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mouthful [ˈmaʊθfʊl]• he swallowed it in one mouthful [+ food] il n'en a fait qu'une bouchée ; [+ drink] il l'a avalé d'un trait• it's a real mouthful of a name! (inf) c'est un nom à coucher dehors !* * *['maʊθfʊl]3) (colloq)to give somebody a mouthful — passer une engueulade (colloq) à quelqu'un
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mouthful ['maʊθfʊl]∎ I couldn't eat another mouthful! je ne pourrais rien avaler de plus!(b) familiar (word → hard to pronounce) mot m difficile à prononcer□ ; (→ complicated) mot m compliqué□ ;∎ his name's a bit of a mouthful il a un nom à coucher dehors;∎ "myalgic encephalomyelitis" is quite a mouthful "myalgic encephalomyelitis", voilà un terme bien compliqué□∎ you said a mouthful! ça, tu peux le dire!, tu l'as dit, bouffi!∎ to give sb a mouthful traiter qn de tous les noms -
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mouthful n1 ( of food) bouchée f ; ( of liquid) gorgée f ; to swallow a meal in one mouthful ne faire qu'une bouchée d'un repas ;3 ○ ( abuse) engueulade ○ f ; to give sb a mouthful passer une engueulade ○ à qn ; to get a mouthful recevoir une engueulade ○ ; a mouthful of obscenities/of curses un chapelet d'obscénités/de jurons ; -
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drink [drɪŋk]boire, prendre;∎ would you like something to drink? voulez-vous boire quelque chose?;∎ I never drink coffee je ne prends jamais de café;∎ what are you drinking tonight? que voulez-vous boire ce soir?;∎ the water is not fit to drink l'eau n'est pas potable;∎ this coffee isn't fit to drink ce café est imbuvable;∎ the wine is best drunk at room temperature ce vin se boit chambré;∎ drink your soup mange ta soupe;∎ to drink one's fill boire à sa soif;∎ to drink sb's health, to drink a toast to sb boire à la santé de qn;∎ he drank himself into a stupor il s'est soûlé jusqu'à l'hébétude;∎ I could drink the well dry je boirais la mer et ses poissons;∎ he's drinking himself to death l'alcool le tue peu à peu;∎ to drink sb under the table faire rouler qn sous la table;∎ he drank us under the table il était encore debout alors que nous roulions sous la table;∎ I could drink you under the table any day! je te parie que je peux boire plus que toi!∎ I don't drink je ne bois pas;∎ to drink heavily boire beaucoup;∎ she drank out of or (straight) from the bottle elle a bu à la bouteille;∎ I only drink socially je ne bois jamais seul;∎ don't drink and drive ≃ boire ou conduire, il faut choisir;∎ he drinks like a fish il boit comme un trou;∎ I'll drink to that! je suis pour!;∎ we drank to their success nous avons bu ou porté un toast à leur succès∎ it won't drink quite as well in two years' time dans deux ans il aura perdu de sa saveur3 noun(a) (non-alcoholic) boisson f;∎ may I have a drink? puis-je boire quelque chose?;∎ a drink of water un verre d'eau;∎ to give sb a drink donner à boire à qn;∎ there's plenty of food and drink il y a tout ce qu'on veut à boire et à manger;∎ you can get drinks from the machine vous pouvez prendre des boissons à la machine;∎ hot drinks boissons chaudes∎ we invited them in for a drink nous les avons invités à prendre un verre;∎ familiar fancy a drink? que diriez-vous d'un verre?□ ;∎ I need a drink! vite, donnez-moi à boire!;∎ I haven't had a drink in six months je n'ai pas bu d'alcool depuis six mois;∎ he likes or enjoys a drink il aime bien boire un verre;∎ to buy or to stand a round of drinks payer une tournée;∎ to pay for the drinks payer les consommations;∎ drinks are on the house! la maison offre à boire!;∎ he'd had one drink too many il avait bu un verre de trop, il avait un verre dans le nez(c) (mouthful) gorgée f;∎ have another little drink prends encore une petite gorgée∎ she's taken to drink elle s'est mise à boire;∎ to be the worse for drink être en état d'ébriété;∎ he can't hold his drink il ne tient pas l'alcool;∎ to drive under the influence of drink conduire en état d'ivresse ou d'ébriété;∎ to smell of drink sentir l'alcool;∎ he has a drink problem il boit trop, il s'adonne à la boisson∎ to be in the drink être dans la flotte ou à la baille►► American drinks machine, drink machine distributeur m de boissons(troubles) noyer; (fortune) boire;∎ he's trying to drink his troubles away il essaie de noyer ses ennuis dans l'alcool;∎ to drink away one's fortune boire sa fortuneavaler ou boire d'un trait∎ we drank in every word pas un seul mot ne nous a échappé, nous avons bu ses paroles➲ drink upboire (jusqu'à la dernière goutte), finirvider son verre;∎ drink up! finissez vos verres!
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