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121 pennant
['penənt](also pennon ['penFn]) noun(a small flag, usually in the shape of a long narrow triangle: The boy had fastened a brightly-coloured pennant to the front of his bike.) flamme -
122 sidelight
noun (a light fixed to the side, or at the side of the front or back, of a car, boat etc: He switched his sidelights on when it began to get dark.) lanterne -
123 worm
[wə:m] 1. noun(a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) ver (de terre)2. verb1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) (se) faufiler2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) soutirer (qqch. à qqn) -
124 forward
B adj1 ( bold) effronté ; it was forward of me to ask c'était assez effronté de ma part de demander ;2 ( towards the front) [roll] avant inv ; [gears] avant inv ; forward pass ( in rugby) en-avant m ; forward troops Mil ligne f avant ; to be too far forward [seat, headrest] être trop en avant ;3 ( advanced) [season, plant] avancé ; how far forward are you? où en êtes-vous? ; I'm no further forward je ne suis pas plus avancé ; we're not very far forward yet nous ne sommes pas encore très avancés ;C adv1 ( ahead) to step/leap forward faire un pas/bond en avant ; to fall ou topple forward tomber en avant ; to go ou walk forward avancer ; to rush forward se précipiter ; to move sth forward lit, fig avancer qch ; ‘forward march!’ ‘en avant, marche!’ ; a seat facing forward une place dans le sens de la marche ; a way forward une solution ; there is no other way forward il n'y a pas d'autre solution ; it's the only way forward c'est la seule solution ; ⇒ backward ;2 ( towards the future) to travel ou go forward in time voyager dans le futur ; from this day forward à partir d'aujourd'hui ; from that day ou time forward à partir de ce jour-là, désormais ;D vtr -
125 splash
A n1 ( sound) plouf m ; with a splash avec un plouf ; to make a big splash lit faire un grand plouf ; fig faire sensation ;2 (drop, patch) ( of mud) tache f ; (of water, oil) éclaboussure f ; ( of colour) touche f ; (of tonic, soda: in drink) goutte f.B vtr1 (spatter, spray) éclabousser [person, surface] ; to splash sth over sb/sth éclabousser qn/qch de qch ; to splash one's way through sth traverser qch en pataugeant ;2 ( sprinkle) to splash water on to one's face s'asperger de l'eau sur le visage ; to splash one's face with water s'asperger le visage d'eau ;3 ( maliciously) to splash water/acid onto envoyer de l'eau/de l'acide sur ;4 Journ mettre [qch] à la une [story, picture] ; the news was splashed across the front page la nouvelle a fait la une des journaux.C vi1 ( spatter) [coffee, paint, wine] faire des éclaboussures (onto, over sur) ; water was splashing from the tap l'eau giclait du robinet ;2 ( move) to splash through sth [person] traverser qch en pataugeant ; [car] traverser qch en faisant des éclaboussures ;3 (in sea, pool) faire des éclaboussures (in dans).▶ splash around barboter (in dans) ;▶ splash [sth] around envoyer [qch] partout [water, paint] ; to splash money around ○ claquer ○ son argent.■ splash down amerrir.■ splash out ○ ( spend money) faire des folies ; splash out on faire la folie de s'offrir [dress, hat, book]. -
126 wobble
A n ( in voice) tremblement m ; (of chair, table) branlement m ; ( in movement) oscillation f ; fig vacillation f.C vi [table, chair] branler ; [pile of books, plates etc] osciller ; [voice] trembler ; [person] ( on bicycle) osciller ; (on ladder, tightrope) chanceler ; the chair was wobbling la chaise branlait ; this chair is inclined to wobble cette chaise est branlante or bancale ; she wobbled down the street on her bicycle elle a descendu la rue en zigzagant sur sa bicyclette ; his legs were wobbling under him ses jambes flageolaient ; the front wheels are wobbling Aut il y a du jeu dans les roues avant. -
127 nine
nine [naɪn]1 noun∎ he was dressed up to the nines il s'était mis sur son trente et un∎ the front nine l'aller m, les neuf premiers trous;∎ the back nine les neuf derniers trous2 pronounneufneuf;∎ a nine-hole golf course un (parcours de) neuf trous;∎ nine times out of ten neuf fois sur dix;∎ British a nine day wonder un feu de paille; -
128 plaster
plaster ['plɑ:stə(r)]1 noun(a) (for walls, modelling) plâtre m(b) (for broken limbs) plâtre m;∎ British her arm was in plaster elle avait le bras dans le plâtre∎ (sticking) plaster pansement m (adhésif);∎ corn plasters pansements mpl coricides(model, statue) de ou en plâtre(b) (smear → ointment, cream) enduire;∎ she had plastered make-up on her face, her face was plastered with make-up elle avait une belle couche de maquillage sur la figure;∎ they were plastered with mud ils étaient couverts de boue(c) (make stick) coller;∎ the rain had plastered his shirt to his back la pluie lui avait plaqué la chemise sur le dos;∎ he tried to plaster his hair down with oil il mit de l'huile sur ses cheveux pour essayer de les plaquer sur sa tête∎ to plaster sth with sth couvrir qch de qch;∎ to plaster a wall with notices, to plaster notices over a wall couvrir un mur d'affiches;∎ the town was plastered with election posters les murs de la ville étaient tapissés ou recouverts d'affiches électorales;∎ her name was plastered over the front pages son nom s'étalait en première pageplaster of Paris plâtre m de Paris or à mouler(hole, crack) boucher (avec du plâtre)
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