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circle ['sɜ:kəl]1 noun∎ we stood in a circle around him nous formions (un) cercle ou nous nous tenions en cercle autour de lui;∎ she had dark circles under her eyes elle avait les yeux cernés, elle avait des cernes sous les yeux;∎ he had us going or running round in circles trying to find the information il nous a fait tourner en rond à chercher les renseignements;∎ to come full circle revenir au point de départ, boucler la boucle(b) (group of people) cercle m, groupe m;∎ the family circle le cercle familial;∎ she has a wide circle of friends elle a beaucoup d'amis ou un grand cercle d'amis;∎ his circle of advisors son groupe de conseillers;∎ in artistic/political circles dans les milieux artistiques/politiques∎ stone circle cromlech m(a) (draw circle round) entourer (d'un cercle), encercler(b) (move round) tourner autour de;∎ the moon circles the earth la lune est en orbite autour ou tourne autour de la terre(c) (surround) encercler, entourer∎ to circle the wagons se préparer à se défendre(a) (bird, plane) faire ou décrire des cercles;∎ the plane circled overhead l'avion a décrit des cercles dans le ciel;∎ figurative she circled round the issue elle tournait autour du pot -
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A n1 ( shape) cercle m ; (of spectators, trees, chairs, flowers) cercle m ; (of fabric, paper, colour) rond m ; to form a circle [objects] former un cercle ; [people] faire un cercle (around autour de) ; to sit in a circle s'asseoir en cercle ; to move/swim in circles tourner/nager en rond ; to go round in circles lit, fig tourner en rond ;2 ( group) cercle m, groupe m (of de) ; to be in sb's circle faire partie du cercle de qn ; his circle of friends le cercle de ses amis ; in business/theatrical circles dans les milieux d'affaires/du théâtre ; literary circles le monde littéraire ; to move in fashionable circles fréquenter le beau monde ;B vtr1 ( move round) [plane, helicopter] tourner autour de [airport, tower] ; [satellite] graviter autour de [planet] ; [person, animal, vehicle] faire le tour de [square, building] ; tourner autour de [person, animal] ; they circled each other ils se tournaient autour ;2 ( encircle) encercler [word, mistake, answer].C vi [helicopter, plane, vulture] décrire des cercles (above, over au-dessus de) ; [predator, vehicle, horseman] tourner en rond (around autour de) ; as we walked along, the helicopter circled overhead on marchait, et l'hélicoptère décrivait des cercles au-dessus de nous.to come full circle [person] boucler la boucle ; [situation] revenir à son point de départ ; the wheel has come ou turned full circle la boucle est bouclée ; to have circles under one's eyes avoir les yeux cernés ; to square the circle résoudre (le problème de) la quadrature du cercle.
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