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1 underground
∎ they joined an underground movement (clandestine) ils sont entrés dans un mouvement clandestin; (resistance) ils sont entrés dans un mouvement de résistance;∎ the underground press la presse clandestine(d) (illegal → methods) illégal∎ to go by underground aller en métro;∎ the London/Glasgow underground le métro de Londres ou londonien/de Glasgow(a) (below surface) sous (la) terre∎ to go underground passer dans la clandestinité, prendre le maquis►► underground economy économie f souterraine;History the Underground Railroad = réseau clandestin qui permettait aux fugitifs noirs des États esclavagistes de rejoindre le nord des États-Unis ou le Canada;underground railway métro m;underground station station f de métro;underground train rame f de métroUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > underground
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2 underground
1. adjective(below the surface of the ground: underground railways; underground streams.) souterrain2. adverb1) ((to a position) under the surface of the ground: Rabbits live underground.) sous (la) terre2) (into hiding: He will go underground if the police start looking for him.) dans la clandestinité3. noun((American subway) an underground railway: She hates travelling by/on the underground.) métro -
3 curve
curve [kɜ:v]1. nouncourbe f[line, surface, road] s'incurver* * *[kɜːv] 1.noun courbe f2.transitive verb gen courber3.intransitive verb [line, wall, arch] s'incurver; [edge] se recourber; [road, railway] faire une courbe
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