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slip through the enemy's defenses

1 slip through the enemy's defenses

Военный термин: проходить скрытно через боевые порядки обороны противника

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > slip through the enemy's defenses
2 slip through the enemy's defenses

проходить скрытно через боевые порядки обороны противника;

English-Russian military dictionary > slip through the enemy's defenses
3 Defense

оборона, защита; pl. оборона, система обороны; оборонительные сооружения

approach the (enemy) defenses — подходить к району обороны (противника);

put up a (stout) defense — оказывать (упорное) сопротивление, стойко оборонять(ся);

— AA artillery defense

— AA defense

— accessory defenses

— active air defense

— active antispace defense

— active ballistic missile defense

— active defense on successive lines

— active defense

— active integral defense

— active satellite defense

— adopt the defense

— advanced defense

— aggressive defense

— air breathing defense

— air defense

— air support threat defense

— airborne anti-armor defense

— airborne defense

— airfield defenses

— airspace defense

— all-around defense

— alliance defense

— allied defense

— alternative defense

— altitude-staggered antimissile defense

— amoeba-type defense

— amphibious air defense

— antiair assault defense

— antiamphibious assault defense

— antiballistic missile defense

— antiboat defense

— anti-bomber defense

— anti-cruise-missile defense

— antigas defense

— antihelicopter defense

— anti-ICBM defense

— anti-landing defense

— anti-mechanized defense

— antimine defense

— antimissile area defense

— antimissile defense

— antimissile missile defense

— antimissile point defense

— antimissile surface defense

— antiorbiting weapon defense

— antiordnance defense

— antiparatroop defense

— antisatellite defense

— antiship defense

— antiship missile area defense

— antiship missile defense

— antiship missile point defense

— antispace defense

— antisubmarine defense

— antivehicular defense

— archipelago defense

— area defense

— area-point defense

— armor defense

— army air defense

— artillery air defense

— assume the defense

— assured posture defense

— AT defense

— atmospheric defense

— atomic defense

— back line defense

— back slope defense

— ball of fire defense

— ballistic defense

— ballistic missile defense

— ballistic missile terminal defense

— barrier defense

— base defense

— battle defense

— beachline defense

— biological warfare defense

— block-type air defense

— bolster defenses

— breach defenses

— break through defenses

— bridge boom defense

— bridge net defense

— build up the defenses

— carry enemy defenses

— checkerboard defense

— chemical warfare defense

— chemical-biological defense

— circular defense

— civil defense

— civilian-based defense

— clear defenses

— close-in defense

— coastal defense

— coastal frontier defense

— cohesive defense

— combined arms defense

— compact defense

— composite air defense

— conduct defense

— conventional defense

— coordinated defense

— counterantimissile defense

— counterartillery defense

— counterbomber defense

— counterfrogmen defense

— counterhelicopter defense

— counterlanding defense

— countermissile defense

— countersatellite defense

— crack defenses

— crash through defenses

— critical asset defense

— decentralized defense

— deep defense

— defense against armor

— defense against ballistic missiles

— defense against enemy propaganda

— defense against inflammable liquids

— defense against rocket and mortar attack

— defense against sound equipment

— defense below the nuclear threshold

— defense in depth

— defense in place

— defense in tactical depth

— defense through offensive preparedness

— delaying defense

— deliberate defense

— demoralize the defenses

— dent defenses

— denude defenses

— deployed defense

— direct air defense

— discontinuous defense

— disrupt defenses

— division air defense

— drag through defenses

— dual-engagement type antimissile defense

— dynamic defense

— earth-bound antimissile defense

— elastic defense

— endoatmospheric missile defense

— erase the defenses

— erect defenses

— establish defenses

— exoatmospheric defense

— extended position defense

— external defense

— extraterrestrial defense

— feel the enemy's defenses

— field defenses

— fixed defense

— fixed position defense

— flank defense

— flatten the defenses

— flexible defense in depth

— flexible defense

— fluid defense

— foreign internal defense

— foremost defenses

— fortified defense

— forward defense

— gas defense

— general air defense

— ground air defenses

— ground based air defense

— ground defense

— ground-based territorial air defense

— ground-to-ground defense

— gun defense

— hard-hitting defense

— hard-point defense

— hard-site defense

— hastily prepared defense

— hasty defense

— heavy defense

— hedgehog defense

— hemispheric defense

— high to medium altitude air defense

— high-altitude air defense

— high-altitude airborne radar defense

— high-intensity air defense

— hillside defense

— home air defense

— home defense

— ICBM defense

— ICBM site defense

— immobile defense

— impenetrable defense

— imperial defense

— improved point defense

— improvise a defense

— incendiary defense

— indirect air defense

— industrial defense

— initial defense

— inner defense

— integrated defense

— interallied defense

— internal defense

— land defense

— last-ditch defense

— layered defense

— layered ICBM defense

— light defense

— limited defenses

— limited-mobility defense

— line of communications defense

— linear defense

— littoral defense

— local air defense

— local civil defense

— local defense

— low altitude air defense

— low altitude forward area air defense

— low level air defense

— low-to-medium air defense

— machine-gun defense

— maintain defense

— man the defenses

— manned bomber defense

— maritime defense

— medical chemical defense

— medical defense

— metropolitan air defense

— military defense

— mine defense

— mobile AT defense

— mobile attrition defense

— mobile defense

— mount defense

— multi-tiered defense

— muster defense

— national wide defense

— NATO defense

— naval defense

— NBC defense

— negative defense

— neutralize defenses

— nonlinear defense

— nonnuclear defense

— nonnuclear forward defense

— nonnuclear initial defense

— nuclear defense

— nuclear forward defense

— offensive defense

— operational defense

— orbital defense

— organic AA defense

— organized defense

— OTH defense

— outer defense

— outnumbered defenses

— outpost defenses

— overcome defenses

— overrun the enemy defenses

— overwhelm the defense

— passive defense

— penetrate defenses

— perimeter defense

— peripheral defense

— permanent defenses

— permanent sustained defense

— personal defense

— piecemeal defense

— pierce defenses

— point air defense

— point defense

— position defense in depth

— positional defense

— preemptive defense

— prepared defense

— primary air defense

— probe the enemy's defenses

— protracted defense

— pulverize defenses

— radiological defense

— raze defenses to the ground

— rear area defense

— reconstitute one's defense

— reduce defenses

— reform defense

— regional defense

— remote-controlled AT defense

— residual air defense

— rigid defense

— rolling defense

— satellite defense

— screen-type antimissile defense

— sea-based ballistic missile defense

— secondary air defense

— separate area defense

— set up defenses

— shipborne air defense

— shipborne antimissile defense

— shore defense

— site defense

— site defenses

— slip through the enemy's defenses

— soft antimissile defenses

— soften defense

— space defense

— space-air defense

— space-missile defense

— squad defense

— static defense

— stiffen defense

— strategic defense

— submerged defenses

— sustained defense

— swamp the defenses

— switch defenses

— tactical antigas defense

— tactical defense

— tankproof defense

— terminal BM defense

— terminal point air defense

— territorial air defense

— territorial defense

— test the enemy's defenses

— theater air defense

— thick defense

— thin defense

— thinned defense

— three tiers defense

— tight defense

— total defense

— total integrated defense in depth

— ultimate defense

— unaggressive defense

— unarmed defense

— undertake the defense

— unzip defenses

— urban defense

— vehicle defense

— wall-to-wall defense

— web defense

— weight the defense

— well-prepared defense

— Western hemisphere defense

— zero air defense

— zonal defense

— zone air defense

— zone antiarmor defense

— zone defense

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министерство обороны

English-Russian military dictionary > Defense
4 defense

оборона, защита; pl. оборона, система обороны; оборонительные сооружения

approach the (enemy) defenses — подходить к району обороны (противника);

put up a (stout) defense — оказывать (упорное) сопротивление, стойко оборонять(ся);

