avaler+qch+comme+du+lait

avaler [avale]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

   a. [+ nourriture, boisson] to swallow

• avaler la fumée [fumeur] to inhale

• avaler qch d'un trait to swallow sth in one gulp

• avaler son café à petites gorgées to sip one's coffee

• avaler sa salive to swallow

• il a avalé de travers it went down the wrong way

• il n'a rien avalé depuis deux jours he hasn't eaten a thing for two days

• la machine a avalé ma carte de crédit the machine swallowed up my credit card

   b. [+ mensonge, histoire] (inf) to swallow ; [+ mauvaise nouvelle] (inf) to accept

• on lui ferait avaler n'importe quoi he would swallow anything

• il a eu du mal à avaler la pilule it was a bitter pill for him to swallow

• c'est difficile à avaler it's hard to swallow

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1) ( ingurgiter) to swallow [aliment, sirop, carte de crédit]; fig [entreprise] to swallow up [entreprise]

2) ( inhaler) to inhale [fumée, vapeur]

3) (colloq) ( admettre) to swallow [mensonge]

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1) [aliment, comprimé] to swallow

2) (= croire) [histoire, mensonges, affront] to swallow

3) fig, [obstacles] to take in one's stride, [kilomètres] to eat up, [documents, romans] to devour

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avaler verb table: aimer vtr

1 ( ingurgiter) [personne] to swallow [aliment, sirop, médicament]; [machine] to swallow [ticket, carte de crédit]; fig [entreprise] to swallow up [petite entreprise]; ‘ne pas avaler’ Pharm ‘not to be taken internally’; avaler sa salive to swallow; j'ai avalé de travers it went down the wrong way; j'ai avalé mon vin de travers my wine went down the wrong way; avaler ses mots fig to swallow one's words; avaler un livre fig to devour a book; avaler l'obstacle Sport to make nothing of an obstacle;

2 ( inhaler) to inhale [fumée, vapeur]; tu avales la fumée? do you inhale?;

3 ○( admettre) to swallow [histoire, récit, mensonge]; faire avaler qch à qn to make sb swallow sth; on te ferait avaler n'importe quoi they'd make you swallow anything; c'est dur à avaler○ it's difficult to swallow.

tu as avalé ta langue? hum have you lost your tongue?; il a avalé son parapluie or sa canne hum he's so stiff and starchy.

[avale] verbe transitif

1. [consommer - nourriture] to swallow ; [ - boisson] to swallow, to drink

(en usage absolu) [manger, boire] to swallow

2. (figuré)

a. [raide] stiffly, with his back like a rod

b. [manquant d'adaptabilité] stiffly, starchily

3. [inhaler - fumée, vapeurs] to inhale, to breathe in (separable)

4. [lire - roman, article] to devour

5. (familier) [croire - mensonge] to swallow, to buy

6. (familier) [accepter - insulte] to swallow

a. [insultes] to swallow insults

b. [mensonges] to be taken in

a. [insultes] to humiliate somebody

b. [mensonges] to take somebody in