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1 be in the middle of (doing) something
(to be busily occupied doing something: Please excuse my appearance. I was in the middle of washing my hair.) être en train deEnglish-French dictionary > be in the middle of (doing) something
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2 be in the middle of (doing) something
(to be busily occupied doing something: Please excuse my appearance. I was in the middle of washing my hair.) être en train deEnglish-French dictionary > be in the middle of (doing) something
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middle ['mɪdəl]1 noun(a) (in space) milieu m, centre m;∎ in the middle (of) au milieu (de), au centre (de);∎ a square with a dot in the middle un carré avec un point au milieu;∎ two seats in the middle of the row deux places en milieu de rangée;∎ in the middle of the crowd au milieu de la foule;∎ in the middle of London en plein Londres;∎ right in the middle of the target en plein dans le mille;∎ in the middle of the road au milieu de la route;∎ in the middle of the Atlantic au milieu de l'Atlantique, en plein Atlantique;∎ they live in the middle of nowhere ils habitent dans un coin perdu ou loin de tout, pejorative ils habitent dans un trou perdu;∎ we broke down in the middle of nowhere on est tombés en panne dans un endroit perdu;∎ familiar they split the money down the middle ils ont partagé l'argent en deux parties égales∎ in the middle of the week au milieu de la semaine;∎ in the middle of October à la mi-octobre, au milieu (du mois) d'octobre;∎ in the middle of the night en pleine nuit, en plein milieu de la nuit;∎ in the middle of winter en plein hiver∎ to be in the middle of doing sth être en train de faire qch;∎ I'm in the middle of something, can you call back? là je suis occupé mais est-ce que tu peux me rappeler plus tard?;∎ I was in the middle of the ironing j'étais en plein repassage∎ he's got rather fat around the middle il a pris du ventre(a) (in the centre) du milieu;∎ the middle book/shelf le livre/l'étagère f du milieu;∎ she was the middle child of three elle était la deuxième de trois enfants;∎ figurative the middle course or way (happy medium) le juste milieu; (compromise) la solution intermédiaire;∎ figurative to steer a middle course adopter une position intermédiaire;∎ in the middle distance à mi-distance; (in picture) au second plan;∎ to gaze into the middle distance regarder dans le vague;∎ the middle path le chemin du milieu; figurative la voie de la modération∎ British of middle height de taille moyenne;∎ this car is in the middle price range cette voiture se situe dans un ordre de prix moyen;∎ the middle ranks of the civil service/party les échelons mpl intermédiaires de la fonction publique/du parti∎ Linguistics Middle Irish/French le moyen gaélique/français►► middle age la cinquantaine;∎ a man in middle age un homme d'un certain âge;∎ to reach middle age atteindre la cinquantaine;∎ in early middle age he… quand il avait la quarantaine, il…;∎ she's well into middle age elle a plus de cinquante ans;the Middle Ages le Moyen Âge m;∎ in the Middle Ages au Moyen Âge;∎ the early/late Middle Ages le haut/bas Moyen Âge;Middle America Geography Amérique f centrale; figurative (American middle class) l'Amérique f moyenne; pejorative l'Amérique f bien pensante;1 nounAméricain(e) m,f du Middle-West; figurative Américain(e) m,f moyen(enne)Geography du Middle-West; figurative de l'américain moyen;Music middle C do m inv du milieu du clavier;Anatomy middle ear oreille f moyenne;the Middle East le Moyen-Orient;∎ in the Middle East au Moyen-Orient;Middle Eastern moyen-oriental;Middle England l'Angleterre f moyenne (aux tendances conservatrices);pejorative Middle Englander Anglais(e) m,f moyen(enne);Linguistics Middle English le moyen anglais;middle finger majeur m, médius m;∎ to give sb the middle finger salute faire un doigt d'honneur à qn;Chess middle game milieu m de partie;∎ figurative to occupy the middle ground adopter une position de compromis;Linguistics Middle High German le moyen haut-allemand;Botany middle lamella lamelle f moyenne;middle management (UNCOUNT) cadres mpl moyens;middle manager cadre m moyen;middle name deuxième prénom m;∎ honesty is her middle name c'est l'honnêteté même;∎ laziness is his middle name c'est un incorrigible paresseux;∎ generosity isn't exactly his middle name! on ne peut pas dire qu'il soit particulièrement généreux;Stock Exchange middle price cours m moyen;middle school British = école pour enfants de 8 ou 9 à 13 ans; American = école pour enfants de 10 à 13 ans, ≃ collège m;British Law Middle Temple = association d'étudiants en droit et d'avocats, ainsi que les bâtiments londoniens où elle siège;Philosophy middle term moyen terme m (d'un syllogisme); -
