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41 eke out
1) (to make (a supply of something) last longer eg by adding something else to it: You could eke out the meat with potatoes.) faire durer2) (to manage with difficulty to make (a living, livelihood etc): The artist could scarcely eke out a living from his painting.) subsister avec peine -
42 furrow
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43 jump
1. verb1) (to (cause to) go quickly off the ground with a springing movement: He jumped off the wall / across the puddle / over the fallen tree / into the swimming-pool; Don't jump the horse over that fence!) (faire) sauter2) (to rise; to move quickly (upwards): She jumped to her feet; He jumped into the car.) sauter3) (to make a startled movement: The noise made me jump.) sursauter4) (to pass over (a gap etc) by bounding: He jumped the stream easily.) franchir (d'un bond)2. noun1) (an act of jumping: She crossed the stream in one jump.) bond2) (an obstacle to be jumped over: Her horse fell at the third jump.) saut3) (a jumping competition: the high jump.) saut4) (a startled movement: She gave a jump when the door suddenly banged shut.) sursaut5) (a sudden rise, eg in prices: There has been a jump in the price of potatoes.) montée en flèche•- jumpy- jump at - jump for joy - jump on - jump the gun - jump the queue - jump to conclusions / jump to the conclusion that - jump to it -
44 live on
1) (to keep oneself alive by eating: He lives on fish and potatoes.) se nourrir de2) (to be supported (financially) by: He lives on $40 a week.) vivre avec -
45 make do
( with with) (to use something as a poor-quality or temporary alternative to the real thing: There's no meat, so we'll have to make do with potatoes.) se contenter de -
46 mash
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47 mince
[mins] 1. verb1) (to cut into small pieces or chop finely: Would you like me to mince the meat for you?) hacher2) (to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way: She minced over to him.) marcher à petits pas maniérés2. noun(meat (usually beef) chopped up into small pieces: mince and potatoes.) viande hachée- mincer- mincing - mincingly - mincemeat -
48 mush
(something soft and wet: The potatoes have turned to mush after being boiled for so long.) bouillie- mushy -
49 pea
[pi:]1) (the round seed of a kind of climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable: We had roast beef, potatoes and peas for dinner.) (petit) pois2) (the plant which produces these seeds: We planted peas and beans this year.) pois -
50 peel
[pi:l] 1. verb1) (to take off the skin or outer covering of (a fruit or vegetable): She peeled the potatoes.) peler2) (to take off or come off in small pieces: The paint is beginning to peel (off).) peler, (s')écailler2. noun(the skin of certain fruits, especially oranges, lemons etc.) écorce- peeler- peelings -
51 plateful
noun (the complete contents of a plate: a plateful of potatoes; two platefuls of chips.) assiett(é)e -
52 sack
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53 salt
[so:lt] 1. noun1) ((also common salt) sodium chloride, a white substance frequently used for seasoning: The soup needs more salt.) sel2) (any other substance formed, like common salt, from a metal and an acid.) sel3) (a sailor, especially an experienced one: an old salt.) (vieux) loup de mer2. adjective(containing, tasting of, preserved in salt: salt water; salt pork.) salé3. verb(to put salt on or in: Have you salted the potatoes?) saler- salted- saltness - salty - saltiness - bath salts - the salt of the earth - take something with a grain/pinch of salt - take with a grain/pinch of salt -
54 sauté
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55 space
[speis] 1. noun1) (a gap; an empty or uncovered place: I couldn't find a space for my car.) place2) (room; the absence of objects; the area available for use: Have you enough space to turn round?; Is there space for one more?) place3) ((often outer space) the region outside the Earth's atmosphere, in which all stars and other planets etc are situated: travellers through space.) espace2. verb((also space out) to set (things) apart from one another: He spaced the rows of potatoes half a metre apart.) espacer- spacing- spacious - spaciously - spaciousness - space-age - spacecraft - spaceship - spacesuit -
56 starch
1. noun1) (a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc: Bread contains starch.) fécule, amidon2) (a powder prepared from this, used for stiffening clothes.) amidon2. verb(to stiffen (clothes) with starch.) empeser- starchy- starchiness -
57 strain off
(to remove (liquid) from eg vegetables by using a sieve etc: When the potatoes were cooked, she strained off the water.) égoutter -
58 tuber
['tju:bə](a swelling on the stem or root of a plant, in which food is stored: Potatoes are the tubers of the potato plant.) tubercule -
59 vegetable
['ve‹təbl]1) (a plant or part of a plant, other than a fruit, used as food: We grow potatoes, beans and other vegetables; ( also adjective) vegetable oils.) (à, de, aux) légume(s)2) (a plant: Grass is a vegetable, gold is a mineral and a human being is an animal.) végétal•- vegetarianism - vegetate - vegetation -
60 vodka
['vodkə](an alcoholic spirit made from rye or sometimes from potatoes, originating in Russia.) vodka
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