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1 thirst
thirst [θɜ:st]1 nounalso figurative soif f;∎ all that hard work has given me a thirst ça m'a donné soif de travailler dur comme ça;∎ he has a thirst for adventure il a soif d'aventure;∎ to have a thirst for knowledge avoir soif de connaissances∎ he was thirsting for a beer il avait envie d'une bière;∎ a jealous husband thirsting for revenge un mari jaloux assoiffé de vengeance;∎ to thirst for knowledge être avide de connaissances -
2 thirst
A n lit, fig soif f (for de) ; it's given me a thirst ça m'a donné soif ; to quench one's thirst se désaltérer. -
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4 thirst
[Ɵə:st] 1. noun1) (a feeling of dryness (in the mouth) caused by a lack of water or moisture: I have a terrible thirst.) soif2) (a strong and eager desire for something: thirst for knowledge.) soif2. verb(to have a great desire for: He's thirsting for revenge.) avoir soif de- thirsty- thirstily - thirstiness -
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6 thirst-quenching
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7 thirst for freedom
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8 AMICOHUA
âmicôhua:*\AMICOHUA v.impers. de âmiqui., on a soif.Launey Introd 169.Angl., all die of thirst, there is thirst. R.Joe Campbell 1997. -
9 quench
quench [kwent∫]* * *[kwentʃ]transitive verb1) étancher [thirst]; étouffer [desire]2) littér éteindre [flame]3) Technology tremper [metal] -
10 quench
[kwen ]1) (to drink enough to take away (one's thirst): I had a glass of lemonade to quench my thirst.) étancher2) (to put out (a fire): The firemen were unable to quench the fire.) éteindre -
11 thirsty
1) (suffering from thirst: I'm so thirsty - I must have a drink.) assoiffé2) (causing a thirst: Digging the garden is thirsty work.) qui donne soif -
12 AMICOHUAYAN
âmicôhuayân, locatif.Endroit où l'on meurt de soif.Angl., a place of death from thirst. R.Joe Campbell 1997.Est dit de la région chichimèque. Sah11,256. -
13 assuage
assuage [əˈsweɪdʒ][+ hunger, desire, thirst] assouvir ; [+ anger, pain] apaiser* * *[æ'sweɪdʒ]transitive verb littér calmer -
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15 slake
[sleɪk]transitive verb lit étancher [thirst]; fig assouvir -
16 unquenchable
[ʌn'kwentʃəbl]adjective [thirst, fire] inextinguible -
17 work
work [wɜ:k]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun• work has begun on the new bridge ( = building it) on a commencé la construction du nouveau pont• good work! ( = well done) bravo !b. ( = employment, place of employment) travail m► at work ( = at place of work) au travail• an increase in the numbers out of work une augmentation du nombre des demandeurs d'emploi► off workc. ( = product) œuvre f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For work + preposition/adverb combinations see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (gen) travailler• have you solved the problem? -- we're working on it avez-vous résolu le problème ? -- on y travaille• I've been working on him but haven't yet managed to persuade him j'ai bien essayé de le convaincre, mais je n'y suis pas encore parvenu► to work towards sth œuvrer pour qchb. ( = function) [machine, car, scheme] marcher ; [medicine] agira. ( = cause to work) [+ person, staff] faire travailler ; [+ lever, pump] actionner ; [+ machine] faire marcher► to work o.s.b. ( = bring about) to work wonders [person] faire des merveilles ; [drug, medicine] faire merveillec. ( = arrange for) (inf) can you work it so she can come too? pouvez-vous faire en sorte qu'elle vienne aussi ?d. ( = manoeuvre) he worked his hands free il est parvenu à libérer ses mains• rescuers are working their way towards the trapped men les sauveteurs se fraient un passage jusqu'aux hommes qui sont bloqués• he worked his way up from office boy to managing director il est devenu PDG après avoir commencé comme garçon de bureaue. ( = shape) [+ metal, wood, dough, clay] travailler4. compounds► work outa. [plan, arrangement] marcherb. [amount] it works out at $50 per child il faut compter 50 dollars par enfantc. ( = exercise) faire de