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nurse [nɜ:s]1 noun(a) Medicine (in hospital) infirmier(ère) m,f; (privately employed) infirmier(ère) m,f, garde-malade mf;∎ male nurse infirmier m(c) (wet nurse) nourrice f(a) (care for) soigner;∎ he nursed her through the worst of it il l'a soignée pendant qu'elle était au plus mal;∎ she nursed me back to health elle a pris soin de moi jusqu'à ce que je guérisse;∎ figurative he was nursing a bad hangover il essayait de faire passer sa gueule de bois;∎ to nurse one's pride panser ses blessures (d'amour-propre);∎ she nursed the boat back into harbour elle ramena le bateau au port sans encombre;∎ he nursed the company through the crisis il a permis à l'entreprise de traverser la crise(c) (breast-feed) allaiter∎ he sat nursing his fourth whisky il sirotait son quatrième whisky(a) (as profession) être infirmier(ère);∎ she spent a few years nursing elle a travaillé pendant quelques années comme infirmière►► American nurse's aide aide-soignant (aide-soignante) m,f;nurse shark requin-tapis m, requin-nourrice m
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