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1 inch
1 Meas pouce m (= 2,54 cm) ;2 fig ( small amount) inch by inch petit à petit ; I couldn't see an inch in front of me in the fog je ne voyais rien à deux pas dans le brouillard ; to miss being run over by inches être à deux doigts de se faire écraser ; to come within an inch of winning/succeeding passer à deux doigts de la victoire/du succès ; to be within an inch of death/victory être à deux doigts de la mort/victoire ; she won't give ou budge an inch elle ne veut pas bouger d'un pouce.B vtr to inch sth forward faire avancer [qch] petit à petit [car] ; to inch the car into the garage rentrer la voiture au garage avec précaution ; to inch one's way across sth traverser [qch] petit à petit.C vi to inch across sth traverser [qch] petit à petit [floor] ; to inch along sth franchir [qch] petit à petit [ledge, plank] ; to inch towards sth lit se diriger petit à petit vers [door] ; fig parvenir petit à petit à [solution, completion].give her an inch and she'll take a mile ou yard plus on lui en donne, plus elle en veut ; I don't trust him an inch je n'ai pas la moindre confiance en lui ; to fight every inch of the way lutter pied à pied ; to know every inch of sth connaître qch comme sa poche ; to search every inch of the car/carpet passer la voiture/le tapis au peigne fin ; to be every inch an aristocrat/soldier être aristocrate/soldat jusqu'à la moelle.■ inch up [inflation, interest rate, price] monter graduellement. -
2 spanna
* * *['spanna]sostantivo femminile span••essere alto una spanna — to be four foot nothing, to be kneehigh to a grasshopper
* * *spanna/'spanna/sostantivo f.span; non vedevo a una spanna nella nebbia I couldn't see an inch in front of me in the fog\essere alto una spanna to be four foot nothing, to be kneehigh to a grasshopper. -
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