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  • 1 narrow

    narrow ['nærəʊ]
    (a) (not wide → street, passage, valley) étroit; (tight → skirt, shoe) étroit, serré; (long → nose) mince; (→ face) allongé;
    ∎ to grow or to become narrow se rétrécir;
    ∎ to have narrow shoulders être petit de carrure, ne pas être large d'épaules;
    ∎ to have a narrow face être mince de visage;
    ∎ to have a narrow waist avoir la taille fine
    (b) (scant, small → advantage, budget, majority) petit, faible; (close → result) serré;
    ∎ it was another narrow victory/defeat for the French side l'équipe française l'a encore emporté de justesse/a encore perdu de peu;
    ∎ we had a narrow escape on l'a échappé belle;
    ∎ to win/lose by the narrowest of margins gagner/perdre de très peu
    (c) (restricted → scope, field, research) restreint, limité; (strict → sense, interpretation) restreint, strict;
    ∎ in the narrowest sense of the word au sens strict du mot
    (d) (bigoted, illiberal → mind, attitude) borné, étroit; (→ person) borné;
    ∎ to take a narrow view of sth adopter un point de vue étroit sur qch
    (e) formal (detailed → search) minutieux, détaillé;
    ∎ we were subjected to narrow scrutiny nous avons été soumis à un examen minutieux
    (g) Finance (market) étroit
    (a) (make narrow → road) rétrécir;
    ∎ to narrow one's eyes plisser les yeux
    (b) (reduce → difference, gap) réduire, restreindre; (limit → search) limiter, restreindre;
    ∎ the police have narrowed their search to a few streets in central Leeds la police concentre ses recherches sur quelques rues du centre de Leeds
    (a) (become narrow → road, space) se rétrécir, se resserrer;
    ∎ the old man's eyes narrowed le vieil homme plissa les yeux
    (b) (be reduced → difference, choice) se réduire, se limiter; (→ number, majority) s'amenuiser, se réduire;
    ∎ the gap between rich and poor has narrowed l'écart entre les riches et les pauvres s'est resserré
    4 noun
    (usu pl) (gen) passage m étroit; (pass) col m; (strait) détroit m
    ►► narrow boat péniche f (étroite);
    narrow gauge voie f étroite;
    Finance narrow money = ensemble des billets et pièces de monnaie en circulation;
    Linguistics narrow transcription transcription f étroite
    (limit → choice, search) limiter, restreindre; (reduce → majority, difference) réduire
    (search) se limiter, se restreindre;
    ∎ the choice narrowed down to just two people il ne restait que deux personnes en lice

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > narrow

  • 2 manoeuvre

    [mə'nu:və] 1. noun
    1) (a planned movement (of troops, ships, aircraft, vehicles etc): Can you perform all the manoeuvres required by the driving test?) manœuvre
    2) (a skilful or cunning plan or action: His appointment was the result of many cunning manoeuvres.) manœuvre
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) perform manoeuvres: She had difficulty manoeuvring her car into the narrow space.) faire manœuvrer

    English-French dictionary > manoeuvre

  • 3 shaft

    1) (the long straight part or handle of a tool, weapon etc: the shaft of a golf-club.) manche
    2) (one of two poles on a cart etc to which a horse etc is harnessed: The horse stood patiently between the shafts.) brancard
    3) (a revolving bar transmitting motion in an engine: the driving-shaft.) arbre (de transmission)
    4) (a long, narrow space, made for eg a lift in a building: a liftshaft; a mineshaft.) cage (d'un ascenseur), puits
    5) (a ray of light: a shaft of sunlight.) rayon

    English-French dictionary > shaft

  • 4 squeeze

    [skwi:z] 1. verb
    1) (to press (something) together or from all sides tightly: He squeezed her hand affectionately; He squeezed the clay into a ball.) presser
    2) (to force (eg oneself) eg into or through a narrow space: The dog squeezed himself / his body into the hole; We were all squeezed into the back seat of the car.) s'introduire
    3) (to force something, eg liquid, out of something by pressing: She squeezed the oranges (into a jug); We might be able to squeeze some more money/information out of him.) presser
    2. noun
    1) (an act of squeezing: He gave his sister an affectionate squeeze.) étreinte
    2) (a condition of being squeezed: We all got into the car, but it was a squeeze.) cohue
    3) (a few drops produced by squeezing.) quelques gouttes de
    4) (a time of financial restriction: an economic squeeze.) restriction
    •
    - squeeze up

    English-French dictionary > squeeze

  • 5 confined

    1) ((with to) kept in or shut up in: confined to bed with a cold.) confiné
    2) (narrow, small: a confined space.) restreint

    English-French dictionary > confined

  • 6 restricted

    1) (limited; narrow, small: a restricted space.) restreint
    2) (to which entry has been restricted to certain people: The battlefield was a restricted zone.) restreint
    3) (in which certain restrictions (eg a speed limit) apply: a restricted area.) réglementé, limité

    English-French dictionary > restricted

  • 7 slot

    [slot] 1. noun
    1) (a small narrow opening, especially one to receive coins: I put the correct money in the slot, but the machine didn't start.) fente
    2) (a (usually regular) position (in eg the schedule of television/radio programmes): The early-evening comedy slot.) tranche horaire
    2. verb
    ((with in or into) to fit (something) into a small space: He slotted the last piece of the puzzle into place; I managed to slot in my tea-break between two jobs.) emboîter, insérer

    English-French dictionary > slot

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