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1 auto-stop
auto-stop [otostɔp]masculine noun* * *otostɔpnom masculin hitchhiking* * *otostɔp nm* * *auto-stop nm hitchhiking; faire de l'auto-stop to hitchhike; aller à Paris en auto-stop to hitchhike to Paris; faire la France en auto-stop to hitchhike around France; prendre qn en auto-stop to pick up a hitchhiker; je l'ai prise en auto-stop I gave her a lift GB ou ride US.[otɔstɔp] nom masculin singulierfaire de l'auto-stop to hitch-hike, to hitch -
2 stop
stop [stɔp]1. exclamation• tu me diras stop -- stop ! (en servant qn) say when -- when!• après deux ans sans vacances, j'ai dit stop ! after two years without a holiday, I said enough is enough!2. masculine nouna. ( = panneau) stop sign ; ( = feu arrière) brake-light* * *stɔp
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nom masculin2) (colloq) ( auto-stop) hitching (colloq)faire la France en stop — to hitch (colloq) round [BrE] France
prendre quelqu'un en stop — to give somebody a lift GB ou ride US
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exclamation stop!* * *stɔp1. nm1) AUTOMOBILES stop sign2) (dans un télégramme) stop3) (= auto-stop)2. excl* * *A nm2 ○( auto-stop) hitching○; faire du stop to hitch○; faire la France en stop to hitch○ roundGB France; aller travailler en stop to hitch○ to work; prendre qn en stop to give sb a lift GB ou ride US;3 ( dans un télégramme) stop.B excl stop![stɔp] nom masculin1. [panneau] stop sign3. (familier) [auto-stop] hitchhikingfaire du stop to hitch, to thumb a lift ou it4. [dans un télégramme] stop————————[stɔp] interjectiontu me diras stop — stop! [en versant à boire] say when — when! -
3 pouce
pouce [pus]masculine nouna. [de main] thumb ; [de pied] big toeb. ( = mesure) inch* * *pus
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nom masculin1) ( de la main) thumb; ( du pied) big toe2) ( unité de mesure) inch
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exclamation schoolchildren's slang pax! GB, truce!••se tourner or rouler les pouces — (colloq) to twiddle one's thumbs
donner un coup de pouce à quelqu'un/à quelque chose — ( au départ) to help somebody/something get started; ( pour relancer) to give somebody/something a boost
* * *pus nm1) (= doigt) thumbJe me suis coincé le pouce dans la porte. — I trapped my thumb in the door.
se tourner les pouces; se rouler les pouces — to twiddle one's thumbs
2) (= mesure) inch (2.54 centimetres)* * *A nm1 ⇒ Le corps humain ( de la main) thumb; ( du pied) big toe; se faire mal au pouce to hurt one's thumb;2 ⇒ Les mesures de longueur ( unité de mesure) inch; ne pas progresser/céder d'un pouce not to move forward/give an inch; ne pas bouger d'un pouce not to budge an inch.se tourner or rouler les pouces to twiddle one's thumbs; manger/déjeuner sur le pouce to have a quick bite to eat/to have a quick bite to eat at lunchtime; manger une soupe sur le pouce to have a quick bowl of soup; mettre les pouces○, dire pouce to give up; donner un coup de pouce à qn/à qch ( au départ) to help sb/sth get started; ( pour relancer) to give sb/sth a boost.[pus] nom masculin[orteil] big toe2. [dans un jeu]3. [mesure] inchje ne changerai pas d'un pouce les dispositions de mon testament I won't change one jot ou iota of my will4. (Québec & locution)faire du pouce, voyager sur le pouce to hitchhike
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