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floor [flɔ:(r)]1 noun∎ earthen floor sol m en terre battue;∎ to put sth/to sit on the floor poser qch/s'asseoir par terre;∎ the forest floor le sol de la forêt, la couverture;∎ figurative to wipe the floor with sb (in match, fight) battre qn à plate couture, réduire qn en miettes; (in argument) descendre qn∎ we live ten floors up nous habitons au dixième étage;∎ their offices are two floors down leurs bureaux sont deux étages plus bas;∎ on the same floor au même étage;∎ on the floor below à l'étage en-dessous;(d) (for dancing) piste f (de danse);∎ to take the floor aller sur la piste (de danse);∎ shall we take the floor? voulez-vous m'accorder cette danse?(e) (in parliament, assembly etc) enceinte f;∎ to have/to take the floor (speaker) avoir/prendre la parole;∎ Mr Taylor has the floor la parole est à M. Taylor;∎ he had the floor for twenty minutes il a parlé ou a gardé la parole pendant vingt minutes;∎ to give sb the floor accorder ou donner la parole à qn;∎ questions from the floor questions fpl du public;∎ to cross the floor (in parliament) changer de parti(f) (of stock exchange) parquet m;∎ trading on the floor was quiet today la journée n'a pas été très animée à la Bourse(a) (building, house) faire le sol de; (with linoleum) poser le revêtement de sol dans; (with parquet) poser le parquet ou plancher dans, parqueter; (with tiles) poser le carrelage dans, carreler∎ that virus really floored me ce virus m'a complètement terrassé∎ to floor it (drive fast) mettre le pied au plancher►► Marketing floor ad, floor advertisement publicité f au sol;floor area (of room, office) surface f;Television floor assistant assistant(e) m,f de plateau;floor cleaner (produit m) nettoyant m pour sols;floor cloth serpillière f; (old rag) chiffon m;Television floor crew personnel m de plateau;floor exercise (in gymnastics) exercice m au sol;Building industry floor grid couchis m;American floor lamp lampadaire m;Politics floor leader = chef de file d'un parti siégeant au Sénat ou à la Chambre des représentants aux États-Unis;floor model modèle m d'exposition;floor plan plan m;floor polish encaustique f, cire f;floor polisher (machine) cireuse f;Commerce floor price prix m seuil;American floor sample modèle m d'exposition;floor show spectacle m de cabaret;floor tile carreau m;Stock Exchange floor trader commis m;Stock Exchange floor trading cotation f à la corbeille;floor wax cire f, encaustique f;floor work exercices mpl au sol -
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wax [wæks]1 noun∎ to be in a wax être en rogne ou en colère□(candle, figure) de ou en cire∎ to wax one's legs s'épiler les jambes (à la cire)∎ he waxed poetic/sentimental il se fit poète/sentimental;∎ humorous she waxed eloquent or lyrical on the subject of country life elle s'est montrée éloquente sur le thème de la vie à la campagne►► American wax beans haricots mpl beurre;wax crayons crayons mpl gras;wax jacket veste f en toile huilée;wax museum musée m de cire;Botany wax myrtle symphorine f;Botany wax palm (Copernica Cerifera) palmier m à cire; (Ceroxylon Andicola) céroxyle m, ceroxylon m;wax paper papier m paraffiné ou sulfurisé;Botany wax plant hoya f; -
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wax [wæks]1. nouncire f[+ floor, furniture] cirer ; [+ car] lustrer4. compounds[candle, doll, seal, record] en cire* * *[wæks] 1. 2. 3.transitive verb1) cirer [floor, table]; lustrer [car]; farter [ski]2) ( depilate) épiler [quelque chose] à la cire4.1) [moon] croître2)5.waxed past participle adjective [fabric, wood] ciré; [paper] paraffiné; [thread] poisséwaxed jacket — GB ciré m
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A n2 ( for skis) fart m ;4 ( in ear) cérumen m.C vtr2 Cosmet épiler [qch] à la cire [leg].D vi2 ( speak) to wax eloquent/indigant se montrer éloquent/indigné (about, over à propos de) ; to wax lyrical disserter avec lyrisme (about, over à propos de).E waxed pp adj [fabric, floor, moustache, table] ciré ; [paper] paraffiné ; [thread] poissé ; waxed jacket GB ciré m.
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wax — wax1 [wæks] n [U] ↑flame, ↑wax, ↑wick [: Old English; Origin: weax] 1.) a solid substance made of fat or oil and used to make ↑candles, ↑polish etc ▪ wax crayons 2.) a natural sticky substance in your ears →↑beeswax … Dictionary of contemporary English
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