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A adj1 [piece, layer, material, garment, liquid, paste, snow, hair, eyebrows, lips, features, make-up] épais/épaisse ; [forest, vegetation, fog] dense, épais/épaisse ; [beard] touffu ; [accent] fort (before n) ; [voice] (from sore throat, cold) voilé, enroué ; ( from alcohol) pâteux/-euse ; to be 6 cm thick faire 6 cm d'épaisseur ; how thick is the wall/this piece of steel? quelle est l'épaisseur du mur/de ce morceau d'acier? ; a 6 cm-thick piece of wood un morceau de bois de 6 cm d'épaisseur ; to make [sth] thicker épaissir [soup, sauce] ; to be thick with être plein de [smoke, noise] ; être chargé de [emotion] ; a river thick with rubbish une rivière pleine de détritus ; fields thick with poppies des champs couverts de coquelicots ; the air was thick with insults les insultes fusaient ; the table was thick with dust la table était couverte d'une épaisse couche de poussière ; the ground was thick with ants le sol grouillait de fourmis ; to have a thick head ( from hangover) avoir la gueule de bois ; (from cold, flu) avoir le cerveau embrumé ; a fog so thick you could cut it with a knife un brouillard à couper au couteau ;2 ○ ( stupid) bête ; I can't get it into his thick head ou skull ○ that je n'arrive pas à lui enfoncer dans la tête or le crâne que ;3 ○ ( friendly) they're very thick (with each other) ils sont très liés ; Tom is very thick with Anne Tom et Anne sont très liés ;4 ○ ( unreasonable) it's a bit thick expecting me to do that! c'est un peu fort or raide ○ d'espérer que je ferai ça!B adv don't spread the butter on too thick ne mets pas trop de beurre ; the bread was sliced thick le pain était coupé en tranches épaisses ; her hair fell thick and straight to her shoulders ses cheveux épais et raides tombaient sur ses épaules ; the snow lay thick on the ground il y avait une épaisse couche de neige sur le sol.to lay it on thick ○ forcer la dose ○ ; offers of help are coming in thick and fast des propositions d'aide affluent de toutes parts ; his tears fell thick and fast de grosses larmes lui coulaient sur les joues ; through thick and thin contre vents et marées ; to be in the thick of être au plus fort or au beau milieu de [battle, fighting] ; être au beau milieu de [crowd] ; when the riots broke out I found myself in the thick of things quand les émeutes ont éclaté je me suis retrouvé pris au milieu. ⇒ blood, brick, ground, plank, thief. -
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A n2 fig (of policy, argument) point m ; to form the main ou central plank of être la pierre angulaire de.to be as thick as two (short) planks ○ en tenir une couche ○.■ plank down:▶ plank down [sth], plank [sth] down faire du bruit en posant [chair, case, money]. -
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plank [plæŋk]planche f• the main plank (of policy, argument) la pièce maîtresse* * *[plæŋk]noun planche f; fig (of policy, argument) point mto walk the plank — Nautical History être exécuté par noyade
••to be as thick as two (short) planks — (colloq) en tenir une couche (colloq)
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stick [stɪk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun2. plural noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp stuck━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = length of wood) bâton m ; ( = twig) brindille f ; ( = walking stick) canne f ; (Hockey) crosse fb. ( = piece) morceau m ; [of dynamite] bâton m ; [of chewing gum] tablette f ; [of celery] branche f ; [of rhubarb] tige f2. plural nouna. ( = firewood) petit bois ma. ( = thrust) [+ pin, fork] piquer ; [+ knife] plantera. ( = embed itself) [needle, spear] se planterc. ( = remain) rester► to stick to sb/sth• she stuck to him all through the holiday elle ne l'a pas lâché d'une semelle pendant toutes les vacances• stick at it! persévère !► to stick with sb/sth ( = stay beside) rester avec ; ( = stay loyal) rester fidèle à ; [+ activity, sport] s'en tenir à• stick with him! (inf) ne le perdez pas de vue !e. ( = get jammed) se coincer ; [machine, lift] tomber en pannef. ( = balk) he will stick at nothing to get what he wants il ne recule devant rien pour obtenir ce qu'il veutg. ( = protrude) the nail was sticking through the plank le clou dépassait de la planche5. compounds► stick around (inf) intransitive verb rester dans les parages ; ( = be kept waiting) poireauter (inf)a. [+ needle, pin, fork] piquer ; (forcefully) planter ; [+ knife] enfoncer ; [+ photo in album] coller( = protrude) dépasser ; [balcony] faire sailliea. [+ one's arm, head] sortira. [labels, pages, objects] être collés ensembleb. ( = stay together) rester ensemble ; ( = maintain solidarity) se serrer les coudesa. ( = protrude) dépasserb. ► to stick up for (inf)• to stick up for o.s. défendre ses intérêtsa. [+ notice] afficher• stick 'em up! (inf)* * *[stɪk] 1.1) ( piece of wood) bâton m; ( for kindling) bout m de bois; ( for lollipop) bâton m2) (also walking stick) canne f3) ( rod-shaped piece)a stick of chalk/dynamite — un bâton de craie/dynamite
5) ( conductor's baton) baguette f6) (colloq) ( piece of furniture)7) (colloq) GB ( person)a funny old stick — un drôle de bonhomme/une drôle de bonne femme m/f
8) (colloq) ( criticism)2.to get ou take (some) stick — se faire critiquer
(colloq) sticks plural noun3.in the sticks — en pleine cambrousse (sl), dans la campagne
transitive verb (prét, pp stuck)1)2) ( put)stick your coat on the chair — (colloq) mets ton manteau sur la chaise
to stick an advert in the paper — (colloq) mettre une annonce dans le journal
to stick somebody in a home — (colloq) mettre quelqu'un dans une maison de retraite
3) ( fix) coller [poster, stamp] (to à)‘stick no bills’ — ‘défense d'afficher’
4) (colloq) GB ( bear) supporter [person]5) (colloq) ( impose)4.to stick an extra £10 on the price — augmenter le prix de 10 livres
intransitive verb (prét, pp stuck)1) [stamp, glue] collerto stick to the pan — [sauce, rice] coller au fond de la casserole, attacher (colloq)
2) ( jam) [drawer, door, lift] se coincer3) ( remain) resterto stick in somebody's memory ou mind — rester gravé dans la mémoire de quelqu'un
stick around! — (colloq) reste là!
•Phrasal Verbs:- stick at- stick by- stick to- stick up••to have ou get hold of the wrong end of the stick — mal comprendre
to up sticks (colloq) — plier bagages
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Thick — (th[i^]k), a. [Compar. {Thicker} ( [ e]r); superl. {Thickest}.] [OE. thicke, AS. [thorn]icce; akin to D. dik, OS. thikki, OHG. dicchi thick, dense, G. dick thick, Icel. [thorn]ykkr, [thorn]j[ o]kkr, and probably to Gael. & Ir. tiugh. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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thick — adjective 1》 with opposite sides or surfaces relatively far apart. ↘(of a garment or similar item) made of heavy material. 2》 made up of a large number of things or people close together. ↘(thick with) densely filled or covered with.… … English new terms dictionary