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1 closure of the debate
Pol., Conf. clôture des débats [sur un sujet donné]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > closure of the debate
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2 wind
I.A n1 Meteorol vent m ; North/East wind vent du nord/d'est ; the wind is blowing il y a du vent ; which way is the wind blowing? d'où vient le vent? ; a high wind un vent fort, un grand vent ; to have the wind at one's back ou to have the wind behind one avoir le vent pour soi ;2 Naut vent m ; fair wind bon vent ; to sail ou run before the wind lit, fig avoir le vent en poupe ; to sail into the wind naviguer contre le vent, avoir le vent debout ; to sail close to the wind Naut serrer le vent ; fig jouer avec le feu ;3 ( breath) souffle m ; to knock the wind out of couper le souffle à ; to get one's wind reprendre souffle ; to get one's second wind fig reprendre ses forces ;4 fig ( current) vent m ; the wind of change le vent du changement ; the cold winds of recession le spectre de la récession ; there is something in the wind il y a quelque chose dans l'air, il se prépare quelque chose ;5 ( flatulence) vents mpl, gaz mpl intestinaux ; to break wind lâcher un vent ; to suffer from wind avoir des gaz ; to bring up wind roter ; that's a lot of wind ○ ! c'est du vent ○ ! ;B vtr1 ( make breathless) [blow, punch] couper la respiration or le souffle à ; [climb, exertion] essouffler, mettre [qn] hors d'haleine ;2 ( burp) faire faire son rot ○ à [baby] ;to get wind of avoir vent de, apprendre ; to get the wind up ○ avoir la trouille ○ or la frousse ○ (about à cause de) ; to put the wind up sb ○ flanquer la trouille ○ à qn, faire une peur bleue à qn ; to go/run like the wind aller/filer comme le vent ; it's (like) pissing ◑ ou whistling in the wind c'est comme si on pissait ◑ dans un violon ; to see which way the wind blows prendre le vent ; you'll be stuck like that if the wind changes! ( to child pulling faces) arrête ou tu vas rester comme ça!II.A n1 ( coil up) enrouler [hair, rope, string, tape, wire] (on, onto sur ; round autour de) ; he wound a scarf round his neck il s'est enroulé or passé une écharpe autour du cou ; she wound her arms around him elle l'a enlacé ; to wind wool faire une pelote de laine ;3 ( turn) donner un tour de [handle] ;C vi ( prét, pp wound) [road, river, procession] serpenter (along le long de) ; [stairs] tourner ; a queue winding round the theatre une queue qui tournait au coin du théâtre.■ wind down:1 ( end) [organization] réduire ses activités, ralentir ; [activity, production] toucher à sa fin ; [person] ( relax) se détendre ;2 [clockwork] être sur le point de s'arrêter ;▶ wind down [sth], wind [sth] down1 ( open) baisser [car window] ;2 ( prepare for closure) mettre fin à [activity, organization] ; the business is being wound down on est en train de mettre fin à l'entreprise.■ wind in:▶ wind in [sth], wind [sth] in remonter [cable, line, fish].■ wind off:▶ wind off [sth], wind [sth] off dérouler [thread, rope].■ wind on:▶ wind on [film] s'enrouler, s'embobiner ;▶ wind on [sth], wind [sth] on enrouler [thread, rope] ; enrouler, embobiner [film].■ wind up:▶ wind up2 ○ ( end up) finir, se retrouver ; we wound up at Louise's house/sleeping in a barn on a fini chez Louise/par dormir dans une grange ; the car wound up in the ditch la voiture s'est retrouvée dans le fossé ; she wound up as a dancer in Tokyo elle s'est retrouvée danseuse à Tokyo ;▶ wind up [sth], wind [sth] up1 ( terminate) liquider [business] ; fermer [account, club] ; mettre fin à [campaign, career, debate, meeting, project, tour] ; Jur régler [estate] ;2 ( cause to move) remonter [clock, watch, toy, car window] ;▶ wind [sb] up, wind up [sb]1 ( tease) faire marcher [person] ;2 (annoy, make tense) énerver ; to be wound up about sth être énervé à cause de qch.
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