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1 narrow
B adj1 ( in breadth) [street, valley, gap, vase, room, bridge, face] étroit ; to grow ou become narrow [road, river] se rétrécir ; [valley] se resserrer ; to have narrow eyes avoir des petits yeux ; he is narrow across the shoulders, his shoulders are narrow il est étroit d'épaules ;2 ( in scope) [range, choice] restreint ; [issue, field, boundaries, group, sense, definition] étroit ; [vision, life, interests, understanding] limité ; [views, version] étriqué pej ;3 ( in degree) [majority, margin] faible (before n) ; to have a narrow lead avoir une légère avance ; to suffer a narrow defeat perdre de justesse ; to win a narrow victory gagner de justesse ; to win by the narrowest of margins gagner d'une extrême justesse ; to have a narrow escape ou a narrow squeak ○ GB l'échapper belle ; that was a narrow squeak ○ ! GB on l'a échappé belle! ;4 (in size, shape) [shoes, jacket, dress, skirt, trousers] étroit ;C vtr1 ( limit) limiter [choice, range, field, options] (to à) ; restreindre [sense, definition] (to à) ;2 ( reduce) réduire [gap, deficit, margin] (from de ; to à) ; Elliott has narrowed the gap (in race, poll) Elliott a réduit l'écart ;D vi1 ( in breadth) [street, lake, corridor] se rétrécir ; [valley, arteries] se resserrer ; the road narrowed to a track la route se rétrécissait au point de devenir un chemin ; her eyes narrowed elle plissait les yeux ;2 ( fall off) [gap, deficit, margin, lead] se réduire (to à) ;3 ( in scope) [choice] se limiter (to à).E narrowing pres p adj [street, channel, passage] qui se rétrécit ; [gap, deficit, field] qui se réduit.the straight and narrow le droit chemin ; to keep to/wander from the straight and narrow rester dans le/s'écarter du droit chemin.■ narrow down: [investigation, search] se limiter (to à) ; [field of contestants, suspects] se réduire (to à) ;▶ narrow [sth] down, narrow down [sth] réduire [numbers, list, choice] (to à) ; limiter [investigation, research] (to à). -
2 squeak
squeak [skwi:k](a) (floorboard, chalk, wheel, machine part) grincer; (animal) piauler, piailler; (person) glapir; (shoes) crisser; (toy) couiner;∎ she squeaked with delight elle poussa un cri de joie∎ the team squeaked into the finals l'équipe s'est qualifiée de justesse pour la finale□ ;∎ they squeaked past Canada to become the biggest wheat producer ils ont dépassé le Canada de justesse pour devenir le plus grand producteur de blé□∎ to squeal on sb balancer ou moucharder qn∎ "who, me?" he squeaked "qui? moi?", glapit-il3 noun(a) (of floorboard, chalk, wheel, machine part) grincement m; (of animal) piaillement m; (of person) petit cri m aigu, glapissement m; (of shoes) crissement m; (of toy) couinement m;∎ to let out or to give a squeak of pleasure pousser un petit cri de plaisir;∎ don't let me hear one more squeak out of you! et que je ne t'entende plus!∎ that was a narrow squeak! on l'a échappé belle!(a) (pass through) se faufiler□ ;∎ there was just enough room to squeak by il y avait juste assez de place pour se faufiler(b) (succeed narrowly) réussir de justesse□ ; (in exam) être reçu de justesse□ ; (in election) l'emporter de justesse□ -
3 squeak
A n1 ( noise) (of door, wheel, mechanism, chalk) grincement m ; (of mouse, soft toy) couinement m ; (of furniture, shoes) craquement m ; ( of infant) vagissement m ; to let out ou give a squeak (of surprise) pousser un petit cri (d'étonnement) ; without a squeak ○ [accept, give in] sans broncher ; there wasn't a squeak from her ○ elle n'a pas émis le moindre mot ;2 ○ ( escape) that was a narrow squeak on l'a échappé belle ○.C vi1 ( make noise) [child] glapir ; [door, wheel, mechanism, chalk] grincer ; [mouse, bat, soft toy] couiner ; [shoes, furniture] craquer (on sur) ;
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