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passing ['pɑ:sɪŋ](a) (going by) qui passe;∎ she watched the passing crowd elle regardait la foule qui passait;∎ she flagged down a passing car elle a fait signe à une voiture qui passait de s'arrêter;∎ with each passing day he grew more worried son inquiétude croissait de jour en jour;∎ literary the passing hour l'heure f fugitive(b) (fancy, infatuation) éphémère, passager;∎ a passing whim un caprice passager;∎ he didn't give her absence a passing thought c'est tout juste s'il a remarqué son absence, il a à peine remarqué son absence;∎ he made only a passing reference to her absence il a fait mention de son absence en passant∎ to have a passing acquaintance with sb connaître qn de vue;∎ to bear a passing resemblance to sb ressembler vaguement à qn2 noun∎ with the passing of time avec le temps(c) (approval → of bill, resolution) adoption f; (→ of law) vote m; Finance & Commerce (→ of accounts) approbation f; Finance (→ of dividend) passation f∎ he is renowned for his passing il est célèbre pour (la qualité de) ses passes;∎ his passing of the ball is excellent ses passes sont excellentes3 adverbarchaic fort, extrêmement;∎ passing fair de toute beautéen passant;∎ I'd like to say in passing… …soit dit en passant►► literary passing bell glas m;passing customer client(e) m,f de passage;American passing lane voie f de dépassement;passing place Cars (on narrow road) aire f de croisement; (in general) endroit m pour doubler; Railways voie f d'évitement ou de dédoublement;passing shot (in tennis) passing-shot m;Commerce passing trade clients mpl ou clientèle f de passage
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narrow down — {v. phr.} To limit within very strict margins. * /Of the numerous applicants, the list has been narrowed down to just a few./ … Dictionary of American idioms
narrow down — {v. phr.} To limit within very strict margins. * /Of the numerous applicants, the list has been narrowed down to just a few./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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narrow down — v. reduce, limit … English contemporary dictionary
narrow — ► ADJECTIVE (narrower, narrowest) 1) of small width in comparison to length. 2) limited in extent, amount, or scope. 3) barely achieved: a narrow escape. ► VERB 1) become or make narrower. 2) … English terms dictionary
