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101 filter
['filtə] 1. noun1) (a strainer or other device through which liquid, gas, smoke etc can pass, but not solid material: A filter is used to make sure that the oil is clean and does not contain any dirt; ( also adjective) filter paper.) filtre2) (a kind of screening plate used to change or correct certain colours: If you are taking photographs in sun and snow, you should use a blue filter.) filtre2. verb1) ((of liquids) to (become) clean by passing through a filter: The rain-water filtered into a tank.) filtrer2) (to come bit by bit or gradually: The news filtered out.) (s')infiltrer• -
102 hold off
1) ((of weather) to stay away: I hope the rain holds off.) (se) maintainir2) (to keep off; to fight successfully against: The soldiers managed to hold off the enemy.) contenir -
103 let
I [let] present participle - letting; verb1) (to allow or permit: She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.) laisser2) (to cause to: I will let you know how much it costs.) faire en sorte que3) (used for giving orders or suggestions: If they will not work, let them starve; Let's (= let us) leave right away!)•- let someone or something alone/be - let alone/be - let down - let fall - let go of - let go - let in - out - let in for - let in on - let off - let up - let well alone II [let] present participle - letting; verb(to give the use of (a house etc) in return for payment: He lets his house to visitors in the summer.) louer- to let -
104 playable
adjective ((negative unplayable) (of a ground, pitch etc) not good enough for a game to be played on it: Because of the rain the referee decided the ground was not playable.) en bonne condition -
105 recede
[ri'si:d]1) (to go or move back: When the rain stopped, the floods receded; His hair is receding from his forehead.) reculer2) (to become distant: The coast receded behind us as we sailed away.) s'éloigner -
106 sheet
A n1 ( of paper) gen, Print feuille f ; blank/loose sheet feuille blanche/volante ; sheet of stamps feuille de timbres ;3 Journ ( periodical) périodique m ; ( newspaper) journal m ; fact ou information sheet bulletin m d'informations ; scandal sheet feuille f à scandales ;4 (of plastic, rubber) feuille f ; (of canvas, tarpaulin) bâche f ; ( of metal) plaque f ; ( thinner) feuille f ; ( of glass) plaque f ; ( thinner) vitre f ; sheet of iron tôle f ; baking sheet tôle f ; cookie sheet US plaque f à gâteaux ;5 ( expanse) (of snow, water etc) couche f ; (of mist, fog) nappe f ; a sheet of ice ( thick) une plaque de glace ; ( thin) une couche de glace ; ( on road) une plaque de verglas ; a sheet of flame un rideau de flammes ; the rain was coming down in sheets il pleuvait à torrents ;6 Naut écoute f ;to be as white as a sheet être blanc comme un linge ; to be three sheets to the wind† avoir du vent dans les voiles ○ ; to get in between the sheets with sb sauter au lit avec qn ○ ; to have a clean sheet Sport avoir un palmarès vierge. -
107 plaster
plaster ['plɑ:stə(r)]1 noun(a) (for walls, modelling) plâtre m(b) (for broken limbs) plâtre m;∎ British her arm was in plaster elle avait le bras dans le plâtre∎ (sticking) plaster pansement m (adhésif);∎ corn plasters pansements mpl coricides(model, statue) de ou en plâtre(b) (smear → ointment, cream) enduire;∎ she had plastered make-up on her face, her face was plastered with make-up elle avait une belle couche de maquillage sur la figure;∎ they were plastered with mud ils étaient couverts de boue(c) (make stick) coller;∎ the rain had plastered his shirt to his back la pluie lui avait plaqué la chemise sur le dos;∎ he tried to plaster his hair down with oil il mit de l'huile sur ses cheveux pour essayer de les plaquer sur sa tête∎ to plaster sth with sth couvrir qch de qch;∎ to plaster a wall with notices, to plaster notices over a wall couvrir un mur d'affiches;∎ the town was plastered with election posters les murs de la ville étaient tapissés ou recouverts d'affiches électorales;∎ her name was plastered over the front pages son nom s'étalait en première pageplaster of Paris plâtre m de Paris or à mouler(hole, crack) boucher (avec du plâtre) -
108 keep off
keep off [something]1) ( stay away from) ne pas marcher sur‘Please keep off the grass’ — ‘Défense de marcher sur la pelouse’
