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bulge [bʌldʒ]1. nounb. ( = increase) poussée f* * *[bʌldʒ] 1.1) ( swelling) (in clothing, carpet) bosse f; (in vase, column, pipe, tube) renflement m; ( in tyre) hernie f; ( in wall) bombement m; ( in plaster) boursouflure f; ( in cheek) gonflement m2) ( in statistics) poussée f3) ( increase) augmentation f (in de)2.intransitive verb [bag, pocket] être gonflé; [wallet] être bourré; [surface] se boursoufler; [stomach] ballonner; [cheeks] être gonfléto be bulging with — [bag, vehicle] être bourré de; [book, building] être rempli de
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bulge [bʌldʒ]1 noun∎ he noticed a bulge in her pocket il remarqua que sa poche faisait un renflement;∎ this dress shows all my bulges on voit tous mes bourrelets avec cette robe(b) (increase) poussée f;∎ Economics a population bulge une explosion démographique(swell) se gonfler, se renfler; (stick out) faire saillie, saillir;∎ his suitcase was bulging with gifts sa valise était bourrée de cadeaux;∎ figurative the town was bulging at the seams with holidaymakers la ville était pleine à craquer de vacanciers;∎ he bulged (out) at the waist il était ventru, il avait du ventre;∎ his eyes bulged il avait les yeux saillants ou globuleux -
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4 battle
battle ['bætəl]1 noun∎ he was killed in battle il a été tué au combat;∎ to do or to give or to join battle livrer bataille;∎ to do battle with sb livrer bataille à qn;∎ in battle order en bataille;∎ a battle between the two companies une lutte entre les deux entreprises;∎ a battle for control of the government un combat pour obtenir le contrôle du gouvernement;∎ the battle between or of the sexes la lutte des sexes;∎ a battle of wits une joute d'esprit(b) (struggle) lutte f;∎ the battle for freedom la lutte pour la liberté;∎ the battle against poverty la lutte contre la pauvreté;∎ life is one long battle at the moment de nos jours la vie est un long combat;∎ to do battle for lutter pour;∎ to do battle against or with lutter contre;∎ we're fighting the same battle nous nous battons pour la même cause;∎ don't fight his battles for him ne te bats pas à sa place;∎ it's half the battle la partie est presque gagnéeMilitary (dress, zone) de combatse battre, lutter;∎ she battled to save his life elle s'est battue pour lui sauver la vie;∎ he's battling against the system il se bat contre le système;∎ they battled between themselves ils se battirent entre eux►► History the Battle of the Boyne la bataille de la Boyne (bataille qui mit fin au rôle politique des Stuart en Irlande);History the Battle of Britain la bataille d'Angleterre;Battle of Britain Day = jour commémoratif de la bataille d'Angleterre;History the Battle of the Bulge la bataille des Ardennes;humorous the battle of the bulge la lutte contre les kilos;Military battle cry cri m de guerre;battle fatigue psychose f traumatique;History the Battle of Hastings la bataille de Hastings;History the Battle of the Nile la bataille d'Aboukir;Military battle zone zone f de bataille ou d'engagementⓘ THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN Lutte aérienne opposant, d'août à octobre 1940, la Luftwaffe à la RAF, l'objectif allemand étant de neutraliser l'espace aérien britannique en vue d'un débarquement. La résistance des forces aériennes britanniques contraignit Hitler à y renoncer. -
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∎ the damp has made the wood swell l'humidité a fait gonfler le bois;∎ he felt his lip begin to swell il sentit sa lèvre enfler ou gonfler;∎ figurative her heart swelled with joy/pride son cœur s'est gonflé de joie/d'orgueil(b) (increase) augmenter;∎ the crowd swelled to nearly two hundred la foule grossit et il y eut bientôt près de deux cents personnes(c) (well up → emotion) monter, surgir;∎ I felt anger swell in me je sentais la colère monter en moi(e) (grow louder) s'enfler;∎ the music swelled to its climax la musique atteignit alors son point culminant∎ the wind swelled the sails le vent gonfla les voiles;∎ her eyes were swollen with tears ses yeux étaient pleins de larmes(b) (increase) augmenter, grossir;∎ she asked her friends to come along to swell the numbers elle a demandé à ses amis de venir pour qu'il y ait plus de monde;∎ to swell the ranks of the unemployed venir grossir les rangs des chômeurs(c) (cause to rise) gonfler, grossir;∎ the rivers had been swollen by torrential rains les cours d'eau avaient été gonflés ou grossis par des pluies torrentielles3 noun∎ there was a deep or heavy swell il y avait une forte houle∎ the swell of the sails le gonflement des voiles(e) American familiar old-fashioned (big shot) gros bonnet m; (dandy) dandy m, gandin m; (rich person) personne f huppée, rupin m∎ she's a swell girl c'est une chic fille;∎ we had a swell time on s'est super bien amusés►► Music swell box boîte f expressive(se) gonflergonfler
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bulge — [13] Etymologically, bulge and budget are the same word, and indeed when English first acquired bulge it was as a noun, with, like budget, the sense ‘pouch’. It came from Old French bouge ‘leather bag’, a descendant of Latin bulga, which may have … Word origins