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21 beat off
(to succeed in overcoming or preventing: The old man beat off the youths who attacked him; He beat the attack off easily.) repousser -
22 beat a (hasty) retreat
(to go away in a hurry: The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.) battre en retraite -
23 beat a (hasty) retreat
(to go away in a hurry: The children beat a hasty retreat when he appeared.) battre en retraite -
24 beat hollow
(to beat thoroughly at a game etc: The local team were beaten hollow by eight goals to one on Saturday.) battre à plate couture -
25 beat artist
arg., Stups. bidouilleur [revendeur de drogues frelatées]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > beat artist
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26 beat about the bush
(to approach a subject in an indirect way, without coming to the point or making any decision.) tourner autour du pot -
27 dead-beat
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28 burn-beat
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29 to beat down
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > to beat down
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30 to beat one's breast
faire son mea-culpa; battre sa coulpe; fig. s'autoflagellerEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to beat one's breast
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31 to beat one's own purpose
aboutir au contraire du résultat recherché; travailler contre ses propres intérêtsEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to beat one's own purpose
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32 to beat the rap
Jur. [U] échapper à une condamnation/à une peine de prison; réussir à se faire acquitterEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to beat the rap
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33 to beat the system
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to beat the system
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34 throb
[Ɵrob] 1. past tense, past participle - throbbed; verb1) ((of the heart) to beat: Her heart throbbed with excitement.) battre2) (to beat regularly like the heart: The engine was throbbing gently.) vibrer, palpiter3) (to beat regularly with pain; to be very painful: His head is throbbing (with pain).) élancer2. noun(a regular beat: the throb of the engine / her heart / her sore finger.) vibration; battement; élancement -
35 flutter
flutter [ˈflʌtər]a. [flag] flotter ; [bird, moth, butterfly] voleterb. [person] papillonnerc. [heart] palpiter* * *['flʌtə(r)] 1.1) (of wings, lashes) battement m; (of leaves, papers) voltigement m; ( of bunting) flottement mheart flutter — Medicine palpitations fpl cardiaques
2) ( stir)a flutter of — un surcroît de [excitement]
to be all of a flutter — GB être tout en émoi
3) (colloq) GB ( bet)4) Electricity ( in sound) pleurage m2.transitive verb1) ( beat)2) ( move) agiter [fan, handkerchief]3.1) ( beat) [bird] battre des ailes2) ( fly rapidly) voleter3) ( move rapidly) [flag] flotter; [clothes, curtains, fans] s'agiter; [eyelids, lashes] battre4) (also flutter down) [leaves] tomber en voltigeant5) ( beat irregularly) [heart] palpiter ( with de); [pulse] battre faiblement -
36 flutter
A n1 ( rapid movement) (of wings, lashes) battement m ; (of leaves, papers) voltigement m ; (of flags, bunting) flottement m ; with a flutter of her eyelashes d'un battement de cils ; heart flutter Med palpitations fpl cardiaques ;2 ( stir) a flutter of excitement/panic un surcroît d'excitation/de panique ; to be all in ou of a flutter GB être tout en émoi ; to cause a flutter causer l'émoi ;3 ○ GB ( bet) to have a flutter on the horses faire un petit pari aux courses ; she likes the odd flutter elle aime bien parier de temps en temps ; to have a flutter on the Stock Exchange faire une spéculation à la Bourse ;B vtr1 ( beat) the bird/moth fluttered its wings l'oiseau/le papillon de nuit battait des ailes ;2 ( move) agiter [fan, handkerchief] ; to flutter one's eyelashes (at sb) battre des cils (en regardant qn).C vi1 ( beat) the bird's wings still fluttered l'oiseau battait encore des ailes ;2 ( fly rapidly) voleter ;3 ( move rapidly) [flag, bunting, ribbons] flotter ; [clothes, curtains, fans, hand] s'agiter ; [eyelids, lashes] battre ; flags fluttered in the breeze/above the streets/from the mast des drapeaux flottaient au vent/au-dessus des rues/sur le mât ; -
37 pound
A n1 Meas ⇒ Weight measurement livre f (de 453,6 g) ; two pounds of apples ≈ un kilo de pommes ; pears are 80 pence a ou per pound ≈ les poires sont à 80 pence la livre ; pound for pound chicken is better value than pork tout comparé le poulet revient moins cher que le porc ; to lose ten pounds in weight ≈ perdre quatre kilos et demi ;2 ( unit of currency) ⇒ Currencies and money livre f ; the British/Irish/Maltese pound la livre sterling/irlandaise/maltaise ; £500 worth of traveller's cheques, spoken) five hundred pounds' worth of traveller's cheques 500 livres sterling en chèques de voyage ; I'll match your donation pound for pound je donnerai exactement la même somme que toi ;B modif [weight] d'une livre, de 453,6 grammes ; [coin, note] d'une livre ; a £200,000 house, spoken) a two hundred thousand pound house une maison de 200 000 livres sterling ; a two million pound fraud/robbery une escroquerie/un hold up de deux millions de livres ; a five/ten pound note un billet de cinq/dix livres.C vtr1 Culin ( crush) piler [spices, grain, salt] ; aplatir [meat] ; to pound sth to réduire qch en [powder, paste, pieces] ;2 ( beat) [waves] battre [shore] ; to pound one's chest se frapper la poitrine ; to pound sth with one's fists frapper sur qch avec ses poings [door, table] ; to pound a stake into the ground enfoncer un pieu dans la terre ;4 ( tread heavily) to pound the streets battre le pavé ; to pound the beat [policeman] faire sa ronde.D vi3 ( run noisily) to pound up/down the stairs monter/descendre l'escalier d'un pas lourd ; to come pounding down ou along the street descendre la rue d'un pas lourd ;■ pound away:▶ pound away at [sth]1 ( strike hard) taper à tour de bras sur [piano, typewriter] ;2 ( work doggedly) travailler d'arrache-pied sur [novel, report].■ pound out:▶ pound out [music] retentir ;▶ pound [sth] out, pound out [sth]1 ( play) faire ressortir [rhythm, tune] ;2 ○ ( produce) pondre ○ [qch] sur une machine à écrire [script] ;■ pound up:▶ pound [sth] up, pound up [sth] concasser [rocks, pepper]. -
38 retreat
A n1 ( withdrawal) retraite f (from de ; into dans) ; to beat ou make a retreat battre en retraite ; to beat a hasty retreat battre en retraite précipitamment ; to sound/beat the retreat Mil sonner/battre la retraite ; to be in retreat [ideology etc] reculer ;C vi1 gen [person] se retirer (into dans ; from de) ; to retreat before sth battre en retraite devant qch ;2 Mil [army] se replier (to sur ; into dans ; behind derrière) ;3 fig se retirer (to à ; from de) ; to retreat into a dream world/into silence se réfugier dans un monde imaginaire/dans le silence ; to retreat into oneself se replier sur soi-même ;4 [glacier, flood water, desert] reculer. -
39 beaten
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40 convincingly
convincingly [kənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ]a. [speak, demonstrate] de façon convaincanteb. [win, beat] haut la main* * *[kən'vɪnsɪŋlɪ]adverb [argue, claim, demonstrate, portray] de façon convaincante; [win, beat] de façon indiscutable
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