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bundle ['bʌndəl]1 noun(a) (of clothes, linen) paquet m; (wrapped in a cloth) paquet m; Commerce (of goods) paquet m, ballot m; (of sticks, twigs) faisceau f; Finance & Administration (of banknotes, papers) liasse f;∎ he's a bundle of nerves c'est un paquet de nerfs;∎ a bundle of firewood un fagot;∎ she's a bundle of contradictions elle est pleine de contradictions;∎ familiar a bundle of fun or laughs marrant, amusant;∎ familiar the trip wasn't exactly a bundle of laughs le voyage n'était pas vraiment marrant;∎ ironic he's a real bundle of fun c'est fou ce qu'on s'amuse avec lui;∎ bundle of joy (baby) bout m de chou∎ to cost a bundle coûter bonbon ou la peau des fesses;∎ to make a bundle faire son beurre∎ to go a bundle on sth s'emballer pour qch;(a) Textiles (clothes) mettre en paquet; Transport (for a journey) empaqueter; (linen) mettre en paquet; Commerce (goods) mettre en paquet; Finance, Administration (banknotes, papers) mettre en liasses; (sticks, twigs) mettre en faisceaux; (firewood) mettre en fagots; Agriculture (straw) botteler, mettre en bottes∎ she bundled the papers into the drawer elle fourra les papiers dans le tiroir;∎ he was bundled into the car on l'a poussé dans la voiture brusquement ou sans ménagement;∎ he quickly bundled them out of the room il les a poussés précipitamment hors de la pièce∎ to bundle sth with sth offrir qch en plus de qch;∎ to come bundled with sth être livré avec qch;∎ Computing bundled software logiciel m livré avec le matériel∎ they bundled me off the train ils m'ont fait descendre du train en toute hâte;∎ the children were bundled off to school les enfants furent envoyés ou expédiés à l'école vite fait(b) (dress warmly) emmitoufler;∎ she bundled the baby up in a warm blanket elle emmitoufla le bébé dans une grosse couvertures'emmitoufler -
2 bind
A ○ n corvée f ; what a bind! quelle corvée! ; it's a bind having to… c'est une vraie corvée de devoir…1 ( tie up) attacher [hands, feet, bundle, parcel] ; ligoter [person] ; panser [wound] ; they bound him to a post ils l'ont attaché à un poteau ;2 ( constrain) to bind sb to do [law, rule, contract, oath] imposer à qn de faire ; to be bound by [person] être tenu par [law, rule, contract, oath] ;3 ( unite) ( also bind together) unir [people, family, community] ; the love that binds him to her l'amour qui l'unit à elle ;4 Sewing poser un biais sur [edge] ;5 ( in bookbinding) relier [book] (in en) ;6 Culin lier [mixture] (with avec).D v refl ( prét, pp bound) to bind oneself ( commit oneself) (to belief, action) s'engager (to sth à qch) ; ( emotionally) se lier (to sb à qn).to be in a bind ○ US être dans le pétrin ○.■ bind over:▶ bind [sb] over Jur relâcher [qn] sous condition ; he was bound over to keep the peace on l'a relâché sous condition qu'il ne récidive pas ; he was bound over to appear before the High Court on l'a relâché sous condition pour qu'il puisse comparaître devant la cour suprême.■ bind up:▶ bind up [sth], bind [sth] up bander [wound, part of body] ; attacher [bundle].
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bundle something up — ˌbundle sthˈup | ˌbundle sthtoˈgether derived to make or tie sth into a ↑bundle • He bundled up the dirty clothes and stuffed them into the bag. • The papers were all bundled together, ready to be thrown out. Main entry: ↑bundle … Useful english dictionary
bundle something together — ˌbundle sthˈup | ˌbundle sthtoˈgether derived to make or tie sth into a ↑bundle • He bundled up the dirty clothes and stuffed them into the bag. • The papers were all bundled together, ready to be thrown out. Main entry: ↑bundle … Useful english dictionary
bundle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, thick ▪ She was carrying a large bundle of clothes. ▪ little, small, tiny VERB + BUNDLE … Collocations dictionary
tie — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 worn around the neck with a shirt ADJECTIVE ▪ undone ▪ His tie was undone. ▪ loose ▪ askew ▪ His tie was askew and his hair unc … Collocations dictionary
bundle — [ˈbʌnd(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) a group of things that have been tied together bundles of firewood[/ex] 2) a group of things that are sold or offered as a set • be a bundle of sth informal used for emphasizing that someone has a lot of a particular… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English