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1 safety explosive
(mining) explosif de sécurité (contre le grisou), explosif anti-grisouteuxEnglish-French dictionary of labour protection > safety explosive
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2 fuse
∎ the two metals fused (together) les deux métaux ont fusionné∎ at some point the aims of the parties fused à un moment donné les objectifs des partis se sont rejoints ou confondus∎ the lights/the appliance fused les plombs ont sauté∎ to fuse two pieces together réunir deux pièces par fusion∎ an attempt to fuse traditional and modern methods une tentative pour associer les méthodes modernes et traditionnelles∎ to fuse the lights faire sauter les plombs(d) (explosive) amorcer3 noun(a) Electricity plomb m, fusible m;∎ to blow a fuse faire sauter un plomb ou un fusible; familiar figurative (lose one's temper) se mettre dans une colère noire, exploser;∎ the fuse keeps blowing les plombs n'arrêtent pas de sauter;∎ there's a fuse blown un des fusibles a sauté∎ familiar to have a short fuse être soupe au lait, se mettre facilement en rogne;∎ to set a fuse régler une fusée;∎ figurative the incident which lit the fuse of the revolution l'incident qui a déclenché la révolutionfuse wire fusible m -
3 mine
I.❢ In French, pronouns reflect the gender and number of the noun they are standing for. So mine is translated by le mien, la mienne, les miens, les miennes, according to what is being referred to: the blue car is mine = la voiture bleue est la mienne ; his children are older than mine = ses enfants sont plus âgés que les miens. For examples and particular usages, see the entry below. pron his car is red but mine is blue sa voiture est rouge mais la mienne est bleue ; the green pen is mine le stylo vert est le mien ; which glass is mine? lequel (de ces verres) est le mien?, mon verre c'est lequel ○ ? ; mine's a whisky ○ un whisky pour moi ; she's a friend of mine c'est une amie à moi ; he's no friend of mine! ce n'est pas un ami à moi! ; it's not mine ce n'est pas à moi ; the book isn't mine to lend you je ne peux pas te prêter ce livre, il n'est pas à moi ; mine is not an easy task fml ma tâche n'est pas facile ; that brother of mine péj mon imbécile de frère ○.II.A n1 Mining mine f ; to work in ou down the mines travailler dans les mines ; to go down the mine ( become a miner) descendre à la mine ;2 fig mine f ; to be a mine of information être une mine de renseignements ; to have a mine of experience to draw on pouvoir s'appuyer sur son expérience ;3 Mil ( explosive) mine f ; to lay a mine ( on land) poser une mine ; ( in sea) mouiller une mine ; to hit ou strike a mine heurter une mine.B vtr■ mine out:▶ mine out [sth], mine [sth] out extraire [mineral] ; exploiter [area, pit] ; the pit is completely mined out la mine est épuisée. -
4 blast
blast [blα:st]1. nouna. (with explosive) [+ rocks] faire sauterb. ( = shoot) he blasted the policeman with a shotgun il a tiré sur le policier avec un fusil de chasse3. exclamation4. compounds[rocket] être mis à feu* * *[blɑːst], US [blæst] 1.1) ( explosion) explosion f2) ( gust) rafale f3) ( air current from explosion) souffle m ( from de)4) ( noise) ( on trumpet) sonnerie f; (on whistle, car horn) coup m2.to give a blast on — faire sonner [trumpet]; donner un coup de [whistle, carhorn]
(colloq) exclamation zut! (colloq)3.transitive verb1) ( blow up) faire sauter [building]; dynamiter [rockface]2) ( damage) [wind] endommager [tree]; [frost, disease] détruire [crop]3) (colloq) ( criticize) descendre [quelqu'un/quelque chose] en flammes (colloq)4.1) ( in mining) utiliser des explosifs2) ( make a noise) [trumpets] retentir•Phrasal Verbs: -
5 mine
I pronoun(something which belongs to me: Are these pencils yours or mine? He is a friend of mine (= one of my friends).) mien, mienne, les miens, les miennesII 1. noun1) (a place (usually underground) from which metals, coal, salt etc are dug: a coalmine; My father worked in the mines.) mine2) (a type of bomb used underwater or placed just beneath the surface of the ground: The ship has been blown up by a mine.) mine2. verb1) (to dig (for metals etc) in a mine: Coal is mined near here.) extraire2) (to place explosive mines in: They've mined the mouth of the river.) miner3) (to blow up with mines: His ship was mined.) miner•- miner- mining - minefield -
6 flameless
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