— AA artillery defense

— AA defense

— accessory defenses

— active air defense

— active antispace defense

— active ballistic missile defense

— active defense on successive lines

— active defense

— active integral defense

— active satellite defense

— adopt the defense

— advanced defense

— aggressive defense

— air breathing defense

— air defense

— air support threat defense

— airborne anti-armor defense

— airborne defense

— airfield defenses

— airspace defense

— all-around defense

— alliance defense

— allied defense

— alternative defense

— altitude-staggered antimissile defense

— amoeba-type defense

— amphibious air defense

— antiair assault defense

— antiamphibious assault defense

— antiballistic missile defense

— antiboat defense

— anti-bomber defense

— anti-cruise-missile defense

— antigas defense

— antihelicopter defense

— anti-ICBM defense

— anti-landing defense

— anti-mechanized defense

— antimine defense

— antimissile area defense

— antimissile defense

— antimissile missile defense

— antimissile point defense

— antimissile surface defense

— antiorbiting weapon defense

— antiordnance defense

— antiparatroop defense

— antisatellite defense

— antiship defense

— antiship missile area defense

— antiship missile defense

— antiship missile point defense

— antispace defense

— antisubmarine defense

— antivehicular defense

— archipelago defense

— area defense

— area-point defense

— armor defense

— army air defense

— artillery air defense

— assume the defense

— assured posture defense

— AT defense

— atmospheric defense

— atomic defense

— back line defense

— back slope defense

— ball of fire defense

— ballistic defense

— ballistic missile defense

— ballistic missile terminal defense

— barrier defense

— base defense

— battle defense

— beachline defense

— biological warfare defense

— block-type air defense

— bolster defenses

— breach defenses

— break through defenses

— bridge boom defense

— bridge net defense

— build up the defenses

— carry enemy defenses

— checkerboard defense

— chemical warfare defense

— chemical-biological defense

— circular defense

— civil defense

— civilian-based defense

— clear defenses

— close-in defense

— coastal defense

— coastal frontier defense

— cohesive defense

— combined arms defense

— compact defense

— composite air defense

— conduct defense

— conventional defense

— coordinated defense

— counterantimissile defense

— counterartillery defense

— counterbomber defense

— counterfrogmen defense

— counterhelicopter defense

— counterlanding defense

— countermissile defense

— countersatellite defense

— crack defenses

— crash through defenses

— critical asset defense

— decentralized defense

— deep defense

— defense against armor

— defense against ballistic missiles

— defense against enemy propaganda

— defense against inflammable liquids

— defense against rocket and mortar attack

— defense against sound equipment

— defense below the nuclear threshold

— defense in depth

— defense in place

— defense in tactical depth

— defense through offensive preparedness

— delaying defense

— deliberate defense

— demoralize the defenses

— dent defenses

— denude defenses

— deployed defense

— direct air defense

— discontinuous defense

— disrupt defenses

— division air defense

— drag through defenses

— dual-engagement type antimissile defense

— dynamic defense

— earth-bound antimissile defense

— elastic defense

— endoatmospheric missile defense

— erase the defenses

— erect defenses

— establish defenses

— exoatmospheric defense

— extended position defense

— external defense

— extraterrestrial defense

— feel the enemy's defenses

— field defenses

— fixed defense

— fixed position defense

— flank defense

— flatten the defenses

— flexible defense in depth

— flexible defense

— fluid defense

— foreign internal defense

— foremost defenses

— fortified defense

— forward defense

— gas defense

— general air defense

— ground air defenses

— ground based air defense

— ground defense

— ground-based territorial air defense

— ground-to-ground defense

— gun defense

— hard-hitting defense

— hard-point defense

— hard-site defense

— hastily prepared defense

— hasty defense

— heavy defense

— hedgehog defense

— hemispheric defense

— high to medium altitude air defense

— high-altitude air defense

— high-altitude airborne radar defense

— high-intensity air defense

— hillside defense

— home air defense

— home defense

— ICBM defense

— ICBM site defense

— immobile defense

— impenetrable defense

— imperial defense

— improved point defense

— improvise a defense

— incendiary defense

— indirect air defense

— industrial defense

— initial defense

— inner defense

— integrated defense

