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salt [sɔ:lt]1. nounsel m• kitchen/table salt sel m de cuisine/de table• no photographer worth his salt would have missed that picture un photographe digne de ce nom n'aurait pas laissé passer cette photo2. adjective4. compounds• back to the salt mines! (inf) allez, il faut reprendre le collier ! (inf) ► salt shaker noun salière f* * *[sɔːlt] 1.1) Chemistry, Culinary sel m2) (colloq & dated) ( sailor)2.noun modifier [ crystal, solution] de sel; [ industry, refining] du sel; [ water, lake] salé; [ beef, pork] salé3.transitive verb saler [meat, fish, road, path]Phrasal Verbs:••you should take his remarks with a grain ou a pinch of salt — il ne faut pas prendre ses remarques pour argent comptant
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A n1 Chem, Culin sel m ; there's too much salt in the rice le riz est trop salé ; I don't like a lot of salt on my food je n'aime pas manger très salé ; salt and pepper du sel et du poivre ; to put salt on food/a road saler les aliments/une route ;2 ○ †( sailor) an old salt un vieux loup de mer.C modif [molecule, crystal, solution] de sel ; [industry, refining] du sel ; [production, factory] de sel ; [water, lake] salé ; [beef, pork] salé.to cry salt tears littér verser des larmes amères ; to be the salt of the earth être le sel de la terre ; you should take his remarks with a grain ou a pinch of salt il ne faut pas prendre ses remarques pour argent comptant ; any teacher worth his salt knows that tout enseignant digne de ce nom sait cela.■ salt away:▶ salt away [sth], salt [sth] away mettre [qch] de côté.
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