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stroke [strəʊk]1 noun(a) (blow, flick) coup m;∎ with a stroke of the whip d'un coup de fouet;∎ with a stroke of the brush d'un coup de pinceau;∎ with a stroke of the pen d'un trait de plume;∎ a stroke of lightning un coup de foudre;∎ they were given fifty strokes ils ont reçu cinquante coups de fouet(b) Sport (in golf, tennis, cricket, billiards) coup m; (in swimming → movement) mouvement m des bras; (→ style) nage f; (in rowing → movement) coup m d'aviron; (→ technique) nage f;∎ she swam across the river with quick strokes elle traversa rapidement la rivière à la nage;∎ the Oxford team rowed at 25 strokes to the minute l'équipe d'Oxford ramait à une cadence de 25 coups à la minute;∎ to keep stroke garder la cadence;∎ also figurative to set the stroke donner la cadence;∎ to put sb off his stroke (in rowing) faire perdre sa cadence ou son rythme à qn; (in golf) faire manquer son coup à; figurative faire perdre tous ses moyens à qn;∎ to be off one's stroke ne pas être au mieux de sa forme;∎ figurative to put sb off his/her stroke déconcerter qn(c) (mark → from pen, pencil) trait m; (→ from brush) trait m, touche f; (on letters, figures) barre f; Typography (oblique dash) barre f oblique;∎ written with thick/thin strokes écrit d'une écriture appuyée/fine;∎ British 225 stroke 62 225 barre oblique 62∎ a stroke of luck un coup de chance;∎ by a stroke of luck, she had remembered to take the key par chance, elle avait pensé à prendre la clé;∎ it was a stroke of brilliance! c'était un coup de génie!;∎ British she didn't do a stroke (of work) all day elle n'a rien fait de la journée(e) (of clock, bell) coup m;∎ on the stroke of midnight sur le coup de minuit;∎ on the stroke of 6 à 6 heures sonnantes ou tapantes;∎ he arrived on the stroke il est arrivé à l'heure exacte ou précise;∎ British Telecommunications at the third stroke it will be 6.32 precisely au troisième top, il sera exactement 6h32∎ to have a stroke avoir une attaque(g) (in rowing) chef m de nage;∎ to row stroke être chef de nage, donner la nage∎ two-/four-stroke engine un moteur à deux/quatre temps∎ she gave the cat a stroke elle a caressé le chat∎ he stroked her hand il lui caressait la main;∎ she stroked the piano keys with her fingers elle caressait les touches du piano;∎ to stroke sb's ego caresser qn dans le sens du poil∎ to stroke a boat être chef de nage, donner la nage(in rowing) être chef de nage, donner la naged'un seul coup►► American very familiar stroke magazine magazine m de cul;stroke play (in golf) partie f par coups;stroke rate (in rowing) cadence f de nage
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