— interallied defense

— internal defense

— land defense

— last-ditch defense

— layered defense

— layered ICBM defense

— light defense

— limited defenses

— limited-mobility defense

— line of communications defense

— linear defense

— littoral defense

— local air defense

— local civil defense

— local defense

— low altitude air defense

— low altitude forward area air defense

— low level air defense

— low-to-medium air defense

— machine-gun defense

— maintain defense

— man the defenses

— manned bomber defense

— maritime defense

— medical chemical defense

— medical defense

— metropolitan air defense

— military defense

— mine defense

— mobile AT defense

— mobile attrition defense

— mobile defense

— mount defense

— multi-tiered defense

— muster defense

— national wide defense

— NATO defense

— naval defense

— NBC defense

— negative defense

— neutralize defenses

— nonlinear defense

— nonnuclear defense

— nonnuclear forward defense

— nonnuclear initial defense

— nuclear defense

— nuclear forward defense

— offensive defense

— operational defense

— orbital defense

— organic AA defense

— organized defense

— OTH defense

— outer defense

— outnumbered defenses

— outpost defenses

— overcome defenses

— overrun the enemy defenses

— overwhelm the defense

— passive defense

— penetrate defenses

— perimeter defense

— peripheral defense

— permanent defenses

— permanent sustained defense

— personal defense

— piecemeal defense

— pierce defenses

— point air defense

— point defense

— position defense in depth

— positional defense

— preemptive defense

— prepared defense

— primary air defense

— probe the enemy's defenses

— protracted defense

— pulverize defenses

— radiological defense

— raze defenses to the ground

— rear area defense

— reconstitute one's defense

— reduce defenses

— reform defense

— regional defense

— remote-controlled AT defense

— residual air defense

— rigid defense

— rolling defense

— satellite defense

— screen-type antimissile defense

— sea-based ballistic missile defense

— secondary air defense

— separate area defense

— set up defenses

— shipborne air defense

— shipborne antimissile defense

— shore defense

— site defense

— site defenses

— slip through the enemy's defenses

— soft antimissile defenses

— soften defense

— space defense

— space-air defense

— space-missile defense

— squad defense

— static defense

— stiffen defense

— strategic defense

— submerged defenses

— sustained defense

— swamp the defenses

— switch defenses

— tactical antigas defense

— tactical defense

— tankproof defense

— terminal BM defense

— terminal point air defense

— territorial air defense

— territorial defense

— test the enemy's defenses

— theater air defense

— thick defense

— thin defense

— thinned defense

— three tiers defense

— tight defense

— total defense

— total integrated defense in depth

— ultimate defense

— unaggressive defense

— unarmed defense

— undertake the defense

— unzip defenses

— urban defense

— vehicle defense

— wall-to-wall defense

— web defense

— weight the defense

— well-prepared defense

— Western hemisphere defense

— zero air defense

— zonal defense

— zone air defense

— zone antiarmor defense

— zone defense

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1) оборона; 2) оборона

English-Russian military dictionary > defense
5 проходить скрытно через боевые порядки обороны противника

Military: slip through the enemy's defenses

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > проходить скрытно через боевые порядки обороны противника
6 tomber

tomber [tɔ̃be]

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1. intransitive verb

2. transitive verb

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► tomber is conjugated with être, unless it has an object, when the auxiliary is avoir.

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► Lorsque tomber fait partie d'une locution comme tomber amoureux, tomber de sommeil, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.

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1. <

   a. to fall ; [échafaudage, mur] to fall down ; [cheveux] to fall out

• il est tombé et s'est cassé la jambe he fell and broke his leg

• tomber par terre to fall down

• se laisser tomber dans un fauteuil to fall into an armchair

• attention ! tu vas tomber careful! you'll fall

• tomber à l'eau to fall into the water ; (figurative) to fall through

• tomber d'un arbre to fall out of a tree

• tomber d'une chaise to fall off a chair

• tomber d'une échelle to fall off a ladder

• tomber de cheval to fall off one's horse

• tomber de haut to fall from a height ; (figurative) to come down with a bump

• il est tombé sur la tête ! (inf) he must be mad!

