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1 cat
cat [kæt]1 noun∎ I'm not really a cat person je n'aime pas beaucoup les chats;∎ to let the cat out of the bag révéler un secret par mégarde;∎ to be like a cat on a hot tin roof or British on hot bricks être sur des charbons ardents;∎ there isn't enough room to swing a cat il n'y a pas la place de se retourner;∎ he looked like something the cat brought or dragged in il ne ressemblait à rien;∎ has the cat got your tongue? tu as perdu ta langue?;∎ to fight like cat and dog se battre comme des chiffonniers;∎ familiar to be the cat's pyjamas être génial;∎ British to put or to set the cat among the pigeons jeter un pavé dans la mare;∎ to play (a game of) cat and mouse with sb jouer au chat et à la souris avec qn;∎ British to wait for the cat to jump or to see which way the cat will jump attendre de voir d'où vient le vent;∎ proverb when the cat's away the mice will play quand le chat n'est pas là les souris dansent;∎ proverb a cat may look at a king un chien regarde bien un évêque∎ what a cool cat! vraiment cool, ce type!►► cat burglar monte-en-l'air m inv;cat burglary vol m de nuit à l'escalade;cat door chatière f;the cat family les félidés mpl;cat flap chatière f;cat food (UNCOUNT) nourriture f pour chats;familiar cat's lick toilette f de chat, brin m de toilette;∎ to give oneself or have a cat's lick se laver le bout du nez, faire une toilette de chat;cat litter litière f (pour chats);cat litter tray bac m à litière;Radio cat's whisker chercheur m (de détecteur à galène);∎ familiar he thinks he's the cat's whiskers il se prend pour le nombril du monde -
2 flap
A n1 (on pocket, envelope, hat, tent) rabat m ;4 Aviat volet m ;6 Ling battement m.B vtr ( p prés etc - pp-) [wind] claquer [sail, cloth] ; faire voleter [paper, clothes] ; [person] secouer [sheet, cloth etc] ; agiter [paper, letter] ; to flap sth at sb/sth agiter qch en direction de qn/qch ; the bird was flapping its wings l'oiseau battait des ailes ; he flapped his arms around il battait l'air de ses bras.1 ( move) [wing] battre ; [sail, flag, material, door] claquer ; [paper, clothes] voleter ; the birds flapped away les oiseaux se sont éloignés en battant des ailes ;2 ○ ( panic) s'affoler ; stop flapping! calme-toi! -
3 flap
flap [flæp]1. nouna. [of wings] battement mb. [of pocket, book cover] rabat ma. [wings] battre ; [sails] claquer• stop flapping! t'affole pas ! (inf)* * *[flæp] 1.1) (on pocket, envelope, tent) rabat m; (on table, bar) abattant m; ( of trapdoor) trappe f; ( for cat) chatière f3) Aviation volet m4) (colloq) ( panic)5) Linguistics battement m2.transitive verb (p prés etc - pp-) [wind] claquer [sail, cloth]; faire voleter [paper, clothes]; [person] secouer [sheet]; agiter [paper, letter] ( at somebody en direction de quelqu'un)3.intransitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)1) ( move) [wing] battre; [sail, flag, door] claquer; [paper, clothes] voleter2) (colloq) ( panic) s'affoler -
4 tongue
tongue [tʌŋ]1. nouna. langue f• to lose/find one's tongue perdre/retrouver sa langueb. ( = language) langue f2. compounds* * *[tʌŋ] 1.1) gen, Anatomy, Culinary langue f; ( flap on shoe) languette fto lose/find one's tongue — fig avaler/retrouver sa langue
2) ( language) langue f2.transitive verb Music détacher [note, passage]••has the cat got your tongue? — (colloq) tu as avalé ta langue?
to get the rough side ou edge of somebody's tongue — subir les paroles désobligeantes de quelqu'un
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5 tongue
A n1 Anat, fig langue f ; to poke ou stick out one's tongue at sb tirer la langue à qn ; his tongue was hanging out il tirait la langue ; to click one's tongue faire claquer sa langue ; to lose/find one's tongue avaler/retrouver sa langue ; the tip of the tongue le bout de la langue ;2 ( language) langue f ; mother tongue langue f maternelle ; native tongue langue f d'origine ; to speak in tongues Relig parler en langues ; to speak in a foreign tongue parler une langue étrangère ;5 (of flame, land) langue f.to bite one's tongue se mordre la langue ; has the cat got your tongue ○ ? tu as avalé ta langue? ; to get the rough side ou edge of sb's tongue subir les paroles désobligeantes de qn ; to give sb a tongue-lashing faire des remarques cinglantes à qn ; I have his name on the tip of my tongue j'ai son nom sur le bout de la langue ; to trip off the tongue [name, lie] venir tout seul ; to loosen sb's tongue délier la langue de qn ; I can't get my tongue round it je n'arrive pas à le prononcer ; a slip of the tongue un lapsus ; hold your tongue ○ ! tiens ta langue! ; watch your tongue! surveille tes paroles! ; keep a civil tongue in your head sois poli.
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