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121 sleeper
sleeper [ˈsli:pər]b. (British Railways) (on track) traverse f ; ( = berth) couchette f ; ( = rail car) wagon-lit m ; ( = train) train-couchettes m* * *['sliːpə(r)] 1.1) dormeur/-euse m/f2) Railways ( berth) couchette f; ( sleeping car) wagon-lit m, voiture-lit f; ( train) train-couchettes m3) GB ( on railway track) traverse f4) GB ( earring) dormeuse f5) (colloq) US (successful book, film etc) succès m à retardement6) ( spy) espion/-ionne m/f en sommeil2.sleepers plural noun US grenouillière f -
122 steam
steam [sti:m]1. noun• full steam ahead! en avant toute !• to go full steam ahead [project] avancer sans perte de temps• to run out of steam [speaker, worker, project] s'essouffler( = cook) cuire à la vapeur( = emit steam) fumer4. compounds[boiler, iron, turbine] à vapeur ; [bath] de vapeur• don't get so steamed up about it! ne te mets pas dans tous tes états pour ça ! ► steam engine noun ( = train) locomotive f à vapeur[window, mirror] se couvrir de buée ; [bathroom] se remplir de buée* * *[stiːm] 1.1) ( vapour) vapeur f; (in room, on window) buée f2) ( from pressure) pression f2. 3.full steam ahead! — fig en avant toute!
transitive verb faire cuire [quelque chose] à la vapeur [vegetables]4.steamed pudding — GB pudding cuit à la vapeur
intransitive verb ( give off vapour) fumer, dégager de la vapeurPhrasal Verbs:- steam up••to get up ou pick up steam — [machine] prendre de la vitesse; [campaign] prendre de l'importance
to run out of steam — s'essouffler; [worker] peiner
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123 system
system [ˈsɪstəm]1. nouna. système m• a political/social system un système politique/socialb. ( = the body) organisme m• let him get it out of his system (inf) (anger) laisse-le décharger sa bile ; (hobby, passion) laisse-le faire, ça lui passera2. compounds* * *['sɪstəm]noun gen système m (for doing, to do pour faire)road/river system — réseau m routier/fluvial
reproductive system — appareil m reproducteur
to store something in the system — Computing mettre quelque chose en mémoire
stereo system — chaîne f stéréo
braking system — dispositif m de freinage
to get something out of one's system — lit rendre quelque chose; fig (colloq) oublier quelque chose
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124 toy
toy [tɔɪ]1. nounjouet m3. compounds* * *[tɔɪ] 1.noun jouet m2. 3.to toy with — jouer avec [object, feelings]; caresser [idea]
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125 soundbite
Yesterday's plan for the railways was launched on the trite soundbite that the Government wants to see a "safer, better and bigger" railway … the aims are inherently contradictory, which demonstrates not only the huge task the Government faces in trying to improve the railways but also the wider lack of coherence on transport that has dogged New Labour ever since it was elected in 1997.
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126 junction
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127 mountain
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