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roundabout [ˈraʊndəbaʊt]1. adjective• what a roundabout way of doing things! quelle façon compliquée de faire les choses !2. nouna. ( = playground apparatus) tourniquet m* * *['raʊndəbaʊt] 1. 2.a roundabout way of saying — une façon détournée or alambiquée (colloq) de dire
••it's swings and roundabouts — ce que tu gagnes d'un côté, tu le perds de l'autre
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roundabout ['raʊndəbaʊt](a) (at fairground, playground) manège mdétourné, indirect;∎ to take a roundabout route prendre un chemin détourné;∎ to hear of sth in a roundabout way apprendre qch indirectement;∎ to lead up to a question in a roundabout way aborder une question de biais;∎ he has a roundabout way of doing things il a une façon détournée de faire les choses;∎ by roundabout means par des moyens détournés -
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A nB adj to come by a roundabout way ou route faire un détour ; by roundabout means par des moyens détournés ; a roundabout way of saying sth une façon détournée or alambiquée ○ de dire qch ; he goes about things in rather a roundabout way il se complique la vie.it's swings and roundabouts, what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts ce que tu gagnes d'un côté, tu le perds de l'autre.
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