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2 hâter
accelerate, hasten, hurry -
3 accélérer
accélérer [akseleʀe]➭ TABLE 61. transitive verb[+ rythme] to accelerate ; [+ processus, travail] to speed up2. intransitive verb3. reflexive verb* * *akseleʀe
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verbe transitif ( hâter) to speed up [rythme, mouvement]; to accelerate [processus, réaction]
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verbe intransitif1) [conducteur] to accelerate2) ( se dépêcher) (colloq) fig to get a move on (colloq)
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s'accélérer verbe pronominal1) ( aller plus vite) [pouls, mouvement] to quicken2) ( s'intensifier) [phénomène, tendance] to accelerate* * *akseleʀe1. vt1) [mouvement, travaux, processus] to speed up2) PHYSIQUE, [particules] to accelerate2. viAUTOMOBILES to accelerate* * *accélérer verb table: céderA vtr ( hâter) to speed up [rythme, mouvement]; to accelerate [processus, réaction]; accélérer le pas or l'allure to quicken one's step ou pace.B vi1 Aut [conducteur] to accelerate, to speed up; accélère! speed up!;2 ○ fig ( se dépêcher) to get a move on○.C s'accélérer vpr1 ( aller plus vite) [pouls, mouvement] to quicken; les événements s'accélèrent the pace of events is quickening;2 ( s'intensifier) [phénomène, tendance] to accelerate.[akselere] verbe transitif[allure] to accelerate[pouls] to quicken[démarches, travaux] to speed up————————[akselere] verbe intransitifallez, accélère! come on, step on it!2. (familier) [se dépêcher]accélère un peu! come on, get going ou move!————————s'accélérer verbe pronominal intransitif[pouls, cœur] to beat faster -
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accélérateur [akseleʀatœʀ]masculine noun* * *- trice akseleʀatœʀ, tʀis nom masculin Automobile acceleratordonner un coup d'accélérateur à quelque chose — fig to give something a boost
Phrasal Verbs:* * *akseleʀatœʀ nm1) [automobile] acceleratordonner un coup d'accélérateur; appuyer sur l'accélérateur — to step on the accelerator
2) (appareil de recherche) accelerator3) fig booster* * *A adj accelerating.B nm Aut accelerator; câble d'accélérateur accelerator cable; appuyer sur l'accélérateur to step on the accelerator; coup d'accélérateur touch on the accelerator; donner un coup d'accélérateur lit to step on the accelerator; donner un coup d'accélérateur à qch fig to give sth a boost, to speed up sth; jouer un rôle d'accélérateur fig to act as a catalyst.accélérateur de particules particle accelerator.( féminin accélératrice) [akseleratɶr, tris] adjectifaccélérateur nom masculin -
5 accélérer
vDictionnaire d'ingénierie, d'architecture et de construction > accélérer
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6 accélérer
vArchitecture française et le dictionnaire de construction > accélérer
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7 appuyer
I.v. trans.1. To insist upon, to put pressure behind. Appuyer une demande: To bring influence to bear on behalf of a request.2. Appuyer sur le champignon: To accelerate, to get things moving.3. Appuyer sur la meule (Cycling): To pedal hard.II.v. pronom.1. To treat oneself to something. On s'est appuyé un sacré gueuleton: We had ourselves a slap-up meal.2. To have to put up with someone or something unpleasant. Mon beau-père, ça va encore, mais ma belle-doche il faut se l'appuyer! My father-in-law's O.K., but the mother-in-law's a pain in the neck!3. S'appuyer une nana: To 'have it off with a bird', to have intercourse. (This expression has a much more literal connotation than the first two meanings.) -
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I.v. trans.1. Arracher du chiendent: To be 'stood up' by a date, to wait in vain at a rendez-vous.2. Arracher les côtes (Racing cyclists' slang): To keep up speed on a gradient.II.v. intrans. To 'pull away', to accelerate violently. Il démarra sur les chapeaux de roues, arracha comme un dingue! He took off like a streak of lightning, pulling away like a madman!III.v. trans. reflex. To 'go over the wall', to make a break and escape from prison. -
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n. m. 'Gas-pedal', accelerator. Appuyer sur le champignon (also: écraser le champignon): To 'burn rubber', to accelerate fiercely. -
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11 gaz
n. m.1. Mettre les gaz (also: ouvrir les gaz): To 'put one's foot down', to accelerate violently. Aller à plein(s) gaz: To 'go full-pelt', to 'zoom along', to travel at high speed.2. Eteindre son gaz: To 'snuff it', to 'pop one's clogs', to die.3. Lâcher un gaz: To 'do a pongy', to 'fart', to break wind.4. Il y a de l'eau dans le gaz: There's a fly in the ointment—There's a hitch—We have a problem here.5. (corr. gars): 'Geezer', bloke. C'est pas le mauvais gaz! He's not a bad sort really! -
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n. f.1. 'Soup', heavy downpour of rain. Recevoir une sauce: To get soaked to the skin.2. Motor-fuel (petrol or diesel). Mettre la sauce: To 'burn some rubber', to accelerate violently.3. Coup de sauce (Sporting slang): Burst of energy. Répondre à chaque coup de sauce (Cycling slang): To counter every sprint.a To 'juice off', to ejaculate.b To fire off, to shoot (a gun).5. Etre dans la sauce: To be 'in the soup', 'in a pickle', to be in a fix.6. Allonger (also: rallonger) la sauce (of tale, narration): To 'spin it out', to make it last and last.7. Faire de la sauce (Musicians' slang): To 'fill in' with some spontaneous free composition.8. Mettre à toutes les sauces: To put someone or something to every possible use. Le pauvre, on le met à toutes les sauces! Poor bugger! He seems to be at everyone's beck and call! -
13 accélérer
COS acceleràEN to accelerate
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