• la nouvelle vient de tomber à l'instant the news has just come through

• un fax vient de tomber a fax has just come through

► faire tomber to knock down ; (en renversant) to knock over ; (en lâchant) to drop ; [+ température, prix] to bring down

• le chien l'a fait tomber the dog knocked him over

• faire tomber le gouvernement to bring down the government

   b. [neige, pluie] to fall ; [brouillard] to come down

• la nuit tombe it's getting dark

• il tombe de la neige it's snowing

• qu'est-ce qu'il tombe ! (inf) it's coming down in buckets! (inf)

• il tombe quelques gouttes it's raining slightly

• la foudre est tombée tout près the lightning has struck nearby

   c. ( = baisser) to drop ; [jour] to draw to a close ; [prix, nombre] to fall ; [colère] to die down ; [assurance, enthousiasme] to fall away

• le dollar est tombé à 2 € the dollar has fallen to 2 euros

• les prix ne sont jamais tombés aussi bas prices have reached an all-time low

• ils sont tombés bien bas they've sunk really low

   d. ( = disparaître) [obstacle, objection] to disappear ; [record] to fall

• l'as et le roi sont tombés the ace and king have been played

   e. ( = pendre) to hang

• sa jupe tombe bien her skirt hangs nicely

• ses cheveux lui tombaient sur les épaules his hair came down to his shoulders

• les rideaux tombaient jusqu'au plancher the curtains came down to the floor

   f. ( = échoir) [date, choix, sort] to fall ; [verdict, sanction] to be pronounced

• les deux concerts tombent le même jour the two concerts fall on the same day

   g. ( = arriver, se produire) il est tombé en pleine réunion he walked straight into a meeting

• bien tomber (moment) to come at the right moment ; (chance) to be lucky

• mal tomber (moment) to come at the wrong moment ; (chance) to be unlucky

• ça tombe bien that's fortunate

• il est vraiment bien/mal tombé avec son nouveau patron he's really lucky/unlucky with his new boss

• ça tombe à pic (inf) that's perfect timing

• ça ne pouvait pas mieux tomber it couldn't have come at a better time

   h. ( = être arrêté) (inf!) to get busted (inf!)

   i. (locutions)

► laisser tomber to drop

• il a voulu faire du droit mais il a vite laissé tomber he wanted to do law but he soon dropped it

• la famille nous a bien laissé tomber the family really let us down

• laisse tomber ! (inf) forget it! ; (irritation) give it a rest! (inf)► tomber dans to fall into

• tomber dans l'eau to fall into the water

• tomber dans la misère to become destitute

• tomber dans le coma to fall into a coma

• son œuvre est tombée dans l'oubli his work fell into oblivion► tomber sur ( = rencontrer par hasard) to run into ; ( = trouver par hasard) to come across ; ( = critiquer) (inf) to go for (inf)

• tomber sur le dos to fall on one's back

• j'ai eu la chance de tomber sur un spécialiste I was lucky enough to come across a specialist

• en prenant cette rue, vous tombez sur la gare if you go along this street, you'll find the station

• je suis tombé sur une vieille photo I came across an old photo

• on a tiré au sort et c'est tombé sur moi we drew straws and I was the lucky winner

• et il a fallu que ça tombe sur moi ! it just had to be me!

• il m'est tombé sur le râble or le dos (inf!: inf!) he laid into me (inf)► tomber dessus (inf)

il nous est tombé dessus le jour de Noël he landed on us on Christmas Day (inf)

• une quantité de problèmes leur est tombée dessus they had a whole series of problems

• ils nous sont tombés dessus à huit contre trois eight of them laid into the three of us (inf)

2. <

   a. (Sport) ( = vaincre) (inf)

to throw

   b. ( = séduire) (inf)

il les tombe toutes he's a real ladykiller

   c. ( = retirer) (inf)

tomber la veste to slip off one's jacket

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I
1. tɔ̃be
verbe transitif (+ v avoir) Sport to throw [lutteur]; fig to beat [équipe]

2.

verbe intransitif (+ v être)

1) ( faire une chute) gén to fall; ( de sa propre hauteur) [personne, chaise] to fall over; [animal] to fall; [arbre, mur] to fall down; (d'une hauteur, d'un support) [personne, vase] to fall off; [fruits, feuilles, bombe] to fall; [cheveux, dents] to fall out; [plâtre, revêtement] to come off

tomber dans un trou — to fall down a hole

j'ai fait tomber un vase — I knocked a vase over

j'ai fait tomber le vase de l'étagère — I knocked the vase off the shelf

le vent a fait tomber une tuile du toit — the wind blew a tile off the roof

se laisser tomber dans un fauteuil — to flop into an armchair

laisser tomber un gâteau sur le tapis — to drop a cake on the carpet

le skieur s'est laissé tomber pour s'arrêter — the skier dropped to the ground to stop himself

2) ( venir d'en haut) [pluie, neige, foudre] to fall; [brouillard] to come down; [rayon, clarté] to fall; [rideau de théâtre] to fall, to drop

il tombe des gouttes — it's spotting with rain

qu' est-ce que ça tombe! — (colloq)

ça tombe dru! — (colloq) ( pluie) it's pouring down!

la foudre est tombée sur un arbre — the lightning struck a tree

une faible lueur tombait de la lucarne — there was a dim light coming through the skylight

une pâle clarté tombait de la lune — the moon cast a pale light

3) (faiblir, baisser) [valeur, prix, température] to fall; [ardeur, colère] to subside; [fièvre] to come down; [vent] to drop; [jour] to draw to a close; [conversation] to die down

faire tomber — to bring down [prix, température]; to dampen [enthousiasme]

il est tombé bien bas — ( affectivement) he's in very low spirits; ( moralement) he has sunk very low

il est tombé bien bas dans mon estime — he has gone right down in my esteem ou estimation

je tombe de sommeil — I can't keep my eyes open

4) (être vaincu, renversé) [dictateur, régime, ville] to fall; ( disparaître) [obstacle, objection] to vanish; [opposition] to subside; [préjugé] to die out

le roi est tombé — ( aux cartes) the king has been played

faire tomber — to bring down [régime, dictateur]; to break down [barrières]

