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1 revers
revers [ʀ(ə)vεʀ]masculine nound. ( = coup du sort) setback* * *ʀ(ə)vɛʀnom masculin invariable1) ( dos) ( de feuille) back, reverse; ( de tissu) wrong side; ( de médaille) reversele revers de la médaille — fig the downside (colloq)
2) ( repli) ( de veste) lapel; ( de pantalon) turn-up GB, cuff US; ( de manche) cuff3) ( au tennis) backhand (stroke)•Phrasal Verbs:••toute médaille a son revers — Proverbe there is no rose without a thorn
* * *ʀ(ə)vɛʀ nm1) [feuille, main] back2) [étoffe] reverse, reverse side3) [pièce, médaille] back, reverse4) TENNIS, PING-PONG backhandElle a un excellent revers. — She has an excellent backhand.
5) [veston] lapel, [pantalon] turn-up6) (= échec) setback7)prendre à revers MILITAIRE — to take from the rear
* * *revers nm inv1 ( dos) ( de feuille) back, reverse; ( de tissu) wrong side; ( de main) back; (de médaille, pièce) reverse; d'un revers de la main with the back of one's hand; le revers de la médaille fig the downside○, the disagreeable aspect; prendre une armée à revers Mil to attack an army from the rear;3 ( au tennis) backhand (stroke); faire un revers to play a backhand (stroke);revers de fortune reversal of fortune.toute médaille a son revers Prov there is no rose without a thorn.[rəvɛr] nom masculin1. [d'une blouse, d'un veston] lapel[d'une manche] (turned-back) cuff[d'un uniforme] facingcol/bottes à revers turned-down collar/boots2. [d'une feuille, d'un tissu, d'un tableau, de la main] back[d'une médaille, d'une pièce] reverse (side)c'est le revers de la médaille that's the other side of the coin, there's the rub3. [échec, défaite] setbackrevers de fortune reverse of fortune, setback (in one's fortunes)à revers locution adverbialeMILITAIRE from ou in the rear -
2 volée
volée [vɔle]feminine nouna. ( = envol, distance) flight ; ( = groupe) flockb. ( = tir) volleyc. ( = suite de coups) volley• administrer/recevoir une bonne volée to give/get a sound thrashinge. (locutions)* * *vɔle
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1) ( d'oiseaux) ( action de voler) flight; ( vol groupé) flock, flightune volée d'étourneaux — a flock ou flight of starlings
2) (de projectiles, coups) volleydonner une volée à quelqu'un — lit to give somebody a good thrashing; fig to thrash somebody
3) ( d'escalier) flight (of stairs)4) (sports de raquette, volley-ball) volleysaisir la balle à la volée — fig to seize the opportunity
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à toute volée locution adverbiale••* * *vɔle nf1) [projectiles, coups] volleyrecevoir une volée (= correction) — to get a good thrashing
recevoir une volée de bois vert (= critiques) — to be severely criticized
2) TENNIS volley3) [oiseaux] flight, flockà la volée; attraper une balle à la volée — to catch a ball in mid-air
Les cloches de l'église sonnaient à toute volée. — The church bells pealed.
de haute volée — first-rate, first-class
un pianiste de haute volée — a first-rate pianist, a first-class pianist
* * *A nf1 ( d'oiseaux) ( action de voler) flight; ( vol groupé) flock, flight; d'une seule volée [franchir] in a nonstop flight; une volée d'étourneaux a flock ou flight of starlings; une volée d'enfants fig a swarm of children; prendre sa volée to take wing, to fly off; un acteur/écrivain de haute volée fig a first-rate actor/writer;2 ( grêle) (de projectiles, coups) volley (de of); une volée de pierres/plombs a volley of stones/shot; donner or flanquer○ une (bonne) volée à qn lit to give sb a good thrashing; fig to thrash sb; prendre une volée aux échecs fig to get thrashed at chess;3 ( ensemble de marches d'escalier) flight (of stairs);4 (sports de raquette, volley-ball) volley; reprendre la balle de volée to take the ball on the volley; saisir la balle à la volée fig to seize the opportunity.B à toute volée loc adv lancer qch à toute volée to hurl sth; gifler qn à toute volée to strike sb a resounding slap in the face; claquer une porte à toute volée to slam a door; les cloches sonnaient à toute volée to bells were pealing out.volée basse ( au tennis) low volley; volée en coup droit ( au tennis) drive volley; volée haute smash; volée de revers backhand volley.les enfants se sont éparpillés comme une volée de moineaux the children scattered like flies ; asséner une volée de bois vert à qn to deliver a blistering critique of sb.[vɔle] nom féminin1. [ce qu'on lance]volée d'obus/de pierres volley of shells/of stonesvolée de flèches volley ou flight of arrowsil a pris une sacrée volée en demi-finale he got trounced ou thrashed in the semi-finalsreprendre une balle de volée to volley a ball, to hit the ball on the volleyil n'est pas/il est très bon à la volée he's a bad/he's a good volleyer[distance] flight7. CONSTRUCTION8. (Suisse) [promotion]à la volée locution adverbiale1. [en passant]attraper ou saisir à la volée [clés, balle] to catch in mid-air2. AGRICULTURE3. CHASSEà toute volée locution adverbialeil a lancé le vase à toute volée contre le mur he hurled the vase at ou flung the vase against the wallclaquer une porte à toute volée to slam ou to bang a door shuta. [cloches] to peal (out)b. [carillonneur] to peal all the bellsde haute volée locution adjectivale[spécialiste] top (avant nom)
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