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Ⅰ.1 noun∎ old-fashioned Sport the hop, skip or step and jump le triple saut;∎ British to catch sb on the hop prendre qn au dépourvu;∎ British to keep sb on the hop ne pas laisser chômer qn∎ it's just a short hop from New York to Boston by plane le trajet en avion de New York à Boston est très court∎ to hop it décamper, décaniller;∎ hop it! allez, dégage!∎ familiar to hop on/off the bus sauter dans le/du bus;∎ birds hopped about in the garden les oiseaux sautillaient dans le jardin;∎ familiar to hop into bed with sb coucher avec qn tout de suite;∎ familiar hop in! (into car etc) montez!(b) (jump on one leg) sauter à cloche-pied;∎ he hopped over to the door il est allé à cloche-pied jusqu'à la porte∎ we hopped across to Paris for the weekend nous sommes allés à Paris en avion pour le week-end□∎ all that coffee hopped him up tout ce café l'a excité;∎ the crowd is really hopped up le public est vraiment exubérant□(b) (make angry, nervy) énerver□, exciter□∎ to hop up a car gonfler le moteur d'une voitureⅡ.hop2∎ to pick hops cueillir le houblon►► Agriculture hop field houblonnière f;Agriculture hop grower houblonnier(ère) m,f;Agriculture hop picker cueilleur(euse) m,f de houblon;Agriculture hop picking cueillette f du houblon
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