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beach [bi:tʃ]1 noun∎ American familiar figurative it was no day at the beach c'était pas du gâteau(ball, towel, hut) de plage∎ beached whale baleine f échouée;∎ figurative she was lying on the sofa like a beached whale elle était là, énorme, vautrée sur le canapé►► beach ball ballon m de plage;beach buggy buggy m;familiar beach bum = jeune qui passe son temps à la plage;beach hut cabine f (de bains ou de plage);beach soccer football m de plage, beach soccer m;beach umbrella parasol m;Sport beach volleyball beach-volley mⓘ We shall fight them on the beaches Ces mots ("nous les combattrons sur les plages") furent prononcés par Churchill dans un de ses discours les plus fameux pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, dans lequel il encourageait les Britanniques à se préparer à lutter en cas de débarquement nazi. Aujourd'hui encore on utilise cette formule métaphoriquement pour exprimer sa volonté farouche de continuer le combat et de ne jamais s'avouer vaincu. -
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A n4 ( hairstyle) coiffure f à la garçonne.B vtr1 Constr couvrir [qch] de bardeaux [roof] ;2 ( style hair) coiffer [qn] à la garçonne.C modif1 [beach] de galets ;2 Constr [roof] de bardeaux.to hang up ou out one's shingle ○ US accrocher sa plaque ○. -
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shingle [ˈ∫ɪŋgl](on beach) galets mpl ; (on roof) bardeau m ; (US = signboard) (inf) petite enseigne f (de docteur, de notaire)* * *['ʃɪŋgl]1) [U] ( pebbles) galets mpl2) Construction ( tile) bardeau m3) (colloq) US ( nameplate) plaque f -
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['ʃinɡl](coarse gravel: There's too much shingle and not enough sand on this beach.) (gros) cailloux
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Shingle beach — A shingle beach is a beach which is armoured with pebbles or small to medium sized cobbles. Typically the stone composition may grade from characteristic sizes ranging from two to 200 millimeters in diameter. Whilst this beach landform is most… … Wikipedia
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Beach flea — Beach Beach (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. {Beaches} ( [e^]z). [Cf. Sw. backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. {Bank}.] 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. [1913 Webster] 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English