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1 flit
A n1 ( move) to do a flit ○ ( move house) déménager à la cloche de bois ○ ; ( leave) filer à l'anglaise ;1 ( fly) ( also flit about) [bird, bat, moth] voleter ; to flit from tree to tree voleter d'arbre en arbre ;2 ( move quickly and lightly) [person] aller d'un pas léger ; she was flitting about the house elle allait et venait dans la maison d'un pas précipité ;3 ( flash) a look of panic flitted across his face une expression de panique lui traversa le visage ; an idea flitted through my mind une idée me traversa l'esprit ;4 ( move restlessly) to flit from one thing to another passer rapidement d'une chose à l'autre ; to flit from one country to another aller et venir d'un pays à l'autre. -
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flit [flɪt]a. [bats, butterflies] voltiger* * *[flɪt] 1.2.to do a flit — (colloq) ( move house) déménager à la cloche de bois (colloq); ( leave) filer à l'anglaise
intransitive verb (p prés etc - tt-)1) (also flit about) [bird, moth] voleter2) ( move quickly) [person] aller d'un pas léger3) ( flash) -
3 flit
(a) (bird, bat etc) voleter;∎ bats were flitting about des chauves-souris voletaient de-ci de-là;∎ people were constantly flitting in and out of his office les gens n'arrêtaient pas d'entrer et de sortir de son bureau;∎ an idea flitted into my mind une idée me vint soudain à l'esprit;∎ to flit from one subject to another sauter d'un sujet à un autre, passer du coq à l'âne;∎ to flit from woman to woman/job to job passer continuellement d'une femme à une autre/d'un emploi à un autre2 nounScottish & North of England déménagement m -
4 flit
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5 flit
[flit]past tense, past participle - flitted; verb(to move quickly and lightly from place to place: Butterflies flitted around in the garden.) voltiger- flitting -
6 moonlight
moonlight [ˈmu:nlaɪt]1. noun( = work extra) (inf) faire des extras au noir* * *['muːnlaɪt] 1.noun clair m de lune2.intransitive verb travailler au noir••to do a moonlight flit — (colloq) GB filer de nuit sans payer
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8 moonlight
B vi travailler au noir.to do a moonlight flit ○ GB filer de nuit sans payer. -
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moonlight ['mu:nlaɪt]1 nounclair m de lune;∎ they took a walk by moonlight ils se sont promenés au clair de (la) lune;(walk) au clair de (la) lune
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