5) ( s'affaisser) [poitrine] to sag; [épaules] to slope

6) ( pendre) [chevelure, mèche] to fall

tomber bien/mal — [vêtement, rideau] to hang well/badly

sa jupe lui tombe (jusqu')aux chevilles — her skirt comes down to her ankles

7) (se retrouver, se placer)

tomber dans la vulgarité — to lapse into vulgarity

vous tombez dans le paradoxe — you are being paradoxical

tomber sous le coup d'une loi — Droit to fall within the provisions of a law

la conversation est tombée sur la politique — the conversation came around to politics

8) ( devenir) to fall

tomber malade/amoureux — to fall ill/in love

9) ( être donné) [décision] to be announced; [nouvelle] to break; [réponse] to be given

tomber sur les écrans — [nouvelle] to come through on screen

dès que le journal tombe des presses — as soon as the newspaper comes off the press

10) ( rencontrer)

tomber sur — gén to come across [inconnu, détail, objet]; to run into [ami]; ( recevoir en partage) to get; ( avoir de la chance dans ses recherches)

tomber sur la bonne page — to hit on the right page

je suis tombé sur un examinateur sévère à l'examen — I got a harsh examiner in the exam

je suis tombé par hasard sur ce que je cherchais — I found what I was looking for by chance

si tu prends cette rue, tu tomberas sur la place — if you follow that street, you'll come to the square

11) ( survenir) gén to come

tu ne pouvais pas mieux tomber! — ( au bon moment) you couldn't have come at a better time!; ( avoir de la chance) you couldn't have done better!

tu tombes bien/mal, j'allais partir — you're lucky/unlucky, I was just about to leave

il faut toujours que ça tombe sur moi or que ça me tombe dessus! — (colloq) (décision, choix) why does it always have to be me?; ( mésaventure) why does it always have to happen to me?

tomber au milieu d'une or en pleine réunion — [personne] to walk right into a meeting; [annonce, nouvelle] to come right in the middle of a meeting

12) ( coïncider) [date] to fall on [jour, quantième]

13) ( abandonner)

laisser tomber — to give up [emploi, activité]; to drop [sujet, projet, habitude]

laisse tomber! — (désintérêt, désabusement) forget it!; ( irritation) give it a rest! (colloq)

laisser tomber quelqu'un — ( pour se séparer) to drop somebody; ( pour ne plus aider) to let somebody down

14) ( agresser)

tomber sur quelqu'un — ( physiquement) [soldats, voyous] to fall on somebody, to lay into somebody (colloq); [pillards, police] to descend on somebody; ( critiquer) to go for somebody, to lay into somebody (colloq)

15) ( mourir) euph to die

II tɔ̃be
nom masculin (de vêtement, tissu) hang [U]

ce velours a un beau tomber — this velvet hangs well

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tɔ̃be
1. vi

1) (par terre, d'un mur) to fall

Attention, tu vas tomber! — Be careful, you'll fall!

tomber à l'eau — to fall in the water, fig, [projet] to fall through

tomber de fatigue — to drop from exhaustion

tomber de sommeil — to be asleep on one's feet

Il tombe de sommeil. — He's asleep on his feet.

2) (dans un certain état)

tomber en panne — to break down

tomber en ruine — to fall into ruins

tomber enceinte — to get pregnant, to fall pregnant

3) (= survenir)

ça tombe bien — that's good timing

ça tombe mal — that's bad timing

il est bien tombé — he's been lucky

il est mal tombé — he's been unlucky

tomber juste [opération, calcul] — to come out right

4)

laisser tomber (= lâcher) — to drop

Elle a laissé tomber son stylo. — She dropped her pen., (= renoncer à) to give up

Il a laissé tomber le piano. — He gave up the piano., (= faire faux bond à) to let down

Il ne laisse jamais tomber ses amis. — He never lets his friends down.

laisse tomber — drop it

Laisse tomber, il n'acceptera jamais. — Drop it, he'll never agree.

5)

tomber sur [difficulté] — to come across

tomber sur quelqu'un [ami, connaissance] — to bump into someone

Je suis tombé sur lui en sortant de chez Pierre. — I bumped into him coming out of Pierre's place., (= attaquer) [personne] to set about

2. vt

tomber la veste — to slip off one's jacket

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tomber verb table: aimer

A nm (de vêtement, tissu) hang ¢; ce velours a un beau tomber this velvet hangs well.

B vtr (+ v avoir)

1 Sport to throw [lutteur]; fig to beat [équipe];

2 ○( séduire) to bed○ [femme]; ( charmer) il les tombe toutes they all fall for him.

