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1 powder puff
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2 huff
huff [hʌf]∎ British figurative they'll huff and puff a bit but they won't stop us ils protesteront, mais ils nous laisseront faire(a) (in draughts → opponent's piece) souffler3 noun∎ familiar to be in a huff faire la tête, bouder□ ;∎ British to take the huff prendre la mouche;∎ it's no use getting into a huff about it ça ne sert à rien de t'énerver□ ;∎ he went off in a huff il est parti fâché□ -
3 smoke
A n1 ( fumes) fumée f ; full of tobacco smoke plein de fumée de tabac ; a cloud/a wisp of smoke un nuage/une volute de fumée ; to go up in smoke ○ lit brûler, partir en fumée ; fig tomber à l'eau ○ ; to vanish in a puff of smoke disparaître dans un nuage de fumée ;2 ○ ( cigarette) clope ○ f, cigarette f ; to have a smoke fumer ; she went out for a quick smoke elle est sortie pour fumer or pour en fumer une ○ ;B vtr1 ( use) fumer [cigarette, pipe, marijuana] ;2 Culin fumer [fish, meat].C vi1 (use tobacco, substances) fumer ; when did you start smoking? quand est-ce que tu as commencé à fumer? ;2 ( be smoky) [fire, lamp, fuel] fumer.there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu ; stick that in your pipe and smoke it! si ça ne te plaît pas c'est le même prix! ; to smoke like a chimney ○ fumer comme un pompier ○.■ smoke out:▶ smoke [sth] out, smoke out [sth] enfumer [animal] ;▶ smoke [sb] out, smoke out [sb] lit déloger qn en l'enfumant [fugitive, sniper] ; fig débusquer [traitor, culprit] ;▶ smoke [sth] out enfumer [room, house] ; you'll smoke the place out! tu vas enfumer toute la pièce!
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