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1 apples and pears
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apple ['æpəl]∎ figurative to compare apples with oranges comparer ce qui n'est pas comparable;∎ he's a rotten apple c'est un mauvais sujet;∎ she's the apple of his eye il tient à elle comme à la prunelle de ses yeux;∎ proverb an apple a day keeps the doctor away = mangez une pomme par jour et vous resterez en bonne santé;∎ Australian familiar she'll be apples! tout ira bien!►► apple blossom fleur f de pommier;apple core trognon m de pomme;apple corer vide-pommes m inv;apple juice jus m de pomme;apple orchard pommeraie f;Computing Apple menu menu m pomme;∎ as Ameri-can as apple pie typiquement américain;British apple sauce compote f de pommes;Cookery apple strudel strudel m;apple tree pommier m -
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A n1 Meas ⇒ Weight measurement livre f (de 453,6 g) ; two pounds of apples ≈ un kilo de pommes ; pears are 80 pence a ou per pound ≈ les poires sont à 80 pence la livre ; pound for pound chicken is better value than pork tout comparé le poulet revient moins cher que le porc ; to lose ten pounds in weight ≈ perdre quatre kilos et demi ;2 ( unit of currency) ⇒ Currencies and money livre f ; the British/Irish/Maltese pound la livre sterling/irlandaise/maltaise ; £500 worth of traveller's cheques, spoken) five hundred pounds' worth of traveller's cheques 500 livres sterling en chèques de voyage ; I'll match your donation pound for pound je donnerai exactement la même somme que toi ;B modif [weight] d'une livre, de 453,6 grammes ; [coin, note] d'une livre ; a £200,000 house, spoken) a two hundred thousand pound house une maison de 200 000 livres sterling ; a two million pound fraud/robbery une escroquerie/un hold up de deux millions de livres ; a five/ten pound note un billet de cinq/dix livres.C vtr1 Culin ( crush) piler [spices, grain, salt] ; aplatir [meat] ; to pound sth to réduire qch en [powder, paste, pieces] ;2 ( beat) [waves] battre [shore] ; to pound one's chest se frapper la poitrine ; to pound sth with one's fists frapper sur qch avec ses poings [door, table] ; to pound a stake into the ground enfoncer un pieu dans la terre ;4 ( tread heavily) to pound the streets battre le pavé ; to pound the beat [policeman] faire sa ronde.D vi3 ( run noisily) to pound up/down the stairs monter/descendre l'escalier d'un pas lourd ; to come pounding down ou along the street descendre la rue d'un pas lourd ;■ pound away:▶ pound away at [sth]1 ( strike hard) taper à tour de bras sur [piano, typewriter] ;2 ( work doggedly) travailler d'arrache-pied sur [novel, report].■ pound out:▶ pound out [music] retentir ;▶ pound [sth] out, pound out [sth]1 ( play) faire ressortir [rhythm, tune] ;2 ○ ( produce) pondre ○ [qch] sur une machine à écrire [script] ;■ pound up:▶ pound [sth] up, pound up [sth] concasser [rocks, pepper].
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apples and pears Brit. — apples and pears Brit. rhyming slang stairs. → apple … English new terms dictionary
apples and pears — noun stairs … Wiktionary
apples and pears — Meaning Stairs. Origin Cockney rhyming slang … Meaning and origin of phrases
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apples and pears — Noun. Stairs. Possibly the most commonly expressed piece of Cockney rhyming slang that is used as an example of such, or used in jocular mimicry. The term is infrequently heard used in genuine daily use … English slang and colloquialisms
apples and pears — plural noun Colloquial stairs. {rhyming slang} …