C vi (+ v être)

1 ( faire une chute) gén to fall; ( de sa propre hauteur) [personne, chaise] to fall over; [animal] to fall; [arbre, mur] to fall down; (d'une hauteur, d'un support) [personne, vase] to fall off; [fruits, feuilles, bombe] to fall; [cheveux, dents] to fall out; [plâtre, revêtement] to come off; je me suis cassé un bras/j'ai cassé un vase en tombant I fell and broke my arm/a vase; tomber à la mer/dans une rivière to fall into the sea/into a river; tomber dans un trou to fall down a hole; tomber sur to fall on [tapis, maison, tête]; tomber sur le derrière○ or cul◑ to land on one's backside; tomber d'un toit/de cheval to fall off a roof/off a horse; tomber d'un arbre [personne] to fall from a tree; [fruit, feuille] to fall off a tree; tomber du lit/de ma poche to fall out of bed/out of my pocket; l'assiette m'est tombée des mains the plate fell out of my hands; ces lunettes me tombent du nez these glasses are slipping off my nose; attention, tu vas me faire tomber! be careful, you'll make me fall!; j'ai fait tomber un vase I knocked a vase over; j'ai fait tomber le vase de l'étagère I knocked the vase off the shelf; il a fait tomber son adversaire ( au rugby) he brought his opponent down; le vent a fait tomber une tuile du toit/un arbre sur les voitures the wind blew a tile off the roof/a tree down onto the cars; se laisser tomber dans un fauteuil/sur un lit to flop into an armchair/onto a bed; laisser tomber un gâteau sur le tapis to drop a cake on the carpet; le skieur s'est laissé tomber pour s'arrêter the skier dropped to the ground to stop himself;

2 ( venir d'en haut) [pluie, neige, foudre] to fall; [brouillard] to come down; [rayon, clarté] to fall (sur onto); [rideau de théâtre] to fall, to drop; un rayon de lumière tombait sur mon livre a ray of light fell onto my book; il est tombé 200 mm d'eau or de pluie pendant la nuit 200 mm of rain fell during the night; il tombe des gouttes it's spotting with rain; qu'est-ce que ça tombe○!, ça tombe dru○! ( pluie) it's pouring down!, it's coming down in buckets○!; la pluie n'a pas cessé de tomber pendant tout le voyage it rained steadily throughout the journey; la foudre est tombée sur un arbre the lightning struck a tree; une faible lueur tombait de la lucarne there was a dim light coming through the skylight; une pâle clarté tombait de la lune the moon cast a pale light;

3 (faiblir, baisser) [valeur, prix, température] to fall (de by; à to); [ardeur, colère] to subside; [fièvre] to come down; [vent] to drop; [jour] to draw to a close; [conversation] to die down; le dollar est tombé au-dessous de 0.90 euro the dollar has fallen to below 0.90 euro; la température est tombée à/de 10°C the temperature has fallen to/by 10°C; leur personnel est tombé à 200 employés their staff is down to 200 employees; faire tomber to bring down [prix, température]; to dampen [enthousiasme]; il est tombé bien bas ( affectivement) he's in very low spirits; ( moralement) he has sunk very low; il est tombé bien bas dans mon estime he has gone right down in my esteem ou estimation; je tombe de sommeil I can't keep my eyes open;

4 (être vaincu, renversé) [dictateur, régime, ville] to fall; ( disparaître) [obstacle, objection] to vanish; [opposition] to subside; [préjugé] to die out; le roi est tombé ( aux cartes) the king has been played; faire tomber to bring down [régime, dictateur]; to remove [obstacle]; to eradicate [tabou]; faire tomber les barrières fig to break down barriers;

5 ( s'affaisser) [poitrine] to sag; [épaules] to slope; avoir les épaules qui tombent to have sloping shoulders; ⇒ bras;

6 ( pendre) [chevelure, mèche] to fall; [vêtement, rideau] to hang; cheveux qui tombent sur les yeux hair that falls over one's eyes; manteau qui tombe bien/mal coat that hangs well/badly; sa jupe lui tombe (jusqu')aux chevilles her skirt comes down to her ankles;

7 (se retrouver, se placer) tomber dans un piège lit, fig to fall into a trap; tomber en disgrâce/ruine to fall into disgrace/ruin; tomber dans la vulgarité/sensiblerie to lapse into vulgarity/sentimentality; vous tombez dans le paradoxe you are being paradoxical; tomber sous le charme de qn to fall under sb's spell; tomber sous le coup d'une loi Jur to fall within the provisions of a law; tomber aux mains or entre les mains de qn [document, pouvoir] to fall into sb's hands; la conversation est tombée sur la politique the conversation came around to politics; ⇒ Charybde, sens;

8 ( devenir) to fall; tomber malade/amoureux to fall ill/in love;

9 ( être donné) [décision, sentence, verdict] to be announced; [nouvelle] to break; [réponse] to be given; tomber sur les écrans [nouvelle] to come through on screen; la nouvelle nous tombe à l'instant Radio, TV the news has just come through to us; dès que le journal tombe des presses as soon as the newspaper comes off the press; les paroles qu'il a laissé tomber de sa bouche the words that fell from his lips; ⇒ sourd;

10 ( rencontrer) tomber sur gén to come across [inconnu, détail, objet]; to run into [ami, connaissance]; ( recevoir en partage) to get; ( avoir de la chance dans ses recherches) tomber sur la bonne page/le bon numéro to hit on the right page/the right number; je suis tombé sur un sujet difficile/un examinateur sévère à l'examen I got a difficult question/a harsh examiner in the exam; je suis tombé par hasard sur ce que je cherchais I found what I was looking for by chance ; mes yeux sont tombés sur une jolie femme/une expression amusante my eyes fell on a pretty woman/a funny expression; si tu prends cette rue, tu tomberas sur la place if you follow that street, you'll come to the square;

