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1 surrounding
surrounding [səˈraʊndɪŋ]1. adjective[streets, countryside, villages] environnant2. plural noun* * *[sə'raʊndɪŋ]adjective environnantthe surrounding area ou region — les environs mpl
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2 surrounding
surrounding adj [countryside, hills, villages] environnant ; the surrounding area ou region les environs mpl. -
3 surrounding
surrounding [sə'raʊndɪŋ]environnant;∎ there's a lovely view of the surrounding countryside il y a une belle vue sur le paysage alentour(a) (of town, city) alentours mpl, environs mpl∎ it's a pleasure to be in such lovely surroundings c'est un vrai plaisir de se trouver dans un cadre aussi joli(c) (environment) environnement m, milieu m;∎ she's indifferent to her surroundings elle est indifférente à son environnement;∎ to be in familiar surroundings être en pays de connaissanceUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > surrounding
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4 surrounding
adjective (lying or being all round: the city and its surrounding suburbs.) environnant -
5 surrounding
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6 grout surrounding tunnel sections
mortier d’injection des éléments mDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > grout surrounding tunnel sections
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7 curtilage, surrounding, a, dwelling
enceinte m d'un logementEnglish-French legislative terms > curtilage, surrounding, a, dwelling
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8 all round
(surrounding: There were people all round him.) tout autour (de) -
9 atmosphere
['ætməsfiə]1) (the air surrounding the earth: The atmosphere is polluted.) atmosphère2) (any surrounding feeling: There was a friendly atmosphere in the village.) atmosphère• -
10 park
1. noun1) (a public piece of ground with grass and trees: The children go to the park every morning to play.) parc2) (the land surrounding a large country house: Deer run wild in the park surrounding the mansion.) parc2. verb(to stop and leave (a motor car etc) for a time: He parked in front of our house.) stationner- parking-meter -
11 white
1. adjective1) (of the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: The bride wore a white dress.) blanc2) (having light-coloured skin, through being of European etc descent: the first white man to explore Africa.) blanc3) (abnormally pale, because of fear, illness etc: He went white with shock.) blême4) (with milk in it: A white coffee, please.) (au) lait2. noun1) (the colour of the paper on which these words are printed: White and black are opposites.) blanc2) (a white-skinned person: racial trouble between blacks and whites.) blanc, blanche3) ((also egg-white) the clear fluid in an egg, surrounding the yolk: This recipe tells you to separate the yolks from the whites.) blanc (d'œuf)4) ((of an eye) the white part surrounding the pupil and iris: The whites of her eyes are bloodshot.) blanc•- whiten- whiteness - whitening - whitish - white-collar - white elephant - white horse - white-hot - white lie - whitewash 3. verb(to cover with whitewash.) blanchir à la chaux- white wine -
12 country
country [ˈkʌntrɪ]1. nouna. pays mc. ( = region) région f2. compounds[lifestyle] campagnard* * *['kʌntrɪ] 1.1) (nation, people) pays mto go to the country — GB Politics appeler le pays aux urnes
2) ( native land) patrie f3) (also countryside) ( out of town) campagne f4) [U] région f5) (also country music) country (music) f2.adjective [road] de campagne; [scene] campagnard••it's a free country! — on est en république!, on est libre de faire ce qu'on veut!
