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stoop [stu:p](a) (bend down) se baisser, se pencher;∎ she stooped to pick up her pen elle se baissa ou se pencha pour ramasser son stylo(b) (stand, walk with a stoop) avoir le dos voûté;∎ he was beginning to stoop il commençait à se voûter(c) (abase oneself) s'abaisser;∎ I can't believe he stooped to lying je n'arrive pas à croire qu'il se soit abaissé à mentir;∎ she would stoop to anything elle est prête à toutes les bassesses(d) (condescend) daigner;∎ she wouldn't stoop to doing the dirty work herself elle ne s'abaisserait pas à faire elle-même le sale travail(e) (bird of prey) fondre, plongerbaisser, pencher, incliner;∎ he stooped his head to go through the door il a baissé la tête pour passer la porte3 noun∎ to walk with or to have a stoop avoir le dos voûté(b) (by bird of prey) attaque f en piqué -
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stoop [stu:p]1. nouna. ( = have a stoop) avoir le dos voûtéb. ( = bend over) se pencher ; (figurative) s'abaisser ( to sth jusqu'à qch) (to do sth, to doing sth jusqu'à faire qch)* * *[stuːp] 1.1) ( curvature)2) US ( veranda) perron m2.1) ( be bent over) être voûté2) ( lean forward) se pencher3) ( debase oneself) -
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A n3 ( of hawk) descente f en piqué.B vi1 ( be bent over) être voûté ;3 ( debase oneself) to stoop to s'abaisser à [blackmail, lies] ; to stoop so low as to do sth s'abaisser jusqu'à faire qch ;4 ( plunge) [bird] piquer.
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