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1 bracket
bracket ['brækɪt]1 noun(a) Technology (L-shaped support) équerre f, support m; (for shelf) équerre f, tasseau m; (lamp fixture) fixation f; Architecture console f, corbeau m∎ the 20-25 age bracket le groupe des 20-25 ans;∎ the high/low income bracket la tranche des gros/petits revenus;∎ my rise put me in the £20,000 a year bracket mon augmentation de salaire m'a placé dans la tranche (de revenus) des 20 000 livres annuelles∎ in or between brackets entre parenthèses;∎ Music & Typography (brace) bracket accolade f(b) (in vertical list) réunir par une accolade∎ he is often bracketed with the Surrealists on le range souvent parmi les surréalistes;∎ why bracket together two such different companies? pourquoi mettre deux entreprises aussi différentes dans la même catégorie?►► Botany bracket fungus polypore m -
2 arch
1. noun1) (the top part of a door etc or a support for a roof etc which is built in the shape of a curve.) voûte2) (a monument which is shaped like an arch: the Marble Arch in London.) arc3) (anything that is like an arch in shape: The rainbow formed an arch in the sky.) arc4) (the raised part of the sole of the foot.) cambrure2. verb(to (cause to) be in the shape of an arch: The cat arched its back.) arquer- arched- archway -
3 fork
fork [fɔ:k]1 noun(a) (for eating) fourchette f(b) Agriculture fourche f(c) (junction → in road, railway) bifurcation f, embranchement m;∎ take the right fork tournez ou prenez à droite à l'embranchement(d) (on bicycle, motorbike) fourche f(e) (fork-shaped object → of water diviner) baguette f divinatoire; (→ to support branch etc) poteau m fourchu;∎ fork of lightning zigzag m (d'éclair)(a) Agriculture fourcher;∎ they were forking hay onto the truck ils chargeaient du foin à la fourche dans le camion∎ she was forking food into her mouth elle enfournait la nourriture avec sa fourchette(a) (river, road) bifurquer, fourcher;∎ the road forks at Newton la route fait une fourche à Newton(b) (car, person) bifurquer, tourner;∎ he forked left il a pris ou a tourné à gauche;∎ fork right for the airport prenez à droite pour l'aéroport(compost) enfouir en fourchant(road, driver) bifurquer∎ (provide, often unwillingly) to fork out money allonger ou abouler de l'argent∎ (pay out money) to fork out for sth casquer pour qch;∎ he had to fork out (for it) il a dû allonger la monnaie, il a dû casquer;∎ come on, fork out (what you owe me) allez, aboule(flower bed) retourner légèrement à la fourche
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