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1 niveau à lunette
mdumpy level, engineer’s level, surveyor’s levelDictionnaire d'ingénierie, d'architecture et de construction > niveau à lunette
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2 courtaud
courtaude kuʀto, od adjectif [personne] shortish* * *1 [personne] shortish;2 [chien, cheval] with a docked tail. -
3 potelé
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4 tasser
tasser [tαse]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb( = comprimer) [+ sol, neige] to pack down ; [+ foin, paille] to pack2. reflexive verbb. ( = se serrer) to bunch up• tassez-vous, il y a encore de la place squeeze up, there's still roomc. ( = s'arranger) (inf) to settle down• ne vous en faites pas, ça va se tasser don't worry - things will settle down* * *tɑse
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verbe transitif to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac]; to pack down [paille]; to pack [habits, gens]; to cram [bagages]l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres — the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae
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se tasser verbe pronominal1) ( s'affaisser) ( avec l'âge) to shrink; ( volontairement) to make oneself look smaller2) ( se serrer) [personnes] to squash up3) (colloq) ( se calmer) [conflit] to die down* * *tɒse vt1) [terre, neige] to pack down2) (= entasser)3) INFORMATIQUE to pack* * *tasser verb table: aimerA vtr to press down [terre]; to tamp down [tabac] (dans in); to pack down [foin, paille]; to pack [habits] (dans in); to cram [bagages] (dans into; sous under); to pack [gens] (dans into); les passagers étaient tassés the passengers were packed in tightly; le sport/l'accident lui a tassé les vertèbres sport/the accident has given him/her compression of the vertebrae.B se tasser vpr2 ( se serrer) [personnes] to squash up, to squeeze up; il va falloir se tasser dans la voiture we'll have to squash ou squeeze up in the car;3 ○( se calmer) [histoire, rumeur, conflit] to die down; au bout de trois mois les choses se sont tassées after three months things settled down.[tase] verbe transitif1. [neige, terre] to pack ou to tamp down (separable)3. [faire paraître plus petit] to shrink————————[tase] verbe intransitif————————se tasser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [s'effondrer - fondations, terrain] to subside2. [se voûter - personne] to shrinken se tassant on peut tenir à quatre à l'arrière (de la voiture) if we squeeze up, four of us can get in the back (of the car)4. (familier) [s'arranger - situation] to settle down
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