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1 salt
salt [sɔ:lt, sɒlt]1 noun∎ kitchen salt gros sel m;∎ there's too much salt in the soup la soupe est trop salée;∎ Bible the salt of the earth le sel de la terre;∎ she's the salt of the earth, that woman! cette femme est la bonté incarnée!;∎ figurative to rub salt into the wound remuer le couteau dans la plaie;∎ figurative to take sth with a pinch or grain of salt ne pas prendre qch au pied de la lettre;∎ you must take what he says with a pinch of salt il ne faut pas prendre ce qu'il dit pour argent comptant;∎ any athlete worth his/her salt n'importe quel(le) athlète digne de ce nom, n'importe quel(le) athlète qui se respecte;∎ literary to eat salt with sb partager le pain et le sel avec qn∎ old salt (vieux) loup m de mersalé;∎ literary to weep salt tears pleurer amèrementPharmacy sels mpl;∎ familiar like a dose of salts rapidement□ ;∎ to get through sth like a dose of salts faire qch en deux temps trois mouvements ou en deux coups de cuillère à pot;∎ that curry went through me like a dose of salts sitôt avalé, le curry m'a donné la courante►► salt beef bœuf m salé;salt box (object) salière f; American Architecture = maison à toit mansardé ayant deux étages à l'avant et un étage à l'arrière;salt cellar salière f;salt cod morue f salée;salt flat salant m;salt lake lac m salé;Salt Lake City Salt Lake City;salt marsh marais m salant;salt mine mine f de sel;salt pork porc m salé, petit salé m;American salt shaker salière f;History salt tax gabelle f;salt water eau f saléesaler, conserver dans du sel -
2 wound
I.II.A n1 ( injury) blessure f ; a wound to ou in the head une blessure à la tête ; to die from ou of one's wounds succomber à ses blessures ;3 fig blessure f ; it takes time for the wounds to heal il faut longtemps pour que les plaies se cicatrisent ;4 Bot entaille f.fig to lick one's wounds panser ses blessures ; to reopen old wounds rouvrir de vieilles blessures ; to rub salt into the wound remuer le couteau dans la plaie. -
3 wound
I.wound1 [wu:nd]1. nounblessure f• bullet/knife wound blessure f causée par une balle/un couteauII.wound2 [waʊnd]past tense, past participle of wind* * *I 1. [wuːnd]1) ( injury) blessure fa wound to ou in the head — une blessure à la tête
to die from ou of one's wounds — succomber à ses blessures
2) (cut, sore) plaie f3) fig blessure f2.transitive verb ( all contexts) blesser••II [waʊnd]
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