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1 crawl
crawl [krɔ:l]1 noun∎ it involved a laborious crawl through the undergrowth il a fallu ramper tant bien que mal à travers le sous-bois(b) (of vehicle) ralenti m;∎ to move at a crawl avancer au ralenti ou au pas;∎ the traffic/train has slowed to a crawl les voitures avancent/le train avance maintenant au pas ou au ralenti;∎ I had to slow to a crawl (in car) j'ai dû ralentir jusqu'à rouler au pas(c) (swimming stroke) crawl m;∎ to do the crawl nager le crawl∎ she tried to crawl away from danger elle a essayé de s'éloigner du danger en rampant ou en se traînant sur les genoux;∎ he crawled out of/into bed il se traîna hors du/au lit;∎ to crawl on one's hands and knees marcher ou se traîner à quatre pattes;∎ she crawled under the desk elle s'est mise à quatre pattes sous le bureau;∎ what are you crawling about on the floor for? qu'est-ce que tu fais à quatre pattes?∎ the train crawled out of the station le train est sorti de la gare au ralenti ou au pas;∎ there's a caterpillar crawling up your arm il y a une chenille qui te grimpe sur le bras∎ to be crawling with être infesté de, grouiller de;∎ the kitchen was crawling with ants la cuisine grouillait ou était infestée de fourmis;∎ familiar figurative the streets were crawling with police/tourists les rues grouillaient de policiers/touristes∎ to make sb's flesh crawl donner la chair de poule à qn;∎ just the thought of it makes my skin crawl j'ai la chair de poule rien que d'y penser∎ I'll crawl if I have to je me mettrai à genoux s'il le faut;∎ to crawl to sb ramper ou s'aplatir devant qn, lécher les bottes de qn;∎ he got promoted by crawling to the boss il a été promu à force de ramper ou de s'aplatir devant le patron;∎ he'll come crawling back il reviendra te supplier à genoux(f) (in swimming) nager le crawl∎ to crawl the bars faire la tournée des bars►► American Building industry crawl space vide m sanitaire -
2 grovel
grovel ['grɒvəl] ( British pt & pp grovelled, cont grovelling, American pt & pp groveled, cont groveling)(a) (act humbly) ramper, s'aplatir;∎ to grovel to sb (for sth) s'aplatir devant qn (pour obtenir qch);∎ to grovel before sb ramper devant qn(b) (crawl on floor) se vautrer par terre;∎ stop grovelling around on the floor arrête de te traîner par terre
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