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downhill [ˈdaʊnˈhɪl]1. adjective• it was downhill all the way after that ( = got easier) après cela, tout a été plus facile ; ( = got worse) après cela, tout est allé en empirant2. adverb• to go downhill [person, vehicle, road] descendre ; ( = get worse) [person] être sur la mauvaise pente ; [company] péricliter ; [economy] se dégrader━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Downing Street, dans le quartier de Westminster, est la rue où résident officiellement le Premier ministre (au no 10) et le chancelier de l'Échiquier (au no 11). Les médias utilisent souvent Downing Street ou « Number Ten » pour désigner le gouvernement, à la façon dont on parlerait de « Matignon » en France.* * *[ˌdaʊn'hɪl] 1.adjective [path, road] qui descend2.to go downhill — [path, person, vehicle] descendre; fig [person] être sur le déclin
from now on it's downhill all the way — fig ( easy) à partir de maintenant il ne devrait plus y avoir de problèmes; ( disastrous) à partir de maintenant c'est le déclin
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downhill [‚daʊn'hɪl]1 adverb∎ to go downhill (car, road) descendre, aller en descendant; (business) péricliter; figurative se dégrader;∎ television is going rapidly downhill la télévision baisse ou se dégrade de plus en plus;∎ he let himself go downhill after he lost his job il a dégringolé ou il s'est laissé aller après avoir perdu son travail;∎ her health went rapidly downhill sa santé déclina ou baissa rapidement∎ figurative when you get to 40, it's downhill all the way passé la quarantaine, vous ne faites plus que décliner;∎ it should all be downhill from now on (be easy) maintenant ça devrait aller comme sur des roulettes3 noun►► Skiing downhill race descente f;downhill racer, downhill skier descendeur(euse) m,f;downhill skiing ski m alpin -
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B adv to go downhill [path, road, person, vehicle] descendre ; fig [person] être sur le déclin ; she has gone downhill a lot since you saw her last sa santé s'est beaucoup détériorée depuis la dernière fois que tu l'as vue ; since he took over as manager business has gone downhill depuis qu'il est directeur les affaires vont mal ; from now on it's downhill all the way fig ( easy) à partir de maintenant il ne devrait plus y avoir de problèmes ; ( disastrous) à partir de maintenant c'est le déclin. -
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1) (down a slope: The road goes downhill all the way from our house to yours.) en descendant2) (towards a worse and worse state: We expected him to die, I suppose, because he's been going steadily downhill for months.) sur le déclin
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