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1 hill
hill [hɪl](a) (small mountain) colline f, coteau m;∎ we walked up the hill nous avons gravi la colline;∎ up hill and down dale, over hill and dale par monts et par vaux;∎ the soldiers fought up hill and down dale les soldats ont mené le combat avec force et persévérance;∎ as old as the hills vieux comme le monde ou Mathusalem;∎ familiar to be over the hill commencer à se faire vieux□∎ American on the Hill au parlement (par allusion à Capitol Hill, siège du Congrès)►► hill climb course f de côtes;hill country pays m de collines;hill farm ferme f à flanc de coteau;hill farmer éleveur(euse) m,f de moutons dans les alpages;Cars hill start démarrage m en côte;hill station (in India) station f de montagne -
2 earthwork
earthwork n (pl earth ou earths) ( embankment) rempart m, levée f de terre ; ( excavation work) terrassement m. -
3 breaking
breaking ['breɪkɪŋ](a) (shattering) bris m; Medicine (of bone) fracture f; Law (of seal → illegal) bris m; (→ legal) levée f; Aviation (of sound barrier) franchissement m;∎ Law breaking and entering effraction f(b) (violation → of treaty, rule, law) violation f (of de); (→ of promise) manquement m (of à); (→ of commandment) désobéissance f (of à)(c) (interruption → of journey) interruption f; (→ of silence) rupture f; (→ of strike) action f de briser(d) Linguistics fracture f(e) (of horse) dressage m(f) (of fall, force of something) amortissement m►► breaking in(b) (burglary) effraction fbreaking point point m de rupture;∎ figurative I've reached breaking point je suis à bout, je n'en peux plus;∎ you're trying my patience to breaking point tu pousses à bout ma patience;∎ the situation has reached breaking point la situation est devenue critique;(a) (of building) démolition f; (of earth, field) défoncement m, premier labourage m; (of rocks, substance) broyage m, décomposition f; (of organization, assembly) dissolution f; (of crowd) dispersion f; (of family) désagrégation f; (of estate, property, country) morcellement m; (of empire) démembrement m, fragmentation f; (of ship) dépècement m, démembrementSch breaking up party soirée f de fin de trimestre
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