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1 mur
mur [myʀ]masculine noun• les murs ont des oreilles ! walls have ears!• franchir le mur du son to break the sound barrier ► mur végétal or végétalisé or vivant living wall* * *myʀ
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nom masculin wallrester or être entre quatre murs — to be cooped up
c'est à se taper (colloq) or cogner (colloq) la tête contre les murs — you feel like banging your head against the wall (colloq)
faire du mur — (colloq) ( au tennis) to practise [BrE] hitting a ball against the wall
faire les pieds au mur — lit to do a handstand against the wall; fig to tie oneself up in knots
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Phrasal Verbs:••faire le mur — ( s'échapper) to go over the wall; ( au football) to make a wall
* * *myʀ nm* * *A nm1 gén, Archit, Constr wall; un mur de pierre/de briques a stone/brick wall; il y avait des tableaux aux murs there were pictures (hanging) on the walls; monter or élever un mur to put up a wall; mur mitoyen/de clôture/d'enceinte party/boundary/outer wall; les murs de la ville the city walls; hors des murs (de la ville) lit outside the city walls, fig outside the city limits; coller qn au mur to put sb up against the wall and shoot him/her; être le dos au mur to have one's back to the wall; rester or être entre quatre murs to be cooped up; c'est à se taper or cogner la tête contre les murs you feel like banging your head against the wall○; les murs ont des oreilles walls have ears; faire du mur○ ( au tennis) to practiseGB hitting a ball against the wall; faire les pieds au mur lit to do a handstand against the wall; fig to tie oneself up in knots;2 ( obstacle) wall; se heurter à un mur de silence to come up against a wall of silence;3 ( personne froide) cold fish; parler à un mur to be talking to a brick wall.B murs nmpl ( local) ( d'entreprise) premises; (d'ambassade, de palais) confines; le ministre est dans nos murs aujourd'hui the minister is with us today; être dans ses murs to own one's own house.mur d'appui ( de soutènement) retaining wall; ( parapet) parapet; mur de l'Atlantique Atlantic Wall; mur de Berlin Berlin wall; mur portant or porteur load-bearing wall; mur du son sound barrier; franchir le mur du son to break the sound barrier; mur de soutènement retaining wall; Mur des Lamentations Wailing Wall.faire le mur ( s'échapper) to go over the wall; ( au football) to make a wall; mettre qn au pied du mur to call sb's bluff; être au pied du mur to be up against the wall; aller dans le mur to be heading for disaster.[myr] nom masculin1. [construction] wallmur aveugle blank ou windowless wallmur d'enceinte outer ou surrounding wallmur porteur ou portant load-bearing wallmur de soutènement retaining ou breast wall2. [escarpement] steep slopemur artificiel rock-climbing ou artificial wall[de silence] wall6. AÉRONAUTIQUE————————murs nom masculin pluriel[remparts] (city) wallsles murs [d'un commerce] the building
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