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drain [dreɪn]1. noun[liquid] s'écouler4. compounds[liquid] s'écouler ; [strength] s'épuiser[+ liquid] faire couler (pour vider un récipient)* * *[dreɪn] 1.1) lit ( in street) canalisation f; ( in building) canalisation f d'évacuation; ( pipe) descente f d'eau; ( ditch) fossé m d'écoulement2) fig (of people, skills, money) hémorragie f2.transitive verb1) lit drainer [land, lake]; purger [radiator, boiler]2) fig épuiser [resources]3) vider [glass]; boire [quelque chose] jusqu'à la dernière goutte [drink]4) [river] collecter les eaux de [area, basin]3.1) [liquid] s'écouler (out of, from de); [bath, sink] se viderto drain into — s'écouler dans [sea, gutter]; s'infiltrer dans [soil]
the blood ou colour drained from her face — le sang reflua de son visage
2) [dishes, food] s'égoutter•Phrasal Verbs:••to go down the drain — (colloq) fig tomber à l'eau (colloq)
that's £100 down the drain — (colloq) ça fait 100 livres sterling de fichues en l'air (colloq)
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