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1 balloon
balloon [bə'lu:n]1 noun(b) (for carrying people or weather instruments) ballon m, aérostat m;∎ (hot air) balloon montgolfière f;∎ to go up in a balloon monter en ballon;(c) (in comic strip) bulle f(e) (brandy glass) (verre m) ballon m(a) (billow → sail, trousers)∎ to balloon (out) gonfler∎ unemployment has ballooned in recent months le chômage a considérablement augmenté ces derniers mois►► balloon glass verre m ballon;balloon payment dernier remboursement m (dont le montant est supérieur aux versements précédents);Nautical balloon sail foc m d'avant;balloon sleeve manche f ballon;Cars balloon tyre pneu m ballon -
2 shrink
∎ to shrink in the wash rétrécir au lavage(b) (grow smaller → gen) rétrécir, rapetisser; (→ economy) se ralentir; (→ meat) réduire; (→ person) rapetisser; (→ numbers, profits, savings) diminuer, baisser; (→ business, trade) se réduire;∎ the wood has shrunk le bois a dégonflé;∎ the village seems to have shrunk le village semble plus petit;∎ the number of candidates has shrunk alarmingly le nombre de candidats a diminué de façon inquiétante;∎ the size of computers has shrunk dramatically les ordinateurs sont devenus nettement plus compacts;∎ my savings have shrunk (away) to nothing mes économies ont complètement fondu(c) (move backwards) reculer;∎ they shrank (away or back) in horror ils reculèrent, horrifiés;∎ to shrink into oneself se refermer ou se replier sur soi-même∎ he shrinks from any responsibility il se dérobe devant n'importe quelle responsabilité;∎ she shrank from the thought of meeting him again l'idée de le revoir lui faisait peur(faire) rétrécir;∎ old age had shrunk him il s'était tassé avec l'âge3 noun
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