench clef f anglaise ou à molette;∎ American familiar figurative to throw a monkey wrench into sth faire foirer qch(a) (play the fool) faire l'imbécile∎ to monkey about or around with sth tripoter qch;∎ somebody's been monkeying about with the lock quelqu'un a essayé de forcer la serrure□ ;∎ they've been monkeying about with the brakes on my car ils ont saboté les freins de ma voiture
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