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1 toll
A n1 ( number) the toll of le nombre de [victims, incidents, cases] ; death toll nombre m de victimes (from de) ; accident toll nombre m d'accidentés ;2 ( levy) (on road, bridge) gen, Transp péage m ; to pay a toll acquitter un péage ; to collect tolls percevoir le péage ;to take a heavy toll ( on lives) faire beaucoup de victimes ; (on industry, environment) causer beaucoup de dégâts ; to take its ou their toll [earthquake, disease, economic factors] faire des ravages ; the trip/the experience took its toll on them le voyage/l'expérience les a rudement mis à l'épreuve. -
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bell [bel]1 noun(a) (in church) cloche f; (handheld) clochette f; (on bicycle) sonnette f; (for cows) cloche f, clarine f; (on boots, toys) grelot m; (sound) coup m (de cloche);∎ there goes the dinner bell c'est la cloche qui annonce le dîner;∎ Religion has the first bell for vespers gone? a-t-on sonné le premier coup des vêpres?;∎ Nautical to sound bells piquer la cloche ou l'heure;∎ Nautical it sounded four/eight bells cela a piqué quatre/huit coups (de cloche);∎ saved by the bell! sauvé par le gong!;∎ Religion bell, book and candle instruments mpl du culte;∎ bells and whistles accessoires mpl(b) (electrical device → on door) sonnette f;∎ there's the bell il y a quelqu'un à la porte, on sonne (à la porte);∎ to ring the bell sonner∎ to give sb a bell passer un coup de fil à qn(b) (bloat, distend) ballonner∎ figurative to bell the cat attacher le grelot►► Nautical bell buoy bouée f à cloche;American bell captain chef m chasseur;Horticulture bell glass cloche f de verre;Botany bell heather bruyère f cendrée;Chemistry bell jar cloche f de verre;Bell Laboratories, Bell Labs = centre américain de recherches scientifiques et techniques de haute renommée;bell push bouton m de sonnette;bell tent tente f conique;bell tower clocher mⓘ The bells, the bells Dans The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, la traduction anglaise de Notre-Dame de Paris de Victor Hugo, Quasimodo s'exclame "the bells, the bells!" lorsqu'il entend sonner les cloches de la cathédrale. Pour plaisanter, il arrive que l'on prononce ces paroles en prenant une grosse voix lorsque l'on entend sonner des cloches, pour évoquer le personnage de Quasimodo.
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