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upper ['ʌpə(r)]∎ temperatures are in the upper 30s la température dépasse 30 degrés;∎ the upper atmosphere les couches supérieures de l'atmosphère;∎ companies operating at the upper end of the market sociétés spécialisées dans le haut de gamme;∎ models at the upper end of the range modèles haut de gamme;∎ to have the upper hand avoir le dessus;∎ to get or to gain the upper hand prendre le dessus ou l'avantage;∎ to let sb get the upper hand laisser qn prendre le dessus, laisser qn dominer(b) (higher in order, rank) supérieur;∎ the upper echelons of the civil service les plus hauts échelons de l'administration∎ the upper valley of the Nile la haute vallée du Nil;∎ the upper Rhine le haut Rhin2 noun►► Upper Canada le haut Canada;upper case Typography haut m de casse; Computing majuscule f;upper class, the upper classes = l'aristocratie et la haute bourgeoisie;Upper Egypt la Haute-Égypte;upper limit plafond m;upper lip lèvre f supérieure;upper middle class = classe sociale réunissant les professions libérales, les universitaires, les cadres de l'industrie et les hauts fonctionnaires;upper reaches (of river) amont m;British the upper school les grandes classes fpl;Upper Volta Haute-Volta f;∎ in Upper Volta en Haute-Volta
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