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1 slum area
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[Habitat] zone de taudis; quartier déshérité; bidonvilleEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > slum area
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A n1 ( region) ( of land) région f ; ( of sky) zone f ; ( of city) zone f ; ( district) quartier m ; in the London/Paris area dans la région de Londres/de Paris ; residential/rural/slum area zone f résidentielle/rurale/pauvre ;2 ( part of building) dining area coin m salle-à-manger ; no-smoking/smoking area zone f non-fumeurs/fumeurs ; reception area entrée f ; sleeping area coin m chambre ; waiting area salle f d'attente ;3 ( sphere of knowledge) domaine m ; (part of activity, business, economy) secteur m ; that's not my area ce n'est pas mon domaine ; area of interest/of expertise/of responsibility domaine d'intérêt/d'expertise/de responsabilité ; area of doubt/of concern/of disagreement sujet de doute/d'inquiétude/de désaccord ;4 Anat zone f ;5 Math ( in geometry) aire f ; ( of land) superficie f ; the farm was 50 km2 in area la ferme était d'une superficie de 50 km2 ; -
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A n2 ○ (messy house, room) taudis m.B modif [area, housing, house] misérable ; [child, children] des bidonvilles ; [conditions] dans les bidonvilles. -
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A n Sport faute f (by de ; on sur) ; sent off for a foul éliminé pour faute ; cries of foul fig des cris de protestation.B adj1 ( putrid) [place, slum, conditions] répugnant ; [air, breath, smell] fétide ; [water, stream] putride ; [taste] infect ;2 ( grim) [weather, day, atmosphere] épouvantable ; to be in a foul humour ou mood être d'une humeur massacrante ○ ; to have a foul temper avoir un sale caractère ; it's a foul job! c'est une sale corvée! ; in fair weather or foul qu'il pleuve ou qu'il vente ;3 ( evil) [person, act, crime, deed, treachery, creature] odieux/-ieuse ; ‘murder most foul’ ‘horrible assassinat’ ;5 Sport ( unsporting) déloyal.D vtr2 ( become tangled) [weeds, nets, ropes] s'emmêler dans [engine, propeller] ; the propeller was fouled by nets des filets de pêche étaient emmêlés dans l'hélice ;E vi1 Sport commettre des fautes ;to fall ou run foul of sb ( fall out with) se brouiller avec qn ; ( lose favour) s'attirer le mécontentement de qn ; to fall foul of the law tomber sous le coup de la loi.■ foul out ( in baseball) être exclu (pour fautes personnelles).■ foul up ○ faire des erreurs or des bourdes ○ ;▶ foul up [sth], foul [sth] up1 ( bungle) ruiner [plan, opportunity] ; abîmer [system] ; he always manages to foul things up il trouve toujours le moyen de tout louper ○ ;2 ( pollute) polluer [air, soil].
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