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1 tempête
tempête [tɑ̃pεt]feminine noun* * *tɑ̃pɛt2) ( agitation) uproarune tempête dans un verre d'eau — a storm in a teacup GB, a tempest in a teapot US
* * *tɑ̃pɛt nfune tempête dans un verre d'eau — a storm in a teacup Grande-Bretagne
* * *tempête nf1 Météo ( sans pluie) gale; ( avec pluie) storm; la tempête fait rage the gale ou storm is raging; être pris dans une tempête to be caught in a gale ou storm; le bateau a tenu bon dans la tempête the boat weathered the storm; essuyer une tempête to weather a storm; une tempête de neige a snowstorm, a blizzard; une tempête de sable a sandstorm; ⇒ semer;2 ( agitation) uproar; son discours a provoqué une tempête his/her speech provoked an uproar; tempête politique/économique political/economic uproar; après la tempête boursière after the upheaval on the stock exchange; déclencher une tempête de protestations/réactions to trigger a wave of protest/reactions; c'est le calme avant or qui précède la tempête it's the calm before the storm; une tempête dans un verre d'eau a storm in a teacup GB, a tempest in a teapot US.[tɑ̃pɛt] nom féminin2. [troubles] stormson livre a provoqué une véritable tempête dans les milieux politiques his book raised quite a storm in political circlestempête d'applaudissements/de critiques/de protestations storm of applause/criticism/protest -
2 tonnerre
tonnerre [tɔnεʀ]masculine noun* * *tɔnɛʀ
1.
nom masculin1) Météorologie thundercoup de tonnerre — lit clap of thunder; fig thunderbolt
2) (de canons, d'artillerie) thundering3) (colloq) ( haute qualité)
2.
exclamation blast!* * *tɔnɛʀ nm1) (= orage) thundercoup de tonnerre lit — clap of thunder, figthunderbolt, bolt from the blue
du tonnerre * — terrific
* * *A nm1 Météo thunder; un coup de tonnerre lit a clap of thunder; fig a thunderbolt; la nouvelle fut un coup de tonnerre dans un ciel bleu the news was a bolt from the blue; les roulements du tonnerre the rumbling of the thunder;2 (de canons, artillerie) thundering; voix de tonnerre thunderous voice; il est sorti dans or sous un tonnerre d'applaudissements he left to thunderous applause;3 ○( haute qualité) du tonnerre fabulous; ça marche du tonnerre [appareil, entreprise] it's going fantastically well.B excl blast!; mille tonnerres† blast (it)!; tonnerre de Brest† shiver my timbers†!; tonnerre de Dieu◑ hellfire![tɔnɛr] nom masculin1. [bruit de la foudre] thunderses révélations ont eu l'effet d'un coup de tonnerre dans l'assemblée the meeting was thunderstruck by her revelations————————[tɔnɛr] interjectiontonnerre de Brest!, mille tonnerres! hang ou damn it all!————————du tonnerre (de Dieu) (familier & vieilli) locution adjectivale————————du tonnerre (de Dieu) (familier & vieilli) locution adverbialetremendously ou terrifically well
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