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1 paver
paver [pave]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb* * *paveverbe transitif to lay [something] with cobblestones••* * *l'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions the road to hell is paved with good intentions.[pave] verbe transitif[avec des pavés] to cobble[avec des dalles] to pave -
2 enfer
enfer [ɑ̃fεʀ]masculine noun► d'enfer* * *ɑ̃fɛʀnom masculin1) Religion Hell; Mythologieles enfers — Hell (sg), the Underworld (sg)
2) fig hell (de of)vision d'enfer — vision of hell, hellish sight
aller à un train d'enfer — (colloq) to go hell for leather (colloq)
soirée d'enfer — (colloq) hell of a (colloq) party
••croix de bois croix de fer, si je mens je vais en enfer — ≈ cross my heart and hope to die
* * *ɑ̃fɛʀ nm1) (pour les damnés) helld'enfer (allure, bruit) — tremendous, * (ambiance, moral) great, fantastic
* * *enfer nm1 Relig Hell; Mythol les enfers Hell, the Underworld; croire à l'enfer to believe in Hell; aller en enfer to go to Hell; la descente aux enfers the descent into Hell ou the Underworld; enfer et damnation! hell and damnation!;2 fig hell (de of); un enfer de souffrance a living hell; il vit un véritable enfer his life is sheer hell; l'enfer des villes the hell of urban life; l'enfer de la guerre/drogue the hell of war/drug addiction; c'est l'enfer○ ce travail! this work is hell○!; vision d'enfer vision of hell, hellish sight; vitesse d'enfer hellish pace; aller/conduire à un train d'enfer to go/drive hell for leather○; il fait une chaleur d'enfer it's as hot as hell○; voiture/soirée d'enfer○ hell of a○ car/party;3 †( section de bibliothèque) private case collection.croix de bois croix de fer, si je mens je vais en enfer ≈ cross my heart and hope to die; ⇒ paver.[ɑ̃fɛr] nom masculinl'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions (proverbe) the road to hell is paved with good intentions (locution)2. [lieu, situation désagréable] hell3. [d'une bibliothèque] section where books forbidden to the public are stored————————enfers nom masculin pluriel————————d'enfer locution adjectivale2. [très bien] greatil est d'enfer ton blouson! what a brilliant ou wicked jacket! -
3 pavé
pavé, e [pave]1. adjective[cour, rue] cobbled2. masculine nouna. [de chaussée, cour] cobblestoneb. ( = livre épais) (inf) massive tome* * *pavenom masculin cobblestone••sous les pavés, la plage — beneath the harsh reality lies a brighter tomorrow
* * *pave pavé, -e1. adj1) (cour) paved2) (rue) cobbledLes rues étaient pavées. — The streets were cobbled.
2. nm1) (= bloc) paving stone, (= pierre ronde) cobblestone2)pavé numérique INFORMATIQUE — keypad
3) (= pavage) paving4) (= bifteck) slab of steak5) humoristique (= livre) hefty tome* * *pavé nm2 ( rues) se retrouver sur le pavé to find oneself out on the street; battre le pavé to wear out one's shoe leather; faire le pavé to walk the streets;3 Presse display; pavé publicitaire display advertisement;4 Ordinat pad;6 ○( gros livre) huge tome.pavé numérique Ordinat numeric keypad.c'est le pavé de l'ours ≈ it is more of a hindrance than a help; jeter or lancer un pavé dans la mare to set the cat among the pigeons; sous les pavés, la plage beneath the harsh reality lies a brighter tomorrow; tenir le haut du pavé to head the field.[pave] nom masculina. [sans domicile] to be on the streetsb. [au chômage] to be joblessjeter ou mettre quelqu'un sur le pavéa. [l'expulser de son domicile] to throw somebody out on the streetsb. [le licencier] to throw somebody out of his/her joblui, quand il veut aider, c'est le pavé de l'ours with friends like him, who needs enemies?3. CUISINE [viande] thick slab ou chunk[gâteau]4. PRESSE [encart] block (of text)[publicité] (large) display advertisement6. (familier) [livre] huge ou massive tome[article] huge article[dissertation] huge essay -
4 rue
rue [ʀy]feminine noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Many Paris street names are used, especially in the press, to refer to the famous institutions that have their homes there. The Ministry of Education is on rue de Grenelle; rue de Solférino refers to Socialist Party headquarters; rue d'Ulm is where the « École normale supérieure » is situated, and rue de Valois is the home of the Ministry of Culture. → QUAI* * *ʀy1) ( voie) street2) ( peuple) pej3) Botanique rue••ça ne court pas les rues — (colloq) it's pretty thin on the ground
être à la rue — to be on the street, to be down-and-out
jeter/mettre quelqu'un à la rue — to throw/to put somebody out on the street
* * *ʀy nf* * *rue nf3 Bot rue.rue piétonne or piétonnière pedestrianized ou pedestrian street.ça ne court pas les rues○ it's pretty thin on the ground○; être à la rue to be on the street, to be down-and-out; jeter/mettre qn à la rue to throw/put sb out on the street; descendre dans la rue to take to the street.[ry] nom féminin[voie] streetThe names of some Paris streets are used to refer to the establishments situated there: la rue de Grenelle the Ministry of Education; la rue de Valois the Ministry of Culture; la rue d'Ulm the École Normale Supérieure.
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