11 ( survenir) gén to come; c'est tombé juste au bon moment/comme il fallait it came just at the right time/when it was needed; cette réforme ne pouvait pas mieux/plus mal tomber this reform couldn't have come at a better/worse time; tu ne pouvais pas mieux tomber! ( au bon moment) you couldn't have come at a better time!; ( avoir de la chance) you couldn't have done better!; tu tombes bien/mal, j'allais partir you're lucky/unlucky ou you've timed that well/badly, I was just about to leave; ça tombe bien/mal, j'avais justement besoin de ce livre that's good/bad luck, I just needed that book; il faut toujours que ça tombe sur moi or que ça me tombe dessus○! [décision, choix] why does it always have to be me?; [mésaventure] why does it always have to happen to me?; tomber au milieu d'une or en pleine réunion [personne] to walk right into a meeting; [annonce, nouvelle] to come right in the middle of a meeting;

12 ( coïncider) [date, anniversaire, fête] to fall on [jour, quantième]; ça tombe un mercredi/le 17 avril it falls on a Wednesday/on 17 April;

13 ( abandonner) laisser tomber to give up [emploi, activité]; to drop [sujet, projet, habitude]; il a fallu laisser tomber I/we etc had to give up; laisse tomber! (désintérêt, désabusement) forget it!; ( irritation) give it a rest○!; laisser tomber qn ( pour se séparer) to drop sb; ( pour ne plus aider) to let sb down; il a laissé tomber sa petite amie he dropped his girlfriend; ne me laisse pas tomber! don't let me down!; ⇒ chaussette;

14 ( agresser) tomber sur qn ( physiquement) [soldats, voyous] to fall on sb, to lay○ into sb; [pillards, police] to descend on sb; ( critiquer) to go for sb, to lay○ into sb; ils nous sont tombés dessus à dix contre un they fell on us, ten to one; il s'est fait tomber dessus par des voleurs/un chien he was set on by robbers/attacked by a dog;

15 ( mourir) euph [soldat] to fall euph; tomber sous le feu de l'ennemi to fall under enemy fire; tomber pour qch to die for sth; ⇒ champ.

Idiome

en tomber sur le derrière○ or cul◑ to be flabbergasted○.

I

[tɔ̃be] nom masculin

(littéraire)

au tomber du jour ou de la nuit at nightfall ou dusk

II

[tɔ̃be] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)

A.[CHANGER DE NIVEAU - SENS PROPRE ET FIGURÉ]

1. [personne] to fall (down), to fall over

[meuble, pile de livres] to fall over, to topple over

[cloison] to fall down, to collapse

[avion, bombe, projectile] to fall

tomber par terre to fall on the floor, to fall down

tomber à plat ventre to fall flat on one's face

tomber dans un fauteuil to fall ou to collapse into an armchair

tomber de fatigue to be ready to drop (from exhaustion)

tomber de sommeil to be asleep on one's feet

ne monte pas à l'échelle, tu vas tomber don't go up the ladder, you'll fall off

tomber dans l'escalier to fall down the stairs

tomber de cheval to fall off ou from a horse

tomber d'un arbre to fall out of a tree ou from a tree

faire tomber quelqu'un

a. [en lui faisant un croche-pied] to trip somebody up

b. [en le bousculant] to knock ou to push somebody over

le vent a fait tomber des arbres the wind blew some trees over ou down

elle l'a fait tomber de la table she pushed him off the table

faire tomber quelque chose

a. [en poussant] to push something over

b. [en renversant] to knock something over

c. [en lâchant] to drop something

d. [en donnant un coup de pied] to kick something over

j'ai fait tomber mes lunettes I've dropped my glasses

tu es tombé bien bas (figuré) you've sunk very low

2. (soutenu) [mourir] to fall, to die

tomber sur le champ de bataille to fall on the battlefield

ceux qui sont tombés au champ d'honneur those killed in action

3. [se détacher - feuille, pétale, fruit] to fall ou to drop off ; [ - cheveu, dent] to fall ou to come out

ne ramasse pas les cerises qui sont tombées don't pick the cherries which are on the ground

4. [pendre - cheveux, tentures] to hang ; [ - moustaches] to droop ; [ - seins] to sag, to droop

ses longs cheveux lui tombaient dans le dos her long hair hung down her back

une mèche lui tombait sur un œil a lock of hair hung over one eye

il a les épaules qui tombent he's got sloping shoulders

la robe tombe bien sur toi the dress hangs well ou nicely on you

5. [s'abattre, descendre - rayon de soleil, radiations, nuit] to fall ; [ - brouillard, gifle, coup] to come down

la neige/pluie tombait it was snowing/raining

une goutte est tombée dans mon cou a drop trickled ou rolled down my neck

(tournure impersonnelle)

il tombe en moyenne 3 mm d'eau par jour the average daily rainfall is 3 mm

il en est tombé, de la pluie! (familier) it tipped ou threw it down! (UK), it poured!

il tombera de la neige sur l'est there will be snow in the east

il tombe quelques gouttes it's spitting

il tombe de grosses gouttes/gros flocons big drops/flakes are falling

il tombe de la grêle it's hailing

toi, tu as ta paie qui tombe tous les mois (familier) you have a regular salary coming in (every month)

il lui tombe au moins 3 000 euros par mois (familier) he has at least 3,000 euros coming in every month

ça va tomber!

a. [il va pleuvoir] it's going to pour (with rain)!

b. [il va y avoir des coups] you're/we're etc. going to get it!

des têtes vont tomber! heads will roll!

