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tunnel ['tʌnəl] ( British pt & pp tunnelled, cont tunnelling, American pt & pp tunneled, cont tunneling)1 noun∎ to make or to dig a tunnel (gen) percer ou creuser un tunnel; Mining percer ou creuser une galerie;∎ to drive a tunnel through a mountain percer un tunnel à travers ou sous une montagne(hole, passage) creuser, percer;∎ Building industry to tunnel one's way through the earth creuser un tunnel dans la terre;∎ the prisoners tunnelled their way to freedom les prisonniers se sont évadés en creusant un tunnel(person) creuser ou percer un tunnel ou des tunnels; (badger, mole) creuser une galerie ou des galeries;∎ they tunnelled into the mountain Building industry ils ont percé un tunnel dans la montagne; Mining ils ont percé une galerie dans la montagne;∎ the machines had to tunnel through granite les machines ont dû creuser dans le granit►► tunnel effect effet m tunnel;tunnel vision Optics rétrécissement m du champ visuel; figurative esprit m borné;∎ to have tunnel vision avoir des vues étroites, voir les choses par le petit bout de la lorgnette
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