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1 doze off
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2 doze off
(to go into a light sleep.) s'assoupir -
3 doze
B vi [person, cat] somnoler.■ doze off: -
4 doze
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5 doze
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6 doze
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7 drift off
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8 drift
A n1 (flow, movement) the drift of the current le sens du courant ; to be carried downstream by the drift of the current être emporté en aval par le courant ; the drift of events fig le cours des événements ; the drift from the land l'exode m rural ; the drift of refugees to the border l'afflux m des réfugiés à la frontière ; the slow drift of strikers back to work le lent retour des grévistes au travail ;4 ( mass) ( of snow) congère f ; (of leaves, sand) tas m, amoncellement m ; (of smoke, mist) nuage m, traînée f ; the rain/snow was falling in drifts il y avait des bourrasques de pluie/de neige ;5 ( general meaning) sens m (général) ; to catch the drift of sb's argument comprendre où quelqu'un veut en venir ; I don't catch ou follow your drift je ne comprends pas où vous voulez en venir ; get the drift ○ ? tu piges ○ ? ;7 ( in mining) galerie f en allongement ;8 Ling évolution f ;B vi1 (be carried by tide, current) [boat] dériver ; ( by wind) [balloon] voler à la dérive ; [smoke, fog] flotter ; to drift out to sea dériver vers le large ; to drift off course [boat] dériver hors-cap ; [plane] dériver hors de route ; to drift downstream être emporté or entraîné en aval par le courant ; to drift onto the rocks s'échouer sur les rochers ; clouds drifted across the sky des nuages traversaient le ciel ; mist was drifting in from the sea il y avait de la brume qui venait de la mer ; voices drifted into the garden des voix parvenaient dans le jardin ;2 ( pile up) [snow] former des congères fpl ; [leaves] s'amonceler ; drifting snow des bourrasques fpl de neige ; drifted snow des congères ;3 to drift along [person] lit flâner ; fig se laisser aller ; to drift around ou about the house traîner sans but dans la maison ; the strikers are drifting back to work les grévistes retournent progressivement au travail ; to drift into/out of the room entrer dans une/sortir d'une pièce d'un pas nonchalant ; to drift from job to job passer d'un emploi à un autre ; to drift from town to town errer de ville en ville ; to drift through life errer sans but dans la vie ; the country is drifting towards recession/war le pays glisse vers la récession/la guerre ; I'm content to let things drift je me borne à laisser les événements suivre leur cours ;4 fig ( stray) to drift into teaching/publishing se retrouver dans l'enseignement/l'édition ; to drift into crime/prostitution sombrer dans la criminalité/la prostitution ; the conversation drifted onto politics la conversation a dérivé vers la politique.■ drift apart [friends, couple, lovers] se détacher progressivement (from de) ; we have drifted apart nous sommes moins proches qu'avant.■ drift away [crowd, spectators] s'éloigner (from de) ; fig [person] ( from belief etc) s'éloigner progressivement (from de).1 ( doze off) s'assoupir ;2 ( leave) s'en aller lentement. -
9 nod
∎ to nod one's head (as signal) faire un signe de (la) tête; (in assent) faire oui de la tête, faire un signe de tête affirmatif; (in greeting) saluer d'un signe de tête; (with fatigue) dodeliner de la tête;∎ she nodded her head in approval or nodded her approval elle manifesta son approbation d'un signe de tête;∎ the boss nodded him into the office le chef lui fit signe (de la tête) d'entrer dans le bureau(a) (as signal) faire un signe de (la) tête; (in assent, approval) faire un signe de tête affirmatif, faire oui de la tête; (in greeting) saluer d'un signe de tête;∎ she nodded at or to him through the window elle lui fit un signe de tête de derrière la fenêtre∎ he was nodding in his chair il somnolait dans son fauteuil3 noun∎ to give sb a nod (as signal) faire un signe de tête à qn; (in assent) faire un signe de tête affirmatif à qn; (in greeting) saluer qn d'un signe de tête;∎ to answer with a nod répondre d'un signe de tête;∎ a nod in sb's direction un signe de tête à l'intention de qn;∎ a nod is as good as a wink (to a blind man) inutile d'en dire plus;∎ to get British the nod or American a nod (gen) obtenir le feu vert; (in boxing) gagner aux points;∎ the land of Nod le pays des rêves;∎ humorous to be in the land of Nod être dans les bras de Morphéefamiliar s'assoupir□, s'endormir□(b) drugs slang planer
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