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1 afloat
afloat [ə'fləʊt]∎ the bottom of the boat was afloat with water le fond du bateau était inondé2 adverb(a) (floating) à flot, sur l'eau;∎ we managed to get or to set the raft afloat nous avons réussi à mettre le radeau à flot;∎ to keep afloat rester à flot;∎ to keep sb/sth afloat maintenir qn/qch à flot;∎ figurative to get a business afloat (from the start) mettre une entreprise à flot; (after financial difficulties) renflouer une entreprise;∎ small businesses struggling to stay afloat des petites entreprises qui luttent pour se maintenir à flot;∎ to get or to set a scheme afloat lancer un projet;∎ Finance to keep bills afloat faire circuler des effets -
2 afloat
afloat [əˈfləʊt]a. ( = on water) to stay afloat [person] garder la tête hors de l'eau ; [object] surnager ; [boat] rester à flotb. ( = solvent) to stay afloat se maintenir à flot* * *[ə'fləʊt]adjective, adverb1) ( in water)to stay afloat — [person, object] rester à la surface (de l'eau); [boat] rester à flot; fig ( financially) se maintenir à flot
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3 afloat
1 ( in water) to stay ou remain afloat [body, person, object] rester à la surface (de l'eau) ; [boat] rester à flot ; to get a boat afloat mettre un bateau à flot ; I could see a body/an object afloat in the water je voyais un corps/un objet qui flottait sur l'eau ; she had difficulty staying afloat elle avait du mal à se maintenir à la surface (de l'eau) ;2 ( financially) to remain ou stay afloat se maintenir à flot ; to keep the economy afloat maintenir l'économie à flot ;3 (at sea, on the water) sur l'eau ; it's the best-equipped ship afloat c'est le navire le mieux équipé qui soit sur l'eau ; a day/week afloat une journée/semaine sur l'eau. -
4 afloat
to keep sb afloat renflouer qn;∎ to keep a business/the economy afloat maintenir une entreprise/l'économie à flot;∎ many small businesses are struggling to stay afloat de nombreuses petites entreprises ont du mal à se maintenir à flotThe chain, which operates the majority of its stores under the Dollar Zone name... spent the past year converting its variety stores to the dollar format. But the move wasn't enough to keep the company afloat despite the recent surge in popularity of dollar stores in the slumping economy.
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