la musculation• I can't work him out (inf) je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment il fonctionne► work through inseparable transitive verb( = resolve emotionally) assumer► work up• the book works up to a dramatic ending le roman s'achemine progressivement vers un dénouement spectaculaire• I thought he was working up to asking me for a divorce je croyais qu'il préparait le terrain pour demander le divorceb. ( = develop) [+ trade, business] développer• he worked this small firm up into a major company il a réussi à faire de cette petite société une grande entreprise• I worked up an appetite/thirst carrying all those boxes ça m'a mis en appétit/m'a donné soif de porter toutes ces caisses* * *[wɜːk] 1.1) ( physical or mental activity) travail m (on sur)to go ou set ou get to work — se mettre au travail
to put a lot of work into — travailler [essay, speech]; passer beaucoup de temps sur [meal, preparations]
to put ou set somebody to work — faire travailler quelqu'un
to make short ou light work of something — expédier quelque chose
it's hot/thirsty work — ça donne chaud/soif
2) ( occupation) travail mto be in work — avoir du travail or un emploi
place of work — lieu m de travail
to be off work — ( on vacation) être en congé
3) ( place of employment) ( office) bureau m; ( factory) usine f4) (building, construction) travaux mpl (on sur)5) ( papers)to take one's work home — lit emporter du travail chez soi; fig ramener ses soucis professionnels à la maison
6) (achievement, product) (essay, report) travail m; (artwork, novel, sculpture) œuvre f (by de); ( study) ouvrage m (by de; on sur)7) ( research) recherches fpl (on sur)8) ( effect)2.to go to work — [drug, detergent] agir
works plural noun1) ( factory) usine fworks canteen — cantine f de l'usine
2) ( building work) travaux mpl3) (colloq) ( everything)3. 4.the (full ou whole) works — toute la panoplie (colloq)
transitive verb1) ( drive)2) ( labour)to work days/nights — travailler de jour/de nuit
to work one's way through a book — lire péniblement un livre, venir à bout (colloq) d'un livre
3) ( operate) se servir de4) ( exploit commercially) exploiter5) ( have as one's territory) couvrir [region]6) ( consume)to work one's way through — ( use) utiliser [amount, quantity]
7) ( bring about)to work wonders — lit, fig faire des merveilles
8) ( use to one's advantage)I've worked things so that... — j'ai arrangé les choses de sorte que...
9) ( fashion) travailler [clay, metal]10) ( embroider) broder11) ( manœuvre)to work something into — introduire quelque chose dans [slot, hole]
12) ( exercise) faire travailler [muscles]13) ( move)to work one's way along — avancer le long de [ledge]
5.it worked its way ou itself loose — cela s'est desserré peu à peu
1) ( engage in activity) travailler ( doing à faire)to work in oils — [painter] travailler à l'huile
to work towards — se diriger vers [solution]; s'acheminer vers [compromise]; négocier [agreement]
3) ( function) fonctionnerto work on electricity — marcher or fonctionner à l'électricité
4) (act, operate)it doesn't ou things don't work like that — ça ne marche pas comme ça
to work in somebody's favour —
to work against somebody —
5) ( be successful) [treatment] avoir de l'effet; [detergent, drug] agir; [plan] réussir; [argument] tenir debout6) [face, features] se contracter6.1) ( labour)2)•Phrasal Verbs:- work in- work off- work on- work out- work to- work up•• -
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19 burning
A n1 there's a smell of burning ça sent le brûlé ; I can smell burning! je sens une odeur de brûlé! ;B adj1 ( on fire) [building, vehicle, town, forest] en flammes, en feu ; ( alight) [candle, lamp, fire] allumé ; [ember, coal] embrasé, ardent ; fig ( very hot) [heat] brûlant, torride ; [sun] brûlant ; a burning feeling ou sensation une sensation de brûlure ;2 fig ( intense) [fever, thirst, desire] brûlant ; [passion, enthusiasm] ardent ; a burning question ou issue une question brûlante. -
20 insatiably
insatiably adv [hunger for, thirst for] insatiablement ; insatiably curious d'une curiosité insatiable.
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