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A n3 (failure, blockage of machine, system, department) blocage m ;4 ○ ( difficult situation) pétrin ○ m ; this is a real jam on est vraiment dans le pétrin ○ ; to be in/get into a jam être/se mettre dans le pétrin ○ ; to help sb out of a jam tirer qn du pétrin ○ ;1 (stuff, pile) to jam things into entasser des choses dans [small space, suitcase, box] ; she jammed her clothes into the drawer elle a entassé ses vêtements dans le tiroir ; reporters were jamming microphones into our faces les journalistes nous fourraient ○ des micros sous le nez ; to jam one's hat on enfoncer son chapeau sur sa tête ; to jam one's foot on the brake, to jam the brake on freiner à bloc ;2 (fix firmly, wedge) coincer ; I was jammed between the wall and the door j'étais coincé entre le mur et la porte ; I got my finger jammed in the door je me suis coincé le doigt dans la porte ; the key's jammed in the lock la clé s'est coincée dans la serrure ;3 ( also jam up) (crowd, fill up) gen encombrer ; cars jammed (up) the roads les routes étaient embouteillées ; to be jammed (solid) with, to be jammed full of [room, entrance, shelf] être bourré de qch [people, books, objects] ;4 ( also jam up) (cause to stop functioning, block) [dirt, malfunction, person] enrayer [mechanism] ; coincer [lock, door, window, system] ; sand had jammed (up) the mechanism le sable avait enrayé le mécanisme ; to be jammed ou jammed up [mechanism] s'enrayer (by sth à cause de qch) ; [lock, door, window] se coincer or se bloquer (by sth à cause de qch) ; [system] se bloquer ;1 ( become stuck) [mechanism, switch, lever] s'enrayer ; [lock, door, window] se coincer, se bloquer ;2 Mus faire un bœuf ○, improviser.it's real jam ○ ! (job, task) c'est du gâteau ○ ! ; you want jam on it ○ ! GB et puis quoi encore! ; (it's a case of) jam tomorrow les beaux jours sont pour demain ; ⇒ money, bread.■ jam in:▶ jam in [people] s'entasser ;▶ jam [sth/sb] in1 (trap, wedge) coincer ; to be jammed in être coincé ;2 ( pack in) entasser ; there were 30 people jammed into the room il y avait 30 personnes entassées dans la pièce. -
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[‹æm] I noun(a thick sticky substance made of fruit etc preserved by being boiled with sugar: raspberry jam; ( also adjective) a jam sandwich.) confiture- jammyII 1. past tense, past participle - jammed; verb1) (to crowd full: The gateway was jammed with angry people.) bloquer2) (to squeeze, press or wedge tightly or firmly: He jammed his foot in the doorway.) coincer3) (to stick and (cause to) be unable to move: The door / steering-wheel has jammed.) (se) bloquer4) ((of a radio station) to cause interference with (another radio station's broadcast) by sending out signals on a similar wavelength.) brouiller2. noun1) (a crowding together of vehicles, people etc so that movement is difficult or impossible: traffic-jams.) embouteillage2) (a difficult situation: I'm in a bit of a jam - I haven't got enough money to pay for this meal.) pétrin•- jam on
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