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narrow ['nærəʊ](a) (not wide → street, passage, valley) étroit; (tight → skirt, shoe) étroit, serré; (long → nose) mince; (→ face) allongé;∎ to grow or to become narrow se rétrécir;∎ to have narrow shoulders être petit de carrure, ne pas être large d'épaules;∎ to have a narrow face être mince de visage;∎ to have a narrow waist avoir la taille fine∎ it was another narrow victory/defeat for the French side l'équipe française l'a encore emporté de justesse/a encore perdu de peu;∎ we had a narrow escape on l'a échappé belle;∎ to win/lose by the narrowest of margins gagner/perdre de très peu(c) (restricted → scope, field, research) restreint, limité; (strict → sense, interpretation) restreint, strict;∎ in the narrowest sense of the word au sens strict du mot∎ to take a narrow view of sth adopter un point de vue étroit sur qch∎ we were subjected to narrow scrutiny nous avons été soumis à un examen minutieux(a) (make narrow → road) rétrécir;∎ to narrow one's eyes plisser les yeux∎ the police have narrowed their search to a few streets in central Leeds la police concentre ses recherches sur quelques rues du centre de Leeds(a) (become narrow → road, space) se rétrécir, se resserrer;∎ the old man's eyes narrowed le vieil homme plissa les yeux(b) (be reduced → difference, choice) se réduire, se limiter; (→ number, majority) s'amenuiser, se réduire;∎ the gap between rich and poor has narrowed l'écart entre les riches et les pauvres s'est resserré4 noun►► narrow boat péniche f (étroite);narrow gauge voie f étroite;Finance narrow money = ensemble des billets et pièces de monnaie en circulation;Linguistics narrow transcription transcription f étroite(limit → choice, search) limiter, restreindre; (reduce → majority, difference) réduire(search) se limiter, se restreindre;∎ the choice narrowed down to just two people il ne restait que deux personnes en lice
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