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1 the gunman fired wildly / indiscriminately into a crowd of people
English-German idiom dictionary > the gunman fired wildly / indiscriminately into a crowd of people
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2 indiscriminately
indiscriminately [‚ɪndɪ'skrɪmɪnətlɪ]∎ he reads indiscriminately il lit tout ce qui lui tombe sous la main;∎ he fired indiscriminately into the crowd il a tiré dans la foule sans faire de distinction;∎ the plague struck rich and poor indiscriminately la peste a frappé indifféremment les riches et les pauvres;∎ she admired everything indiscriminately elle admirait tout sans discernement;∎ I use the two terms indiscriminately j'utilise indifféremment les deux termesUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > indiscriminately
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3 crowd
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4 tas
tas [tα]1. masculine noun• dans le tas, tu trouveras bien un stylo qui marche you'll find one pen that works• j'ai acheté des cerises, tape dans le tas (inf) I've bought some cherries so dig in (inf)► sur le tas ( = par la pratique)2. compounds• cette voiture est un vrai tas de ferraille (inf) that car's only fit for the scrapheap ► tas de fumier dung heap* * *tɑ
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nom masculin invariable1) lit heap, pile (de of)tas de bois — ( ordonné) woodpile; ( désordonné) pile of wood
tas de ferraille — lit scrap heap; fig ( vieille voiture) (colloq) wreck
2) (colloq) figun tas, des tas — lots (de of), loads (colloq) (de of)
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dans le tas locution adverbialefoncer dans le tas — [personne] to fling oneself into the crowd; [police] to charge the crowd
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sur le tas locution adverbiale* * *tɒ nm1) [pierres, sable, ordures] pile, heapen tas — in a heap, in a pile
J'ai lu un tas de livres pendant les vacances. — I read loads of books in the holidays.
2) (locution)* * *A nm inv1 lit heap, pile (de of); un tas de charbon/de paille a heap ou pile of coal/of straw; en tas [mettre, poser, être] in a heap ou pile; il y avait du linge sale en tas dans un coin there was some dirty laundry piled in a corner; un tas de fumier a manure heap; un tas de bois ( ordonné) a woodpile; ( désordonné) a pile of wood; tas de ferraille lit scrap heap; fig ( vieille voiture) wreck;B dans le tas loc adv taper dans le tas to punch people indiscriminately; tirer dans le tas to fire into the crowd; foncer dans le tas [personne] to fling oneself into the crowd; [police] to charge the crowd.C sur le tas loc adv apprendre/être formé sur le tas to learn/to be trained on the job; formation sur le tas on-the-job training; grève sur le tas sit-down strike.[ta] nom masculin[amoncellement - de dossiers, de vêtements] heap, pile ; [ - de sable, de cailloux] heap ; [ - de planches, de foin] stackmettre en tas [feuilles, objets] to pile ou to heap updans le tas locution adverbiale1. [dans un ensemble]il y aura bien quelqu'un dans le tas qui pourra me renseigner one of them's bound to be able to tell mel'armoire est pleine de vêtements, tu en trouveras bien un ou deux qui t'iront dans le tas the wardrobe's full of clothes, you're bound to find something there that will fit you2. [au hasard]la police a tiré/tapé dans le tas the police fired into the crowd/hit out at randomsur le tas (familier) locution adjectivale1. [formation] on-the-jobsur le tas (familier) locution adverbiale1. [se former] on the job2. CONSTRUCTION [tailler] on site -
5 Amokschütze
m mad ( oder crazed) gunman; der Amokschütze schoss in eine Menschenmenge hinein the gunman fired wildly ( oder indiscriminately) into a crowd of people* * *Amok|schüt|zemcrazed gunman* * *Amok·schüt·ze, -schüt·zinm, f crazed gunmanein unbekannter \Amokschütze an unknown gunman* * *der crazed gunman* * *der Amokschütze schoss in eine Menschenmenge hinein the gunman fired wildly ( oder indiscriminately) into a crowd of people* * *der crazed gunman* * *m.mad gunman n.
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