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1 steep
steep [sti:p](a) (hill) raide, abrupt, escarpé; (slope) fort, raide; (cliff) abrupt; (road, path) raide, escarpé; (staircase) raide;∎ it's a steep climb to the village la montée est raide pour arriver au village;∎ the plane went into a steep dive l'avion se mit à piquer du nez(b) (increase, fall) fort;∎ a steep drop in share prices une forte chute du prix des actions∎ the prices are a bit steep l'addition est plutôt salée∎ it's a bit steep asking us to do all that work by Friday c'est un peu fort ou un peu raide de nous demander de faire tout ce travail pour vendredi∎ steep the onions in vinegar faites macérer les oignons dans du vinaigre;∎ figurative I want to steep myself in the atmosphere of the place je veux m'imprégner de l'atmosphère de l'endroit -
2 plunge
plunge [plʌndʒ]1. noun• they were plunged into darkness/despair ils ont été plongés dans l'obscurité/le désespoirplonger ; [sales, prices, profits, temperature] chuter• to plunge into debt/recession sombrer dans les dettes/la récession4. compounds* * *[plʌndʒ] 1.1) ( from height) plongeon mto take a plunge — ( dive) piquer une tête
2) Finance ( of share prices etc) chute f libre2.transitive verb plonger ( into dans)3.to be plunged into — être plongé dans [darkness, crisis, strike]; être submergé de [debt]
intransitive verb [road, cliff, waterfall] plonger; [bird, plane] piquer; [person] ( dive) plonger; ( fall) tomber ( from de); fig [rate, value] chuterto plunge into — fig se lancer dans [activity, career]; sombrer dans [chaos]
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