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A n2 ( flow) a stream of un flot de [traffic, customers, questions, jokes] ; un torrent de [insults, invective] ; un jet de [light, flames] ; une coulée de [lava] ; un écoulement de [water] ; a stream of abuse un torrent d'insultes ;4 GB, Sch groupe m de niveau ; the top/middle/bottom stream le groupe des élèves forts/moyens/faibles ; the A stream ≈ le groupe des élèves forts ; to divide a class into streams répartir une classe en groupes de niveau.C vi1 ( flow) [tears, blood, water] ruisseler ; blood was streaming from the wound le sang ruisselait de la blessure ; water was streaming down the walls l'eau ruisselait sur les murs ; sunlight was streaming into the room le soleil entrait à flots dans la pièce ; tears were streaming down his face ses larmes coulaient à flots ;2 ( move) [traffic, cars, people] ( into a place) affluer ; ( out of a place) [traffic, cars] sortir à flots ; [people] sortir en foule ; they streamed through the gates ils ont franchi le portail en foule ;4 [eyes, nose] couler ; my eyes were streaming j'avais les yeux qui coulaient ; pollen makes his nose stream le pollen lui fait couler le nez.to come on stream [factory, oil field] entrer en activité.
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