tomber sous les yeux de quelqu'un to come to somebody's attention

6. [déboucher]

là où la rue Daneau tombe dans le boulevard Lamain at the point where Rue Daneau joins ou meets Boulevard Lamain

continuez tout droit et vous tomberez sur le marché keep going straight on and you'll come to the market

7. [diminuer - prix, température, voix, ton] to fall, to drop ; [ - fréquentation] to drop (off) ; [ - fièvre] to come down, to drop ; [ - colère] to die down, to subside ; [ - inquiétude] to melt away, to vanish ; [ - enthousiasme, agitation, intérêt] to fall ou to fade away, to subside ; [ - tempête] to subside, to abate, to die away ; [ - vent] to drop, to fall, to die down ; [ - jour] to draw to a close

la température est tombée de 10 degrés the temperature has dropped ou fallen (by) 10 degrees

sa cote de popularité est tombée très bas/à 28 % his popularity rating has plummeted/has dropped to 28%

faire tomber la fièvre to bring down ou to reduce somebody's temperature

8. [disparaître - obstacle] to disappear, to vanish ; [ - objection, soupçon] to vanish, to fade

sa réticence est tombée devant mes arguments she gave way in the face of my arguments

sa joie tomba brusquement his happiness suddenly vanished ou evaporated

ses défenses sont tombées he dropped his guard

9. [s'effondrer - cité] to fall ; [ - dictature, gouvernement, empire] to fall, to be brought down, to be toppled ; [ - record] to be broken ; [ - concurrent] to go out, to be defeated ; [ - plan, projet] to fall through

les candidats de droite sont tombés au premier tour the right-wing candidates were eliminated in the first round

le chef du gang est tombé hier the ringleader was arrested yesterday

faire tomber

a. [cité] to bring down

b. [gouvernement] to bring down, to topple

c. [record] to break

d. [concurrent] to defeat

10. [devenir]

tomber amoureux to fall in love

tomber enceinte to become pregnant

tomber malade to become ou to fall ill

tomber fou (familier) to go mad

tomber (raide) mort to drop dead, to fall down dead

11. JEUX [carte]

tous les atouts sont tombés all the trumps have been played

B.[SE PRODUIRE, ARRIVER]

1. [événement] to fall ou to be on

mon anniversaire tombe un dimanche my birthday is ou falls on a Sunday

tomber juste [calcul] to work out exactly

bien tomber to come at the right moment ou time

ton bureau l'intéresse — ça tombe bien, je voulais m'en débarrasser he's interested in your desk — that's good, I wanted to get rid of it

mal tomber to come at the wrong moment ou at a bad time

le mardi tombe assez mal pour moi Tuesday's not a good day ou very convenient for me

[personne]

on est tombés en plein pendant la grève des trains we got there right in the middle of the rail strike

tomber juste [deviner] to guess right

bien tomber

a. [opportunément] to turn up at the right moment

b. [avoir de la chance] to be lucky ou in luck

ah, vous tombez bien, je voulais justement vous parler ah, you've come just at the right moment, I wanted to speak to you

tu ne pouvais pas mieux tomber! you couldn't have come at a better time!

il est excellent, ce melon, je suis bien tombé this melon's excellent, I was lucky

mal tomber

a. [inopportunément] to turn up at the wrong moment

b. [ne pas avoir de chance] to be unlucky ou out of luck

il ne pouvait pas plus mal tomber he couldn't have picked a worse time

travailler pour Fanget? tu aurais pu plus mal tomber working for Fanget? it could be worse

tu tombes à point! you've timed it perfectly!, perfect timing!

2. [nouvelles] to be ou to come out

les dernières nouvelles qui viennent de tomber font état de 143 victimes news just out ou released puts the number of victims at 143

à 20 h, la nouvelle est tombée the news came through at 8 p.m

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[tɔ̃be] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)

1. [triompher de - candidat, challenger] to defeat

2. (familier) [séduire] to seduce

il les tombe toutes he's got them falling at his feet

3. (familier & locution)

tomber la veste to slip off one's jacket

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tomber dans verbe plus préposition

[se laisser aller à - découragement, désespoir] to sink ou to lapse into (inseparable)

sans tomber dans l'excès inverse without going to the other extreme

des traditions qui tombent dans l'oubli traditions which are falling into oblivion

tomber dans la dépression to become depressed

tomber dans l'erreur to commit an error

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tomber en verbe plus préposition

tomber en lambeaux to fall to bits ou pieces

tomber en ruine to go to rack and ruin

tomber en morceaux to fall to pieces

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tomber sur verbe plus préposition

(familier)

1. [trouver par hasard - personne] to come across, to run ou to bump into, to meet up with (US) ; [ - objet perdu, trouvaille] to come across ou upon, to stumble across

je suis tombé sur ton article dans le journal I came across your article in the newspaper

je suis tombé sur une arête I bit on a fishbone

on a tiré au sort et c'est tombé sur elle lots were drawn and her name came up

2. [avoir affaire à - examinateur, sujet d'examen] to get

quand j'ai téléphoné, je suis tombé sur sa mère/un répondeur when I phoned, it was her mother who answered (me)/I got an answering machine

3. [assaillir - personne] to set about, to go for

il tombe sur les nouveaux pour la moindre erreur he comes down on the newcomers (like a ton of bricks) if they make the slightest mistake

il a fallu que ça tombe sur moi! it had to be me!

4. [se porter sur - regard, soupçon] to fall on ; [ - conversation] to turn to

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