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1 monotony
monotonie f;∎ her visits broke the monotony of his life les visites qu'elle lui rendait rompaient la monotonie de son existence;∎ the monotony of the landscape l'uniformité f ou la monotonie du paysage -
2 interrupt
interrupt [‚ɪntə'rʌpt]∎ don't interrupt me when I'm speaking to you! ne m'interromps pas lorsque je te parle!;∎ am I interrupting something? est-ce que je vous dérange?(b) (process, activity) interrompre;∎ work on the project has been interrupted les travaux sur le projet ont été interrompus;∎ we interrupt this programme for a news flash nous interrompons notre émission pour un flash d'information(c) (uniformity) rompre;∎ only an occasional tree interrupted the monotony of the landscape seul un arbre ici et là venait rompre la monotonie du paysageinterrompre;∎ he tried to explain but you kept interrupting il a essayé de s'expliquer mais vous n'avez cessé de l'interrompre ou de lui couper la parole;∎ sorry to interrupt but... désolé de vous interrompre mais…3 nounComputing interruption f
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