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∎ proverb life is just a bowl of cherries = il faut voir la vie en rose∎ to lose one's cherry perdre sa fleur;∎ she's still got her cherry elle est encore pucelle(blossom, wood) de cerisier; (pie, tart) aux cerises►► American cherry bomb = sorte de pétard rouge;cherry brandy cherry m;cherry orchard cerisaie f;Technology cherry picker plate-forme f élévatrice;Botany cherry plum myrobolan m;cherry red rouge m cerise;cherry stone noyau m de cerise;cherry tomato tomate f cerise;cherry tree cerisier m; (wild) merisier m -
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A n1 ( fruit) cerise f ;2 (tree, wood) cerisier m ;3 ( colour) rouge m cerise.life is not a bowl of cherries la vie n'est pas rose ; to get the first bite of the cherry avoir priorité ; to get two bites at the cherry pouvoir retenter sa chance ; to lose one's cherry ○ perdre sa virginité. -
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tree [tri:]1. nounarbre m• cherry tree cerisier m2. compounds* * *[triː]noun arbre man apple tree/a cherry tree — un pommier/un cerisier
••he can't see the wood GB ou forest US for the trees — il se perd dans les détails
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A n1 Culin ( jam) ( also preserves) confiture f ; ( pickle) conserve f ; peach/cherry preserve confiture f de pêche/de cerise ;2 ( territory) lit, fig chasse f gardée (of de) ; to be a male preserve être la chasse gardée des hommes, être reservé aux hommes.B vtr1 ( save from destruction) préserver [land, building, manuscript, memory, tradition, language] (for pour) ; entretenir [wood, leather, painting] ;3 (keep, hold onto) [person] garder [sense of humour, dignity, silence, beauty, health] ;4 (rescue, save life of) préserver ; God preserve us!† Dieu nous garde! ; heaven ou the saints preserve us from that!† ou hum le ciel nous en préserve! ;6 ( make into jam) faire de la confiture de [fruit]. -
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A n arbre m ; an apple/a cherry tree un pommier/un cerisier ; the tree of life l'arbre de vie ; the tree of knowledge l'arbre de la connaissance. ⇒ pear etc.B vtr US lit poursuivre [qch] jusqu'en haut d'un arbre [animal] ; fig mettre [qn] dans une situation délicate [person].he can't see the wood GB ou forest US for the trees il se perd dans les détails ; money doesn't grow on trees l'argent ne se trouve pas sous les sabots d'un cheval ; to be out of one's tree ○ être cinglé ○ ; to be up a tree US être dans le pétrin ○ ; to get to/be at the top of the tree arriver/être arrivé au sommet.
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