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mile [maɪl]1. nounmile m ( = 1 609,33 m)• it's 12 miles to Manchester ≈ il y a vingt kilomètres d'ici à Manchester• 30 miles per gallon ≈ huit litres aux cent• 50 miles per hour ≈ 80 kilomètres à l'heure• we've walked miles! on a marché pendant des kilomètres !• sorry, I was miles away (inf) ( = day-dreaming) désolé, j'étais ailleurs → IMPERIAL SYSTEM2. plural noun* * *[maɪl] 1.1) lit mile m (= 1609 mètres)it's 50 miles away — ≈ c'est à 80 kilomètres d'ici
2) fig2.to be miles away — ( daydreaming) être complètement ailleurs
(colloq) miles plural noun ( as intensifier) beaucoupto be miles out — [estimate, figure] être complètement faux; [person] être très loin du compte
••a miss is as good as a mile — Prov rater, même de peu, c'est rater
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2 mile
A n1 Meas mile m (= 1609 mètres) ; it's 50 miles away ≈ c'est à 80 kilomètres d'ici ; a 10 mile journey ≈ un trajet de 15 kilomètres ; she lives 10 miles from me ≈ elle habite à 15 kilomètres de chez moi ; half a mile ≈ 800 mètres ; 60 miles per hour ≈ 100 kilomètres à l'heure ; to do over 50 miles to the gallon ≈ consommer moins de six litres aux cent ;2 fig to walk for miles marcher pendant des kilomètres ; to stretch for miles s'étendre sur des kilomètres ; it's miles away! c'est au bout du monde ; miles from anywhere loin de tout ; not a million miles from here/from the truth pas très loin d'ici/de la vérité ; to see/recognize sth a mile off voir/reconnaître qch de loin ; you could smell it a mile off on pouvait le sentir à cent lieues à la ronde ; to stand out a mile, stick out a mile sauter aux yeux ; I'd run a mile je prendrais mes jambes à mon cou ; to be miles away ( daydreaming) être complètement ailleurs ;B miles npl ( as intensifier) [bigger, more important etc] beaucoup ; miles better bien meilleur ; to be miles out ( wrong) [estimate, figure] être complètement faux ; [person] être très loin du compte.a miss is as good as a mile Prov rater, même de peu, c'est rater ; to go the extra mile en faire plus ; to talk a mile a minute US parler à toute vitesse.
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