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1 increase
A n1 ( in amount) augmentation f (in de) ; price/pay increase augmentation de prix/de salaire ; a sudden increase in unemployment une soudaine augmentation du taux de chômage ; an increase of 5%, a 5% increase une augmentation de 5% ; an increase of 20% in the cost of sth une augmentation de 20% du prix de qch ;2 ( in degree) accroissement m ; an increase in support for the policy un nombre croissant de personnes favorables à la politique ; there has been an increase in public interest le public s'y intéresse de plus en plus ; to be on the increase être en progression.B vtr1 gen augmenter [sales, grant, offer, temperature, anxiety] ; to increase one's chances of doing augmenter ses chances de faire ; to increase the risk of augmenter les risques de [failure, disease etc] ; to increase sth by augmenter qch de [amount, percentage] ; to increase life expectancy by five years prolonger l'espérance de vie de cinq ans ; to increase sth to augmenter qch jusqu'à ; I increased my offer to $100 je suis monté à 100 dollars ;2 ( in knitting) augmenter de [stitch].C vi1 gen [output, sales, volume, strength, intensity] augmenter ; [appetite] grandir ; [workload] s'accroître ; to increase by augmenter de [amount, percentage] ; to increase in number/value augmenter en nombre/valeur ; to increase in volume augmenter de volume ; to increase in size s'agrandir ; to increase from… to passer de… à ;3 ( in knitting) augmenter.D increasing pres p adj [prices, number] croissant ; with increasing frequency de plus en plus fréquemment.E increased pp adj [choice, demand, probability] plus grand ; [attacks] plus fréquent ; [inequality] plus marqué ; an increased risk of cancer un risque accru de cancer. -
2 jam
A n3 (failure, blockage of machine, system, department) blocage m ;4 ○ ( difficult situation) pétrin ○ m ; this is a real jam on est vraiment dans le pétrin ○ ; to be in/get into a jam être/se mettre dans le pétrin ○ ; to help sb out of a jam tirer qn du pétrin ○ ;1 (stuff, pile) to jam things into entasser des choses dans [small space, suitcase, box] ; she jammed her clothes into the drawer elle a entassé ses vêtements dans le tiroir ; reporters were jamming microphones into our faces les journalistes nous fourraient ○ des micros sous le nez ; to jam one's hat on enfoncer son chapeau sur sa tête ; to jam one's foot on the brake, to jam the brake on freiner à bloc ;2 (fix firmly, wedge) coincer ; I was jammed between the wall and the door j'étais coincé entre le mur et la porte ; I got my finger jammed in the door je me suis coincé le doigt dans la porte ; the key's jammed in the lock la clé s'est coincée dans la serrure ;3 ( also jam up) (crowd, fill up) gen encombrer ; cars jammed (up) the roads les routes étaient embouteillées ; to be jammed (solid) with, to be jammed full of [room, entrance, shelf] être bourré de qch [people, books, objects] ;4 ( also jam up) (cause to stop functioning, block) [dirt, malfunction, person] enrayer [mechanism] ; coincer [lock, door, window, system] ; sand had jammed (up) the mechanism le sable avait enrayé le mécanisme ; to be jammed ou jammed up [mechanism] s'enrayer (by sth à cause de qch) ; [lock, door, window] se coincer or se bloquer (by sth à cause de qch) ; [system] se bloquer ;1 ( become stuck) [mechanism, switch, lever] s'enrayer ; [lock, door, window] se coincer, se bloquer ;2 Mus faire un bœuf ○, improviser.it's real jam ○ ! (job, task) c'est du gâteau ○ ! ; you want jam on it ○ ! GB et puis quoi encore! ; (it's a case of) jam tomorrow les beaux jours sont pour demain ; ⇒ money, bread.■ jam in:▶ jam in [people] s'entasser ;▶ jam [sth/sb] in1 (trap, wedge) coincer ; to be jammed in être coincé ;2 ( pack in) entasser ; there were 30 people jammed into the room il y avait 30 personnes entassées dans la pièce.
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