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2 spree
spree [spri:]fête f;∎ to go/to be on a spree faire la fête;∎ her drinking/gambling sprees les périodes où elle boit/joue;∎ to go on a shopping spree faire des folies dans les magasins;∎ killing spree accès m de folie meurtrière -
3 spending spree
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5 spending
spending [ˈspendɪŋ]* * *['spendɪŋ]noun dépenses fplcredit-card spending — achats mpl sur carte de crédit
defence spending — dépense f en matière de défense
government spending —
public spending — dépense f publique
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6 fling
fling [flɪŋ](verb: preterite, past participle flung)1. nouna. ( = affair) aventure fb. ( = period of enjoyment) to have a last fling faire une dernière folie• to fling o.s. off a bridge se jeter d'un pont• to fling o.s. into a hobby se lancer à corps perdu dans une activité* * *[flɪŋ] 1.1) (colloq) ( spree) bon temps m2) (colloq) ( affair) ( with person) aventure f; ( intellectual) flirt (colloq) m2.transitive verb (prét, pp flung) ( throw) lancer [ball, grenade] ( onto sur; into dans); lancer [insult] (at à)3.to fling somebody to the ground — [person] jeter quelqu'un à terre; [blast] projeter quelqu'un à terre
to fling oneself — se jeter ( across en travers de; over par dessus)
to fling oneself off something — sauter de [bridge, cliff]
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7 bat
1 noun∎ he's a good bat il manie bien la batte;(b) (shot, blow) coup m∎ familiar to have bats in the or one's belfry avoir une araignée au plafond;∎ familiar to run/to drive like a bat out of hell courir/conduire comme si l'on avait le diable à ses trousses∎ to go off on a bat aller faire la bringueSport (baseball player, cricketer → play) manier la batte; (→ take one's turn at playing) être à la batte;∎ he batted for Pakistan il était à la batte pour l'équipe pakistanaise;∎ to go in to bat aller à la batte;∎ American familiar figurative to go to bat for sb intervenir en faveur de qn□∎ she batted her eyelids at him elle battit des paupières en le regardant;∎ figurative he didn't bat an eyelid il n'a pas sourcillé ou bronché;∎ figurative she did it without batting an eyelid elle l'a fait sans broncher►► American Sport bat boy (in baseball) = garçon qui s'occupe des battes et de l'entretien du matériel∎ to bat sth around parler de qch à bâtons rompus -
8 beano
beano ['bi:nəʊ]∎ to have or to go on a beano faire la bombe -
9 binge
1 noun∎ to go on a binge faire la bringue;∎ they went on a shopping binge ils sont allés dépenser du fric dans les magasins;∎ an eating binge une grosse bouffe(b) (drinking bout) beuverie f, bringue f(a) (overspend) faire des folies□ -
10 spending
spending ['spendɪŋ](UNCOUNT) dépenses fpl;∎ public or government spending dépenses fpl publiques;∎ a cut in defence spending une réduction du budget de la défense;∎ we went on a spending spree nous avons fait des folies, nous avons dépensé des sommes folles►► spending cuts réductions fpl des dépenses;spending money argent m de poche;spending power pouvoir m d'achat -
11 splurge
1 noun(a) (spending spree) folie□ f, folles dépenses□ fpl;∎ I went on or I had a splurge and bought a fur coat j'ai fait une folie, je me suis acheté un manteau de fourrure∎ the book came out in a splurge of publicity la sortie du livre a été accompagnée d'un grand battage publicitaire;∎ a great splurge of colour une débauche de couleur□∎ she splurged her savings on a set of encyclopedias toutes ses économies ont été englouties par l'achat d'une encyclopédie□faire une folie ou des folies;∎ to splurge out on sth se payer qch -
12 toot
toot [tu:t](a) to toot a horn/a trumpet sonner du cor/de la trompette;∎ Cars he tooted his horn il a klaxonné ou donné un coup de klaxon3 noun∎ the tugboat gave a toot le remorqueur a donné un coup de sirène;∎ Cars a toot of the horn un coup de Klaxon□∎ to go on the toot prendre une cuite4 adverb∎ familiar toot sweet tout de suite□, illico
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