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straggle ['strægəl](a) (spread in long line → roots, creeper, branches) pousser de façon désordonnée; (be scattered → trees, houses) être disséminé; (hang untidily → hair) pendre lamentablement;∎ vines straggled over the fence la vigne envahissait la clôture;∎ the suburbs straggled on for miles along the railway line la banlieue s'étendait sur des kilomètres le long de la voie ferrée;∎ the excavations straggled down the hillside les fouilles s'étendaient jusqu'en bas de la colline;∎ her hair straggled over her forehead des mèches pendaient lamentablement sur son front∎ she was straggling behind all the others elle traînassait derrière tous les autres;∎ stop straggling! do try and keep up! ne traînez pas! essayez de rester groupés!;∎ to straggle in/out entrer/sortir de manière dispersée ou par petits groupes;∎ the crowd began to straggle away from the scene la foule commença à se disperser petit à petit2 noun∎ there was a constant straggle of visitors il y a eu un défilé ininterrompu de visiteurs;∎ all I saw was a straggle of houses/trees on the hillside je n'ai aperçu que quelques maisons disséminées/quelques arbres disséminés sur la colline;∎ a straggle of islands un long chapelet d'îles
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