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flat [flæt]plat ⇒ 1 (a), 3 (b), 3 (c) dégonflé ⇒ 1 (a) crevé ⇒ 1 (a) à plat ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (d) éventé ⇒ 1 (b) monotone ⇒ 1 (c) en dessous du ton ⇒ 1 (e), 2 (c) catégorique ⇒ 1 (f) fixe ⇒ 1 (g) catégoriquement ⇒ 1 (f), 2 (a) appartement ⇒ 3 (a) bémol ⇒ 3 (e) crevaison ⇒ 3 (f)(a) (countryside, feet, stomach, chest, shoes) plat; (surface) plan; (roof) plat, en terrasse; (nose) épaté, camus; (curve) aplati; (tyre → deflated) à plat, dégonflé; (→ punctured) crevé; (ball, balloon) dégonflé; (picture) sans relief; (in painting → colour) mat; Architecture (vault) plat; (arch) déprimé;∎ to stretch out flat (person) s'allonger à plat;∎ to stand flat against the wall (person) se plaquer contre le mur; (item of furniture) être adossé contre le mur;∎ it folds up flat c'est pliable;∎ he was lying flat on his back il était allongé à plat sur le dos;∎ figurative to be flat on one's back (with illness) être alité;∎ lay the book flat on the desk pose le livre à plat sur le bureau;∎ also figurative to knock sb flat faire tomber qn à la renverse;∎ the blow laid him flat le coup l'a assommé;∎ to fall flat on one's back tomber sur le dos;∎ to fall flat on one's face tomber la tête la première; figurative se casser le nez;∎ the city had been bombed flat les bombardements avaient rasé la ville(b) (soft drink, beer, champagne) éventé;∎ to go flat (beer, soft drink) s'éventer, perdre ses bulles(c) figurative (monotonous → style, voice) monotone, terne; (without emotion → voice) éteint; (stock market, business) au point mort; (social life) peu animé;∎ to feel flat se sentir vidé ou à plat;∎ business has been a bit flat lately les affaires sont calmes ces derniers temps∎ to be flat (singer) chanter en dessous du ton ou trop bas; (instrumentalist) jouer en dessous du ton ou trop bas;∎ E flat mi m bémol(f) (categorical → refusal, denial) catégorique;∎ to give a flat refusal refuser catégoriquement;∎ you're not going, and that's flat! tu n'iras pas, un point c'est tout!2 adverb(a) (categorically) catégoriquement;∎ she turned me down flat elle m'a opposé un refus catégorique∎ in thirty seconds flat en trente secondes pile∎ flat broke complètement fauché3 noun∎ (block of) flats immeuble m (d'habitation)(b) (of hand, blade) plat m(f) familiar (puncture) crevaison□ f; (punctured tyre) pneu m crevé□ ; (deflated tyre) pneu m à plat□ ;∎ we got a flat (puncture) nous avons crevé∎ salt flats marais mpl salants5 flat out2 adverb∎ to work flat out travailler d'arrache-pied;∎ to be going flat out (car) être à sa vitesse maximum; (driver, runner, horse) être au maximum ou à fond;∎ the car does 100 mph flat out ≃ la vitesse maximale ou de pointe de la voiture est de 160 km/h;∎ she's going flat out to win the chairmanship elle met tout en jeu pour obtenir la présidence►► flat bed (of lorry) plateau m;flat blade screwdriver tournevis m à lame plate, tournevis m plat;Nautical flat calm calme m plat;British flat cap casquette f;Computing flat file fichier m de données non structurées;Computing & Television flat monitor écran m plat;Computing flat panel display moniteur m à écran plat;Horseracing flat race course f de plat;Computing & Television flat screen écran m plat;Horseracing flat season saison f des courses de plat;Australian flat white (coffee) café m au lait
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