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fall [fɔ:l]1. noun2. plural noun• the ground fell steeply to the valley floor le terrain descendait en pente raide vers le fond de la valléeb. ► to fall + adjective4. compounds( = retreat) reculer• some money to fall back on un peu d'argent en réserve► fall behind intransitive verb rester en arrière ; [runner] se laisser distancera. tomberb. ( = fail) [person] échouera. she leaned over the pool and fell in elle s'est penchée au-dessus de la piscine et elle est tombée dedansb. [troops] former les rangs[+ trap] tomber dans ; [+ disfavour, disuse] tomber en• the city fell into decline at the end of the 16th century le déclin de la ville remonte à la fin du 16e siècle• the students fall into three categories les étudiants se divisent en trois catégories► fall in with inseparable transitive verb• he fell in with a bad crowd il s'est mis à avoir de mauvaises fréquentations► fall off intransitive verba. tomberb. [sales, numbers, attendances] décliner( = quarrel) se brouiller* * *[fɔːl] 1.1) lit gen chute f ( from de); (of snow, hail) chutes fpl; (of earth, soot) éboulement m; (of axe, hammer, dice) coup mto have a fall — faire une chute, tomber
2) (in temperature, shares, production, demand, quality, popularity) baisse f (in de); ( more drastic) chute f (in de)3) (of leader, regime, town) chute f; ( of monarchy) renversement m; ( of seat) perte f4)fall from grace ou favour — disgrâce f
5) US ( autumn) automne m6) (in pitch, intonation) descente f7) ( in wrestling) tombé m; ( in judo) chute f2.falls plural noun chutes fpl3.1) ( come down) tomberto fall from ou out of — tomber de [boat, nest, bag, hands]
to fall off ou from — tomber de [chair, table, roof, bike, wall]
to fall on — tomber sur [person, town]
to fall in ou into — tomber dans [bath, river]
to fall down — tomber dans [hole, stairs]
to fall under — tomber sous [table]; passer sous [bus, train]
to fall through — passer à travers [ceiling, hole]
to fall to the floor ou to the ground — tomber par terre
2) ( drop) [quality, standard, level] diminuer; [temperature, price, production, number, attendance, morale] baisserto fall below zero/5% — descendre au-dessous de zéro/5%
3) ( yield position) tomberto fall to — tomber aux mains de [enemy, allies]
5) fig ( descend) [night, silence, gaze] tomber (on sur); [blame] retomber (on sur); [shadow] se projeter ( over sur)6) ( occur) [stress] tomber (on sur)to fall into/outside a category — rentrer/ne pas rentrer dans une catégorie
7) ( be incumbent on)8) ( throw oneself)to fall to ou on one's knees — tomber à genoux
to fall at somebody's feet/on somebody's neck — se jeter aux pieds/au cou de quelqu'un
•Phrasal Verbs:- fall for- fall in- fall off- fall on- fall out- fall to••did he fall or was he pushed? — hum est-ce qu'il est parti de lui-même ou est-ce qu'on l'a forcé?
the bigger you are ou the higher you climb, the harder you fall — plus dure sera la chute
to stand or fall on something — reposer sur quelque chose, dépendre de quelque chose
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