2) ( refrain from) éviter [alcohol]; s'abstenir de parler de [subject] -
109 keep up
1) ( progress at same speed) [car, runner, person] suivre; [competitors] rester à la hauteur2) ( continue) [price] se maintenirkeep [something] up, keep up [something]3) ( cause to remain in position) tenir [trousers]4) ( continue) continuer [attack, studies]; entretenir [correspondence, friendship]; maintenir [membership, tradition]; garder [pace]to keep up the pressure — continuer à faire pression ( for pour obtenir; on sur)
to keep up one's strength/spirits — garder ses forces/le moral
keep [somebody] up [noise, illness] empêcher [quelqu'un] de dormir -
110 set in
set in [infection] se déclarer; [complications] survenir; [winter] arriver; [depression] s'installerset [something] in rapporter [sleeve] -
111 blot out
(to hide from sight: The rain blotted out the view.) masquer -
112 discourage
1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) décourager2) (to try to prevent (by showing disapproval etc): She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her.) décourager3) ((with from) to persuade against: The rain discouraged him from going camping.) décourager (de)• -
113 drench
[dren ](to soak completely: They went out in the rain and were drenched to the skin.) tremper -
114 in spite of
1) (taking no notice of: He went in spite of his father's orders.) malgré2) (although something has or had happened, is or was a fact etc: In spite of all the rain that had fallen, the ground was still pretty dry.) malgré -
115 owing to
(because of: Owing to the rain, the football has been cancelled.) en raison de -
116 put paid to
(to prevent a person from doing (something he planned or wanted to do): The rain put paid to our visit to the zoo.) foutre en l'air les projets de qqn -
117 squashy
adjective (soft or easily squashed: The rain makes the fruit very squashy.) mou -
118 because
A conj parce que ; don't do it just because you can ne le fais pas simplement parce que tu en es capable ; just because you're older doesn't mean you're right ce n'est pas parce que tu es plus âgé que tu as raison ; he was locked out because he'd left early and forgotten his key il n'a pas pu entrer parce qu'il était parti tôt et qu'il avait oublié sa clé ; just because you're jealous ○ ! tout ça parce que tu es jaloux! ; ‘why?’-‘(just) because’ ‘pourquoi?’-‘parce que’ ; all the more so because d'autant plus que.B because of prep phr à cause de ; because of the rain à cause de la pluie ; don't worry, I'm not leaving because of you ne t'inquiète pas, ce n'est pas à cause de toi que je m'en vais ; because of you we're late!, we're late and it's all because of you! c'est à cause de toi que nous sommes en retard! -
119 drip
∎ the rain is dripping down my neck la pluie me dégouline dans le cou;∎ sweat dripped from his brow son front ruisselait de sueur;∎ I was dripping with sweat j'étais en nage;∎ her hands dripped with blood du sang dégoulinait de ses mains;∎ figurative she was dripping with diamonds elle était couverte de diamants;∎ figurative dripping with sentimentality dégoulinant de sentimentalité(b) (tap) fuir, goutter; (nose) couler; (washing) s'égoutter; (walls) suinter; (hair, trees) dégoutter, ruisselerlaisser tomber goutte à goutte;∎ you're dripping coffee everywhere tu mets du café partout3 noun(a) (falling drops → from tap, gutter, ceiling) égouttement m, dégoulinement m;∎ the drip method of making coffee la méthode filtre de faire le café(b) (sound → from trees, roofs) bruit m de l'eau qui goutte; (→ from tap) bruit m d'un robinet qui fuit ou goutte∎ she's on a drip elle est sous perfusion(f) Architecture larmier m►► Marketing drip advertising publicité f continue, publicité f goutte à goutte;drip mat dessous-de-verre m inv;drip pan lèchefrite f;drip tray lèchefrite f -
120 frustrate
frustrate [frʌ'streɪt](person) frustrer, agacer, contrarier; (efforts, plans) contrecarrer, faire échouer, contrarier; (plot) déjouer, faire échouer;∎ the rain frustrated our plans la pluie a contrarié nos projets;∎ the prisoner was frustrated in his attempt to escape le prisonnier a raté sa tentative d'évasion
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