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tightrope n corde f raide ; to walk the tightrope marcher sur une corde raide ; to be on a tightrope fig marcher sur la corde raide ; I'm walking the tightrope between my family and my job je suis tiraillé entre ma famille et mon travail. -
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tightrope ['taɪtrəʊp]corde f raide;∎ to walk the tightrope marcher sur la corde raide;∎ figurative she's walking a political tightrope elle s'est aventurée sur un terrain politique glissant ou dangereux►► tightrope walker funambule mf -
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noun (a tightly-stretched rope or wire on which acrobats balance.) corde raide -
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high [haɪ]1. adjectivea. haut• how high is that tower? quelle est la hauteur de cette tour ?• how high is the mountain? quelle est l'altitude de la montagne ?• to have the moral high ground ( = moral superiority) avoir l'avantage moralb. (in degree, number, strength) [frequency, latitude, tension] haut before n ; [speed, number] grand before n ; [rent, price] élevé ; [sound, voice] aigu (- guë f)• official reports say casualties have been high selon les rapports officiels, il y a beaucoup de morts et de blessés• to have high expectations of sb/sth beaucoup attendre de qn/qch• to have a high opinion of sb/sth avoir une haute opinion de qn/qch• in high gear en quatrième (or cinquième) vitesse► high in... [+ fat, nitrogen] à forte teneur en2. adverba. [climb, jump, throw] haut ; [fly] à haute altitude• how high can you jump? à quelle hauteur peux-tu sauter ?b. (in degree, number, strength) the numbers go as high as 200 les nombres montent jusqu'à 200• I had to go as high as $200 for it j'ai dû aller jusqu'à 200 dollars pour l'avoir• to play high [gambler] jouer gros (jeu)3. nouna. ( = high point) the cost of living reached a new high le coût de la vie a atteint un nouveau recordc. ( = weather system) zone f de haute pression4. compounds► high-class adjective [hotel, food, service] sélect ; [neighbourhood, flat] (de) grand standing ; [person] du grand monde ; [prostitute] de luxe► high fibre diet noun ( = régime) régime m riche en fibres ; ( = food eaten) alimentation f riche en fibres• to be on one's high horse être sur ses grands chevaux ► high-impact adjective [aerobics, exercise] high-impact inv► high-level adjective [meeting, discussions] à un très haut niveau ; [computer language, programming] de haut niveau► high-octane adjective [petrol] à indice d'octane élevé ; (figurative = powerful, exciting) puissant• the high point of the show/evening le clou du spectacle/de la soirée ► high-powered adjective [car] très puissant ; [person] de haut vol• high-powered businessman homme m d'affaires de haut vol ► high-pressure adjective à haute pression• high-pressure area zone f de haute pression ► high-profile adjective [position, politician] très en vue ; [role] très influent ; [issue] très discuté• high school diploma (US) diplôme m de fin d'études secondaires ≈ baccalauréat m → HIGH SCHOOL ► high seas plural noun• high-speed train train m à grande vitesse ► high-spirited adjective [person] plein d'entrain ; [horse] fougueux• in high spirits ( = lively) plein d'entrain ; ( = happy) tout joyeux ► high spot noun [of visit, holiday] grand moment m• to play for high stakes jouer gros jeu ► high street noun (British) [of village] grand-rue f ; [of town] rue f principale► high-tech adjective de haute technologie ; [computer] sophistiqué ; [industry, medicine, technique] de pointe━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Dans le système juridique anglais et gallois, la High Court est une cour de droit civil chargée des affaires plus importantes et complexes que celles traitées par les « County Courts ». En Écosse en revanche, la High Court (of Justiciary) est la plus haute cour de justice, à laquelle les affaires les plus graves, telles que meurtre et viol, sont soumises et où elles sont jugées devant un jury.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Aux États-Unis, les high schools réunissent les quatre années du deuxième cycle du secondaire (15 à 18 ans). Les élèves reçus à leur examen final se voient remettre leur diplôme au cours d'une importante cérémonie appelée « Graduation ».La vie des high schools a inspiré de nombreux films et téléfilms américains ; on y voit le rôle qu'y jouent les sports (en particulier le football et le basket-ball) et certaines manifestations mondaines comme le bal de fin d'année des élèves de terminale, le « Senior Prom ». → GRADE GRADUATION PROM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *[haɪ] 1.1)2) (colloq)to give somebody a high — [drug] défoncer (colloq) quelqu'un; [success] monter à la tête de quelqu'un
3) (colloq) US School = high school2.1) [building, wall, cliff] haut; [table, forehead, collar] haut (after n)high cheekbones — pommettes fpl saillantes
how high (up) are we? — ( on top of building) on est à combien de mètres au-dessus du sol?; (on plane, mountain) quelle est notre altitude?
