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A n1 ( light signal) Aviat ( on runway) balise f lumineuse ; Mil ( on target) fusée f éclairante ; Naut ( distress signal) fusée f (de détresse) ;4 Fashn évasement m ;6 Phot lumière f parasite.B flares npl ( trousers) pantalon m à pattes d'éléphant ; a pair of flares un pantalon à pattes d'éléphant.C vtr1 ( widen) évaser [skirt, trouser leg] ; a flared skirt une jupe évasée ; a pair of flared trousers un pantalon à pattes d'éléphant ;2 Ind brûler [qch] en torche [gases].D vi1 ( burn briefly) [firework, match, torch] jeter une brève lueur ;2 ( erupt) [violence] éclater, se déchaîner ; tempers started to flare les esprits ont commencé à s'échauffer ;4 [nostrils] se dilater.■ flare up1 ( burn brightly) [fire] s'embraser ; -
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flare [fleə(r)]1 noun(c) (in clothes) évasement m;∎ a skirt with a flare in it une jupe à godets;∎ trousers with a flare un pantalon à pattes d'éléphant(a) (flame, match) flamboyer∎ tempers flared les esprits se sont échauffés(c) (nostrils) frémir(a) (nostrils) dilater∎ British (a pair of) flares un pantalon à pattes d'éléphant►► flare gun pistolet m de détresse, lance-fusées m inv;British flare path piste f à balises lumineuses;Petroleum industry flare stack torchère f(fire) s'embraser; figurative (dispute, quarrel, violence) éclater; (disease, epidemic, crisis) apparaître, se déclarer; (person) s'emporter;∎ he flared up at me il s'est emporté contre moi
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