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middle [ˈmɪdl]1. adjective2. nouna. milieu m• right in the middle (of...) au beau milieu (de...)3. compounds► middle age noun ≈ la cinquantaine• he's reached middle age il a la cinquantaine ► middle-aged adjective [person] d'âge moyen ; [outlook] vieux jeu inv• discretion is my middle name (British) la discrétion est ma plus grande vertu ► middle-of-the-road adjective modéré ; [music] grand public inv► middle school noun ≈ premier cycle m du secondaire* * *['mɪdl] 1.1) milieu mI was in the middle of a book when... — j'étais plongé dans un livre quand...
to split [something] down the middle — partager [quelque chose] en deux [bill, work]; diviser [quelque chose] en deux [group, opinion]
2) (colloq) ( waist) taille f2.adjective [door, shelf] du milieu; [price] modéré; [size, difficulty] moyen/-ennein middle life — au milieu de ma/ta etc vie
to be in one's middle thirties — GB avoir environ 35 ans
there must be a middle course ou way — il doit y avoir un juste milieu
to steer ou take ou follow a middle course — adopter une position intermédiaire
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A n1 milieu m ; in the middle of one's back/forehead au milieu du dos/du front ; in the middle of au milieu de [place, night, meal] ; to be caught in the middle être pris entre deux feux ; I was in the middle of a good book when… j'étais plongé dans un bon livre quand… ; in the middle of May à la mi-mai ; right in the middle of en plein milieu de [meeting, crisis, debate] ; right in the middle of dinner en plein dîner ; to be in the middle of doing être en train de faire ; to split [sth] down the middle partager [qch] en deux [bill, work] ; [argument, issue] diviser [qch] en deux [group, opinion] ;B adj gen [door, shelf, house] du milieu ; [price] modéré ; [size, height, difficulty] moyen/-enne ; [ranks] Mil intermédiaire ; in middle life au milieu de ma/ta etc vie, aux alentours de la cinquantaine ; to be in one's middle thirties GB avoir environ 35 ans ; the middle child ( of three children) le deuxième enfant ; ( of five children) le troisième enfant ; to steer ou take ou follow a middle course adopter une position intermédiaire ; there must be a middle way il doit y avoir un juste milieu.in the middle of nowhere dans un trou perdu. -
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['midl] 1. noun1) (the central point or part: the middle of a circle.) milieu2) (the central area of the body; the waist: You're getting rather fat round your middle.) taille2. adjective(equally distant from both ends: the middle seat in a row.) du milieu- middling- middle age - middle-aged - Middle Ages - Middle East - middleman - be in the middle of doing something - be in the middle of something -
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1.1) Art, Photography, Cinema second plan m2) gen2.middle-distance adjective Sport [event, athlete] de demi-fond -
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noun gen juste milieu m; ( in argument) terrain m d'entente; Politicsthe middle ground — les modérés mpl
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(opinions, policies) modéré; pejorative timide, circonspect;∎ middle-of-the-road music musique f grand public; pejorative musique f passe-partoutUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > middle-of-the-road
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middle age n l'âge m mûr ; the onset of middle age le début de l'âge mûr ; she took up a new career in late middle age elle avait déjà un certain âge quand elle a changé de carrière. -
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middle-of-the-road adj [clothes, music, artist] ( banal) très ordinaire ; ( with wide appeal) populaire ; [policy] gen modéré ; péj tiède. -
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( with the) (the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.) moyen-âge -
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