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(a) (milk) écrémer; (jam) écumer; (floating matter → with skimmer) écumer, enlever avec une écumoire; (→ with spatula) enlever avec une spatule;∎ to skim the froth from or off a glass of beer enlever la mousse d'un verre de bière;∎ to skim the fat from the gravy dégraisser la sauce;∎ to skim the cream from the milk écrémer le lait(b) (glide over → surface) effleurer, frôler;∎ the seagull skimmed the waves la mouette volait au ras de l'eau ou rasait les vagues;∎ the glider skimmed the tops of the trees le planeur frôlait ou rasait la cime des arbres;∎ the stone skimmed the lake la pierre a ricoché à la surface du lac;∎ figurative the book only skims the surface le livre ne fait qu'effleurer ou que survoler la question∎ the children were skimming stones over the lake les enfants faisaient des ricochets sur le lac∎ to skim over the ground/across the waves (bird) raser le sol/les vagues;∎ to skim over or across the lake (stone) faire des ricochets sur le lac►► American skim milk lait m écrémé(a) (cream, froth) enlever (avec une écumoire);∎ figurative the book dealers skimmed off the best bargains les marchands de livres ont fait les meilleures affaires;∎ the accounts department skims off the best recruits la comptabilité récupère les meilleures recrues(b) (steal → money)∎ he skimmed a little off the top for himself il s'est un peu servi au passage(letter, report) parcourir, lire en diagonale; (difficult passage) lire superficiellement, parcourir rapidement(letter, page) parcourir, lire en diagonale; (magazine) feuilleter;∎ I only had time to skim through the report je n'ai eu que le temps de lire le rapport en vitesse
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