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1 poll
poll [pəʊl]1. nouna. ( = opinion survey) sondage m[+ votes] obtenir ; [+ people] interroger• they polled the students to find out whether... ils ont effectué un sondage auprès des étudiants pour savoir si...• 40% of those polled supported the government 40 % des personnes interrogées étaient favorables au gouvernement4. compounds* * *[pəʊl] 1.1) ( vote casting) scrutin m, vote m; ( election) élections fpl; ( number of votes cast) voix fpl2) ( list of voters) liste f électorale; ( list of taxpayers) liste f de contribuables3) ( survey) sondage m (on sur)2.transitive verb1) ( obtain in election) obtenir [votes]2) ( canvass) interroger [group]3) Computing interroger3.to poll badly/well — recueillir peu de/beaucoup de voix
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2 pig
1 noun∎ pigs might fly! quand les poules auront des dents!;∎ you made a real pig's ear of that ça, vous avez fait du beau!;∎ he made a pig's ear of laying the carpet il a posé la moquette comme un vrai sagouin;∎ to buy a pig in a poke acheter chat en poche∎ to eat like a pig manger comme un cochon ou un porc;∎ to make a pig of oneself se goinfrer, s'empiffrer∎ to live like pigs vivre dans une écurie ou porcherie∎ fascist pig! sale fasciste!;∎ the dirty pig! quel chameau!;∎ what a selfish pig! quel sale égoïste!∎ it's a real pig of a job ce travail est un véritable cauchemar;∎ cleaning the oven is a pig of a job c'est vraiment chiant de nettoyer le four;∎ the filing cabinet was a pig to move ça a été vachement difficile de déplacer le classeur∎ the pigs les flics mpl, les poulets mpl∎ to pig oneself (on sth) s'empiffrer (de qch), se goinfrer (de qch)(sow) mettre bas, cochonner►► pig farm porcherie f, élevage m de porcs;pig iron fonte f brute;Pig Latin = argot codé utilisé en milieu scolaire, ≃ javanais m;Cookery pig's trotter pied m de porc -
3 chill
A n4 ( in foundry) coquille f.B adj1 [wind, air] frais/fraîche ;C vtr1 Culin ( make cool) mettre [qch] à refroidir [dessert, soup] ; rafraîchir [wine] ; ( keep cool) réfrigérer [meat, fish] ;2 [wind] refroidir [air, atmosphere] ; faire frissonner [person] ;4 Tech refroidir [casting].D vi [dessert] refroidir ; [wine] rafraîchir.■ chill out ○ décompresser ○ ; chill out! laisse faire!
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