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verge [vɜ:dʒ]1 noun(a) (edge → of lawn) bord m; (→ of forest) orée f; British (→ by roadside) accotement m, bas-côté m;∎ grass verge (round flowerbed) bordure f en gazon; (by roadside) herbe f au bord de la route; (in park, garden) bande f d'herbe;∎ British Cars soft verges (road sign) accotement instable;∎ the car skidded onto the verge la voiture a dérapé et est montée sur l'accotement ou sur le bas-côté∎ to be on the verge of tears être au bord des larmes;∎ to be on the verge of bankruptcy/of a nervous breakdown être au bord de la faillite/de la dépression nerveuse;∎ to be on the verge of adolescence/old age être au seuil de l'adolescence/de la vieillesse;∎ to be on the verge of doing sth être sur le point de faire qch;∎ I was on the verge of telling him j'étais sur le point de lui dire, j'étais à deux doigts de lui dire;∎ he's on the verge of sixty il frôle ou frise la soixantaine;∎ the country has been brought to the verge of civil war le pays a été amené au seuil de la guerre civile(road, lawn) border(be close to) côtoyer, s'approcher de;∎ they are verging on bankruptcy ils sont au bord de la faillite, la faillite les menace;∎ his feeling was one of panic verging on hysteria il ressentait une sorte de panique proche de l'hystérie ou qui frôlait l'hystérie;∎ she's verging on thirty elle frise la trentaine;∎ green verging on blue du vert qui tire sur le bleu
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