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1 fragment
fragment [fʀagmɑ̃]masculine nouna. [de vase, roche, os, papier] fragment ; [de vitre] bitb. [de conversation] snatch* * *fʀagmɑ̃nom masculin1) ( morceau isolé) (de tasse, d'os) fragment; ( de tissu) bit2) ( d'œuvre) passage* * *fʀaɡmɑ̃ nm[objet] fragment, piece, [texte] fragment* * *fragment nm1 ( morceau isolé) (de tasse, d'os) fragment; ( de cheveu) piece; ( de tissu) bit; des fragments de conversation/chanson snatches of conversation/song;2 ( passage d'une œuvre) passage; fragment de vie/d'histoire slice of life/of history.[fragmɑ̃] nom masculindes fragments de verre bits of shattered glass, shards of glass -
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I.vol1 [vɔl]1. masculine nouna. [d'oiseau, avion] flight• vol d'essai/de nuit test/night flight• vol régulier/charter scheduled/charter flight• il y a 8 heures de vol entre... it's an 8-hour flight between...• heures/conditions de vol flying hours/conditions• un pilote qui a plusieurs centaines d'heures de vol a pilot with several hundred hours' flying experience► au vol• attraper qch au vol [+ ballon, objet lancé] to catch sth in midairb. ( = oiseaux) flock2. compoundsII.vol2 [vɔl]masculine noun( = délit) theft• vol qualifié or aggravé aggravated theft• c'est du vol ! it's daylight robbery!* * *vɔl
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nom masculin1) ( d'oiseau) flightprendre son vol — to take wing, to fly off
2) ( groupe) (de canards, cigognes) flight; ( d'insectes) cloudde haut vol — fig [diplomate] high-flying; [cambrioleur] big-time; [prostituée] high-class
3) (d'avion, de fusée) flightavoir 1000 heures de vol à son actif — to have logged 1,000 flying hours
de vol — [conditions] flying; [plan, simulateur] flight
4) ( délit) theft; ( plus important) robbery
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au vol locution adverbialePhrasal Verbs:* * *vɔl nm1) (mode de locomotion) flyingau vol; attraper qch au vol — to catch sth as it flies past
2) (= trajet) flight3) (= groupe d'oiseaux) flight4) (= délit) theft, stealing, (= larcin) theft* * *A nm1 ( d'oiseau) flight (de of); prendre son vol to take wing, to fly off; à vol d'oiseau as the crow flies;2 ( groupe) un vol de a flight of [canards, cigognes]; a cloud of [insectes]; de haut vol lit [oiseau] high-flying ( épith); fig [diplomate] high-flying ( épith); [cambrioleur] big-time ( épith); [prostituée] high-class ( épith);3 (d'avion, de fusée) flight; le vol pour Paris the Paris flight; il y a 3 heures de vol entre it's a three-hour flight between; avoir 1000 heures de vol à son actif to have logged 1,000 flying hours; en (plein) vol in flight; de vol [conditions] flying; [plan, simulateur] flight;4 ( délit) theft (de of); ( plus important) robbery; commettre un vol to commit a theft ou robbery; c'est du vol (manifeste)! it's daylight robbery!; c'est du vol organisé! fig it's a racket!B au vol loc adv tirer un oiseau au vol to shoot a bird in flight; attraper une balle au vol to catch a ball in mid-air; saisir des bribes de conversations au vol to catch snatches of conversation.vol à l'arraché Jur bag snatching; vol avec effraction Jur burglary; vol à l'étalage shoplifting; vol habité manned flight; vol libre Sport hang gliding; faire du vol libre to go hang gliding; vol à main armée armed robbery; vol qualifié Jur aggravated theft GB, grand larceny US; vol à la roulotte○ theft from a parked vehicle; vol sec air travel; vol simple Jur theft; vol à la tire pickpocketing; vol à voile gliding; faire du vol à voile to go gliding.[vɔl] nom masculincommettre un vol to commit a theft, to stealvol simple/qualifié common/aggravated theftvol avec effraction breaking and entering, burglary2. [vente à un prix excessif]pratiquer le ou faire du vol libre to go hang-glidingpratiquer le ou faire du vol à voile to glide, to do glidingvol de perdreaux flock ou covey of partridgesà vol d'oiseau locution adverbialec'est loin, à vol d'oiseau? is it far, as the crow flies?————————au vol locution adverbiale1. [en passant]saisir au vol [ballon, clés] to catch in mid-airattraper ou prendre un bus au vol to jump on to a moving bussaisir une occasion au vol to jump at ou to seize an opportunity2. CHASSEtirer/tuer un oiseau au vol to shoot/to kill a bird on the wingde haut vol locution adjectivale[artiste, spécialiste] top (avant nom) -
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masculine noun[de papier, tissu] scrap* * *pl lambeaux lɑ̃bo nom masculin2) fig ( de patrimoine) scraps (pl)* * *lɑ̃bolambeaux pl nmen lambeaux — in tatters, tattered
* * *1 ( d'étoffe) rag; (de papier, peau, cuir) strip; ( de chair) ribbon; des vêtements en lambeaux rags; une robe en lambeaux a ragged dress; une affiche en lambeaux a tattered poster; mettre qch en lambeaux to tear sth to pieces; tomber/partir en lambeaux to fall to pieces;2 fig ( de patrimoine) scraps (pl); fortune qui part en lambeaux fortune which is dribbling away; des lambeaux de conversation snatches of conversation.————————en lambeaux locution adjectivale————————en lambeaux locution adverbialeles affiches partent ou tombent en lambeaux the posters are getting really tattered -
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5 bribes
bʀib* * *bʀib nfplbits, scraps, [conversation] snatches* * *bribes nfpl (de conversation, phrase, dialogue) snatches; (de texte, d'histoire, information) bits and pieces; par bribes bit by bit.[brib] nom féminin pluriel————————par bribes locution adverbiale
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work in snatches — (from Idioms in Speech) to work not continuously Scraps of conversation he had heard posters he had read warnings flashed through his mind. (D. Cusack) Scraps of conversation floated into his mind. When we re married we ll go to Heaven every day … Idioms and examples
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