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1 salle de commision
boardroom, committee roomGlossaire des termes pour l'organisation d'événements > salle de commision
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2 style conférence
Glossaire des termes pour l'organisation d'événements > style conférence
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3 tomber
I.v. trans.1. To 'floor', to knock down.2. To 'bowl over', to astound.3. To woo, to win over. (With this meaning, the verb can refer to sexual prowess. Il l'a tombée fastoche! He scored with her easy!)4. Tomber la veste:a To take one's jacket off (because of the hot weather, exertion, etc.).b (fig.): To 'get stuck in', to participate in some hard graft. (The image here is of rolling up one's sleeves in order to 'muck in' with one's minions. Il est pas fier lui, notre patron, il a tombé la veste pour nous aider! He's no boardroom smoothie, our boss, he came and grafted with us!)II.v. intrans.1. To get 'nicked', 'picked up', to be arrested.2. To get sentenced.3. Laisser tomber (of item of conversation): To 'drop it', to change topic.a To 'let someone down', to fail to support someone in his hour of need.b To 'ditch' someone, to jettison someone when he or she is of no further use.5. Qu'est-ce qu'il tombe! It ain't half chucking it down! — It's pouring buckets!6. Tomber sur quelqu'un: To come down on someone (like a ton of bricks), to reproach someone violently.7. Tomber sur un bec: To 'hit a snag', to suffer a setback.8. Tomber quelque part: To 'land', to end up somewhere. On est tombé dans un patelin perdu! We finished up in some God- forsaken place!9. Je ne sais pas d'où il est tombé! I don't know where he sprang from! — He's a total stranger as far as I'm concerned. 10 Tomber pile: To arrive in the nick of time.
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