2) [number, ratio, price, frequency, volume] élevé; [wind] violent; [hope, expectation] grand (before n)3) ( important) [quality, standard, rank] supérieur4) ( noble) [ideal, principle] noble5) ( acute) [pitch, sound, voice] aigu/-guë; [note] haut6) Culinary [game] faisandéto be high on — être défoncé à [drug]
3.to get high — se défoncer (colloq)
1) ( to a great height) hautto climb higher and higher — [person, animal] grimper de plus en plus haut; fig [figures, unemployment] augmenter de plus en plus
don't go any higher than £5,000 — ne dépasse pas 5000 livres sterling
from on high — gen d'en haut; Religion du Ciel
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wobble [ˈwɒbl][jelly] trembler ; [cyclist, object about to fall, pile of rocks] vaciller ; [table, chair] être bancal* * *['wɒbl] 1. 2.transitive verb faire bouger [table, tooth]3.intransitive verb [table, chair] branler; [pile of books, plates etc] osciller; [voice] trembler; [person] ( on bicycle) osciller; (on ladder, tightrope) chanceler -
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1. adjective1) (fitting very or too closely: I couldn't open the box because the lid was too tight; My trousers are too tight.) serré2) (stretched to a great extent; not loose: He made sure that the ropes were tight.) tendu3) ((of control etc) strict and very careful: She keeps (a) tight control over her emotions.) strict4) (not allowing much time: We hope to finish this next week but the schedule's a bit tight.) serré2. adverb((also tightly) closely; with no extra room or space: The bags were packed tight / tightly packed.) bien serré- - tight- tighten - tightness - tights - tight-fisted - tightrope - a tight corner/spot - tighten one's belt -
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A n ( in voice) tremblement m ; (of chair, table) branlement m ; ( in movement) oscillation f ; fig vacillation f.C vi [table, chair] branler ; [pile of books, plates etc] osciller ; [voice] trembler ; [person] ( on bicycle) osciller ; (on ladder, tightrope) chanceler ; the chair was wobbling la chaise branlait ; this chair is inclined to wobble cette chaise est branlante or bancale ; she wobbled down the street on her bicycle elle a descendu la rue en zigzagant sur sa bicyclette ; his legs were wobbling under him ses jambes flageolaient ; the front wheels are wobbling Aut il y a du jeu dans les roues avant. -
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wobble ['wɒbəl](a) (hand, jelly, voice) trembler; (chair, table) branler, être branlant ou bancal; (compass needle) osciller; (drunkard) tituber, chanceler; (building, tooth) bouger; (cyclist) aller de travers, aller en zigzag;∎ the stone wobbled as I stood on it la pierre a oscillé quand je suis monté dessus;∎ the pile of books wobbled dangerously la pile de livres oscilla dangereusement;∎ the tightrope walker wobbled and almost fell le funambule oscilla et faillit tomber;∎ the child wobbled across the room l'enfant traversa la pièce en chancelant;∎ she wobbled off/past on her bike elle partit/passa sur son vélo, en équilibre instablefaire bouger;∎ don't wobble the table when I'm writing ne fais pas bouger la table quand j'écris3 noun∎ the chair has got a bit of a wobble la chaise est légèrement bancale ou branlante;∎ there is a slight wobble in the front wheel of the bike la roue avant du vélo a un léger jeu;∎ after a few wobbles, he finally got going après avoir cherché son équilibre, il se mit enfin en route
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