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cobbler [ˈkɒblər]a. cordonnier md. (British) ( = nonsense) that's a load of cobblers! (inf!) c'est de la connerie ! (inf !)* * *['kɒblə(r)]noun cordonnier m -
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A n1 ( sth carried) charge f ; (on vehicle, animal) chargement m ; (on ship, plane) cargaison f ; fig fardeau m ; a lorry shed its load on the motorway today aujourd'hui un camion a déversé tout son chargement sur l'autoroute ; to have a heavy load to bear fig avoir un lourd fardeau à porter ; to take a load off sb's mind soulager qn (d'un grand poids) ; it's a load off my mind je me sens soulagé ; a bus-load of children un autobus plein d'enfants ; a whole plane-load of passengers filled the departure lounge la salle d'embarquement de l'aéroport était remplie de passagers ;2 Tech, Mech ( weight) charge f (on sur) ; this beam has a load of 10 tons cette poutre a une charge limite de 10 tonnes ; do not exceed maximum load ne pas dépasser la charge maximum ;3 (shipment, batch) (of sand, gravel etc) cargaison f ; ( of cement) fournée f ; I've done four loads of washing this morning j'ai fait quatre machines de linge ce matin ;4 Elec charge f ;5 fig ( amount of work) travail m ; we must lighten the load of young doctors nous devons alléger le travail des jeunes médecins ; fig let's try and spread the load essayons de répartir le travail à faire ;B ○ loads npl loads of people/photos/flowers des tas ○ de gens/photos/fleurs ; we've got loads of time nous avons tout notre temps or largement le temps ; there was loads of champagne il y avait du champagne en quantité ; we had loads to drink on n'a pas arrêté de boire ; I've seen/done it loads of times before je l'ai vu/fait je ne sais pas combien de fois ; to have loads of energy avoir de l'énergie à revendre ; to have loads of work avoir un travail fou ○ ; to have loads of money être plein aux as ○, être bourré de fric ○.C vtr1 gen charger [vehicle, ship, donkey, gun, washing machine] (with de) ; to load a camera mettre un film dans un appareil photo ; to load the luggage into the car charger les bagages dans la voiture ;2 Comput charger [program] ;3 Elec surcharger [system] ;4 Insur majorer [premium] ;D vi charger.get a load of this! ( listen) écoute un peu ça ○ ! ; get a load of that! ( look) vise un peu ça ○ ! ; that's a load of old rubbish ○ ou nonsense ou crap ◑ ou cobblers ◑ c'est de la blague ○ or foutaise ○.■ load down:▶ load [sb] down charger qn (with de) ; to be loaded down with sth plier ou ployer sous le poids de qch ; to load sb down with work accabler qn de travail.■ load up:▶ load up [lorry] charger, prendre son chargement ;▶ load [sth] up [person] charger [van, ship] (with de). -
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