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1 block mountains
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2 fold-block mountains
montagnes des pis et blocs; montagnes plissées failléesEnglish-French dictionary of Geography > fold-block mountains
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A n1 gen, Constr, Archit mur m ; on the wall ( on vertical face) au mur ; ( on top) sur le mur ; the back/front wall ( of house) le mur arrière/de façade ; my secret must not go beyond these four walls mon secret ne doit pas sortir de ces murs ;2 (of cave, tunnel) paroi f ;5 fig mur m ; a wall of silence/of incomprehension un mur de silence/d'incompréhension ; a wall of water/of flame un mur d'eau/de flammes ; a tight wall of security around the President une barrière de sécurité autour du Président.to be a fly on the wall être une mouche ; to be off the wall ○ [person] être dingue ○ ; [comments] être incohérent ; to drive sb up the wall ○ exaspérer qn, rendre qn fou/folle ; to go to the wall faire faillite ; to have one's back to the wall avoir le dos au mur ; to push ou drive sb to the wall, to have sb up against the wall mettre qn au pied du mur ; walls have ears les murs ont des oreilles.■ wall in:▶ wall in [sth], wall [sth] in entourer ; the valley is walled in by mountains la vallée est entourée de montagnes ;■ wall off:▶ wall off [sth], wall [sth] off (block up, block off) condamner [room, wing, area] ; ( separate by wall) séparer [qch] par un mur.■ wall up:▶ wall up [sb/sth], wall [sb/sth] up emmurer.
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