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A n1 ○ ( hard work) boulot ○ m or travail m monotone ; the daily grind ○ le boulot ○ or le train-train ○ quotidien ; back to the grind ○ ! au boulot ○ ! ; marking exam papers is an awful grind ○ corriger des copies d'examen est une vraie corvée ; it was a long hard grind ○ cycling up the hill c'était long et pénible de monter la côte en vélo ; it'll be a long hard grind ○ ça va être très dur ;2 ( harsh sound) grincement m ;1 ( crush) moudre [corn, coffee beans, pepper] ; écraser, broyer [seeds, grain] ; concasser [pebbles, stone] ; hacher [meat] ; to grind sth to dust/to a powder réduire qch en poussière/en poudre ; to grind corn into flour moudre du grain pour en faire de la farine ; to grind one's teeth grincer des dents ; to grind sth into the ground écraser qch par terre ;2 ( sharpen) affûter or aiguiser [qch] (à la meule) [knife, blade] ; ( polish) polir [lenses] ; égriser [gems] ;1 ( make harsh sound) [machine, engine] grincer ; to grind to a halt [vehicle, train] s'arrêter avec un grincement de freins ; [machine] s'arrêter ; fig [factory, economy, industry, production] s'immobiliser ;2 ( be crushed) [corn, coffee beans] se moudre ;3 ○ US ( swot) bûcher ○, potasser ○ ;4 ○ US [dancer] danser en se déhanchant de manière provocante.■ grind away bosser ○, bûcher ○ ; she is grinding away at her maths elle bûche ses maths.■ grind down:▶ grind down [sth], grind [sth] down ( crush) écraser, broyer ; ( pulverize) pulvériser [substance]:▶ grind [sb] down avoir [qn] à l'usure ; to be ground down by poverty être accablé par la misère.■ grind on [negotiations, project] se poursuivre inexorablement.■ grind out:▶ grind out [sth], grind [sth] out1 ( extinguish) écraser [cigarette] ;2 ( play) to grind out a tune on a barrel organ jouer un air sur un orgue de Barbarie ; she grinds out ○ novels at the rate of one a month elle pond ○ des romans au rythme d'un par mois ; ‘mind your own business,’ he ground out ‘occupez-vous de vos affaires,’ a-t-il grommelé entre ses dents.■ grind up pulvériser.
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