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1 withered
withered ['wɪðəd]∎ he was old and withered il était vieux et complètement desséché -
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4 wither
['wiðə]((of plants etc) to (cause to) fade, dry up, or decay: The plants withered because they had no water; The sun has withered my plants.) (se) faner -
5 blasted
blasted (inf!) [ˈblα:stɪd]* * *['blɑːstɪd], US ['blæst-]1) ( withered) flétri2) (colloq) ( for emphasis) fichu -
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1. adjective1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) sec2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) aride3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) pince-sans-rire4) ((of wine) not sweet.) sec2. verb(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) essuyer, sécher- dried- drier - dryer - drily - dryly - dryness - dry-clean - dry land - dry off - dry up -
8 shrivel
['ʃrivl]past tense, past participle - shrivelled; verb(to make or become dried up, wrinkled and withered: The flowers shrivelled in the heat.) (se) flétrir -
9 blasted
2 ○ ( for emphasis) fichu ; where's the blasted screwdriver? où est ce fichu tournevis? ; some blasted idiot locked the door! il y a une espèce d'idiot qui a fermé la porte à clé! -
10 nip
A n1 ( pinch) pincement m ;2 ( bite) morsure f ; the dog gave him a nip on the ankle le chien l'a (légèrement) mordu à la cheville ;3 fig there's a nip in the air il fait frisquet ○, ça pince ○ ;4 ○ ( small measure) petit verre m (of de).1 ( pinch) pincer ; to nip one's finger in sth se pincer le doigt dans qch ;2 ( bite) mordre (légèrement), donner un petit coup de dent à ; ( playfully) mordiller ; he was nipped on the ankle by a crab il s'est fait pincer à la cheville par un crabe ;3 [frost] brûler [seedlings] ;4 ○ ( steal) piquer ○, faucher ○.2 ○ GB (go) to nip into a shop entrer (rapidement) dans un magasin ; to nip in front of sb passer devant qn ; to nip out to the shops faire un saut jusqu'aux magasins ; to nip downstairs descendre rapidement ; to nip over to France for the weekend faire un saut en France pour le weekend.to nip sth in the bud étouffer or tuer qch dans l'œuf ; nip and tuck ○ ( cosmetic surgery) chirurgie f esthétique ; ( neck and neck) US au coude à coude ; the race was nip and tuck ○ all the way la course s'est faite au coude à coude.■ nip along [person, vehicle, train] aller à bonne allure ; to nip along to sth faire un saut ○ à [shops].■ nip in:▶ nip in [sth], nip [sth] in cintrer [garment].■ nip off:▶ nip off [person] se sauver ;▶ nip off [sth], nip [sth] off couper [withered flower] ; pincer [bud]. -
11 wither
wither ['wɪðə(r)](a) (flower, plant) se flétrir, se faner; (body → from age) se ratatiner; (→ from sickness) s'atrophier;∎ figurative to wither on the vine (project) ne rien donner, ne pas aboutir;∎ this new initiative must not be allowed to wither on the vine il ne faut pas que cette nouvelle initiative finisse par tomber dans l'oubli∎ without the steel industry the region will simply wither and die sans l'industrie sidérurgique, la région va mourir lentement;∎ the party gradually withered and died le parti s'est peu à peu éteint∎ figurative to wither sb with a look foudroyer qn du regard
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