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13 over
over [ˈəʊvər]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverb2. adjective3. preposition4. noun5. modifier━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverb► to have sb over ( = invite) inviter qn chez soib. ( = there) làc. ( = above) dessusd. (with adverb/preposition)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When followed by an adverb or a preposition, over is not usually translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━e. ( = more) plusf. ( = in succession) he did it five times over il l'a fait cinq fois de suite• William played the same tune over and over again William a joué le même air je ne sais combien de fois• I got bored doing the same thing over and over again je m'ennuyais à refaire toujours la même choseg. ( = remaining) there are three over il en reste troish. (on two-way radio) over! à vous !• over and out! terminé !2. adjective( = finished) after the war was over après la guerre3. preposition━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When over occurs in a set combination, eg over the moon, an advantage over, look up the noun. When over is used with a verb such as jump, trip, step, look up the verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = on top of) surb. ( = above) au-dessus dec. ( = across) de l'autre côté ded. ( = during) over the summer pendant l'étéf. ( = more than) plus de• spending has gone up by 7% over and above inflation les dépenses ont augmenté de 7 %, hors inflation• over and above the fact that... sans compter que...h. ( = while having) they chatted over a cup of coffee ils ont bavardé autour d'une tasse de caféi. ( = recovered from)► to be over sth [+ illness, bad experience] s'être remis de qch4. noun5. modifier* * *Note: over is used after many verbs in English ( change over, fall over, lean over etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (change, fall, lean etc)over is often used with another preposition in English (to, in, on) without altering the meaning. In this case over is usually not translated in French: to be over in France = être en France; to swim over to somebody = nager vers quelqu'unover is often used with nouns in English when talking about superiority ( control over etc) or when giving the cause of something ( concern over, worries over etc). For translations, consult the appropriate noun entry (control, concern, worry etc)over is often used as a prefix in verb combinations ( overeat), adjective combinations ( overconfident) and noun combinations ( overcoat). These combinations are treated as headwords in the dictionary['əʊvə(r)] 1.1) ( across the top of) par-dessusover here/there — par ici/là
3) ( above) au-dessus de4) (covering, surrounding) gen sur5) ( physically higher than)6) ( more than) plus detemperatures over 40° — des températures supérieures à 40°
7) ( in the course of)8) ( recovered from)to be over — s'être remis de [illness, operation]
9) ( by means of)10) ( everywhere)2.over and above prepositional phrase3.adjective, adverb2) ( finished)to be over — [term, meeting] être terminé; [war] être fini
3) ( more)4) ( remaining)5) (to one's house, country)to invite ou ask somebody over — inviter quelqu'un
6) Radio, Television7) ( showing repetition)I had to do it over — US j'ai dû recommencer
I've told you over and over (again)... — je t'ai dit je ne sais combien de fois...
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14 about
1. preposition(on the subject of: We talked about our plans; What's the book about?) sur; de2. preposition, adverb1) ((sometimes round about) near (in place, time, size etc): about five miles away; (round) about six o'clock; just about big enough.) environ2) (in different directions; here and there: The children ran about (the garden).) ici et là3) (in or on some part (of a place etc): You'll find him somewhere about (the office).) quelque part4) (around or surrounding: She wore a coat about her shoulders; He lay with his clothes scattered about.) autour3. adverb((in military commands etc) in the opposite direction: About turn!) demi-tour -
15 amphitheatre
(an oval or circular building with rows of seats surrounding a central space, used as a theatre or arena.) amphithéâtre -
16 bulb
1) (the ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants, eg onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow.) bulbe2) ((also light bulb) a pear-shaped glass globe surrounding the element of an electric light.) ampoule3) (the pear-shaped end of a thermometer.) cuvette•- bulbous -
17 dock
I 1. [dok] noun1) (a deepened part of a harbour etc where ships go for loading, unloading, repair etc: The ship was in dock for three weeks.) bassin2) (the area surrounding this: He works down at the docks.) quais3) (the box in a law court where the accused person sits or stands.) banc des accusés2. verb(to (cause to) enter a dock and tie up alongside a quay: The liner docked in Southampton this morning.) (se) mettre à quai- docker- dockyard II [dok] verb(to cut short or remove part from: The dog's tail had been docked; His wages were docked to pay for the broken window.) couper, retenir -
18 dwarf
[dwo:f] 1. plurals - dwarfs; noun1) (an animal, plant or person much smaller than normal.) nain, naine2) (in fairy tales etc, a creature like a tiny man, with magic powers: Snow White and the seven dwarfs.) nain, naine2. verb(to make to appear small: The cathedral was dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers.) écraser -
19 environment
((a set of) surrounding conditions, especially those influencing development or growth: An unhappy home environment may drive a teenager to crime; We should protect the environment from destruction by modern chemicals etc.) milieu, environnement- environmentalist -
20 mirror
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