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1 noun∎ the daily grind le train-train quotidien;∎ what a grind! quelle corvée!, quelle barbe!(a) (coffee, corn, pepper) moudre; (stones) concasser; American (meat) hacher; (into powder) pulvériser, réduire en poudre; (crush) broyer, écraser;∎ he ground his feet into the sand il a enfoncé ses pieds dans le sable;∎ to grind sth under one's heel écraser qch avec le talon;∎ figurative to grind the faces of the poor opprimer les pauvres(b) (rub together) écraser l'un contre l'autre;∎ to grind one's teeth grincer des dents;∎ to grind sth between one's teeth broyer qch entre ses dents;∎ Cars to grind the gears faire grincer les vitesses(c) (polish → lenses) polir; (→ glass) dépolir; (→ stones) polir, égriser; (sharpen → knife) aiguiser ou affûter (à la meule)(d) (turn handle) tourner;∎ to grind a pepper mill tourner un moulin à poivre;∎ to grind a barrel-organ tourner la manivelle de ou jouer de l'orgue de Barbarie∎ this barley grinds well cet orge est facile à moudre;∎ this pepper mill doesn't grind very well ce moulin à poivre ne moud pas très bien∎ to grind to a halt or to a standstill (machine, vehicle) s'arrêter ou s'immobiliser en grinçant; figurative (company, production) s'arrêter net; figurative (economy) se retrouver paralysé;∎ figurative the whole country ground to a halt or standstill during the General Strike le pays a été complètement paralysé pendant la grève généralefamiliar progresser laborieusement□ ;∎ I've been grinding away at this essay all weekend j'ai bûché sur cette dissertation tout le week-end(a) (pulverize) pulvériser, réduire en poudre∎ don't let your job grind you down ne te laisse pas abattre par ton boulot;∎ the people were ground down by years of poverty la population était écrasée par des années de misère∎ (substance) it grinds down easily c'est facile à moudre∎ to grind in a valve roder une soupape∎ the accordion music ground on in the background en fond sonore on entendait l'accordéon, interminable et monotone(a) (cigarette) écraser∎ he was grinding out a tune on the barrel-organ il jouait un air sur l'orgue de Barbarie;∎ familiar she's just ground out another blockbuster elle vient de pondre un nouveau best-sellerpulvériser;∎ to grind sth up into powder réduire qch en poudre
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