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A n1 gen, Phys, Meteorol chaleur f ; the plants wilted in the heat les plantes se sont fanées à la chaleur ; he was sweating in ou with the heat il transpirait à cause de la chaleur ; she was exhausted by the heat elle se sentait exténuée à cause de la chaleur ; the summer/afternoon heat la chaleur de l'été/de l'après-midi ; in the heat of the summer au plus chaud de l'été ; in the heat of the day au moment le plus chaud de la journée ; we were stifling in the 30° heat il faisait 30° et on étouffait ; in this heat nobody feels hungry par cette chaleur personne n'a faim ; a cream to take the heat out of sunburnt skin un lait apaisant pour les coups de soleil ;2 Culin (of hotplate, gas ring) feu m ; ( of oven) température f ; cook at a low/moderate heat faire cuire à feu doux/moyen ; ( in oven) faire cuire à basse température /à température moyenne ; turn up/turn down the heat augmenter/diminuer le feu or la température ;3 ( heating) chauffage m ; to turn the heat on/off mettre/arrêter le chauffage ; to turn the heat up/down monter/baisser le chauffage ;4 Sport épreuve f éliminatoire ; ( in athletics) série f ; she won her heat elle a remporté sa série ;5 Zool to be on ou in heat être en chaleur ;6 fig (of argument, discussion) véhémence f ; in the heat of sth dans le feu de qch ; carried away by the heat of the discussion she… emportée dans le feu de la discussion elle… ; in the heat of the moment dans le feu de l'action ; to take the heat off sb soulager qn ; that's taken the heat off us cela nous a soulagés ; to put ou turn the heat on sb to do faire pression sur qn pour qu'il fasse ; the heat is on il va falloir mettre le paquet (to do pour faire) ; ⇒ kitchen.B vtr gen chauffer [room, house, pool] ; Culin faire chauffer [food, oven] ; Med échauffer [blood] ; heat the oven to 180° faire chauffer le four à 180°.C vi chauffer.■ heat through [food, drink, house] chauffer ; has the soup heated through? la soupe est-elle chaude? ;▶ heat [sth] through faire chauffer [food].■ heat up [food, drink] chauffer ; [air] se réchauffer ; wait until the engine/radiator heats up attends que le moteur/radiateur soit chaud ; has the iron heated up yet? est-ce que le fer est chaud? ;▶ heat [sth] up, heat up [sth] ( for first time) faire chauffer [food, oven] ; ( reheat) faire réchauffer [food]. -
2 moderate
A n modéré/-e m/f.B adj2 ( of average extent) [gain, income, performance, success] moyen/-enne, limité ; Culin at ou over a moderate heat à feu moyen ; in a moderate oven à four moyen ;C vtrD vi1 ( become less extreme) se modérer ; -
3 moderate
1. adjective[amount, speed, views, demands] modéré ; [language, terms] mesuré ; [size] moyen ; [improvement, reduction, success] léger ; [climate] tempéré2. nouna. ( = restrain) modérerb. ( = preside over) présider━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque moderate est un adjectif, la fin se prononce comme it: ˈmɒdərɪt ; lorsque c'est un verbe, elle se prononce comme eight: ˈmɒdəreɪt.* * *1. ['mɒdərət]1) ( not extreme) also Politics modéré (in dans)2) ( of average extent) moyen/-enne2. ['mɒdəreɪt]transitive verb gen, Politics modérer3. ['mɒdəreɪt]intransitive verb se modérer; [wind, storm] s'apaiser; [rain] se calmer
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