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1 charretée
ʃaʀtenom féminin cartloadpar charretées — lit, fig by the cartload
* * *charretée nf cartload; par charretées lit, fig by the cartload; une charretée de loads (pl) of○ [critiques, honneurs].[ʃarte] nom féminin2. (familier) [grande quantité]une charretée d'insultes loads ou a heap of insults -
2 louche
I.louche1 [lu∫]adjective• c'est louche ! very suspicious!II.louche2 [lu∫]feminine noun( = ustensile) ladle ; ( = quantité) ladleful• il y en a environ 3 000, à la louche (inf) there are about 3,000 of them, roughly* * *luʃ
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il y a quelque chose de louche dans cette histoire — there is something fishy (colloq) about this business
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* * *luʃ1. adj(= douteux, suspect) (personne, apparence, endroit, air) shady, dubiousune histoire louche — a fishy business, a shady business
2. nf* * *A adj ( équivoque) [individu, affaire, passé] shady; [lieu] seedy; c'est (plutôt) louche it's rather fishy; il y a quelque chose de louche dans cette affaire or histoire there is something fishy○ about this business; se livrer à des manœuvres plutôt louches to get involved in rather shady business.B nfI[luʃ] adjectifn'y va pas, c'est louche don't get involved, there's something fishy about it2. [endroit] sleazy————————[luʃ] nom masculinil y a du louche là-dessous! there's something fishy going on!, I smell a rat!II[luʃ] nom féminin1. [ustensile] ladle
См. также в других словарях:
cartload — cartload, cart load cart load . as much as will fill or load a cart; the quantity that a cart holds. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cartload — UK [ˈkɑː(r)tˌləʊd] / US [ˈkɑrtˌloʊd] noun [countable] Word forms cartload : singular cartload plural cartloads the amount that you can carry in a cart • cartloads of something … English dictionary
cartload — cart|load [ˈka:tləud US ˈka:rtloud] n the amount that a ↑cart can hold cartload of ▪ cartloads of hay … Dictionary of contemporary English
cartload — /ˈkatloʊd/ (say kahtlohd) noun 1. the amount a cart can hold. 2. Building Trades Obsolete any amount between ¼ and ½ a cubic yard. 3. Colloquial a large number or amount of anything: they turned up with a cartload of beer …
cartload — /kahrt lohd /, n. the amount a cart can hold. [1250 1300; ME. See CART, LOAD] * * * … Universalium
cartload — noun a) The amount that a cart can carry. b) A large amount … Wiktionary
cartload — cart|load [ kart,loud ] noun count the amount that you can carry in a CART … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cartload — noun (C) the amount that a cart can hold (+ of): cartloads of hay … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cartload — cart•load [[t]ˈkɑrtˌloʊd[/t]] n. the amount a cart can hold • Etymology: 1250–1300 … From formal English to slang
cartload — noun the quantity that a cart holds • Hypernyms: ↑containerful … Useful english dictionary
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