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1 shunt
shunt [∫ʌnt][+ train] aiguiller• they shunted the visitors to and fro between the factory and the offices ils ont fait faire la navette aux visiteurs entre l'usine et les bureaux* * *[ʃʌnt] 1.noun Medicine, Electricity shunt m2.transitive verb1) (colloq) ( send) expédier (colloq)3. -
2 shunt
B vtr1 ○ ( send) expédier ○ ; to be shunted from place to place être expédié d'un endroit à l'autre ; to shunt sb back and forth ballotter qn d'un côté à l'autre ; we were shunted from one official to the next on a été ballottés d'un responsable à l'autre ;2 ○ ( marginalize) expédier ○ ; to shunt sb into another department expédier qn dans un autre service ; to shunt sb into a siding fig mettre qn sur une voie de garage ; -
3 shunt
shunt [ʃʌnt]∎ the neighbours upstairs were shunting furniture around les voisins du dessus déplaçaient des meubles;∎ they shunted him off to the Fresno office ils l'ont muté à Fresno;∎ he just shunted me out of his way il m'a poussé hors de son chemin∎ the carriages had been shunted into a siding les wagons avaient été mis sur une voie de garage(b) (travel back and forth) faire la navette;∎ I spent the day shunting back and forth between the two offices j'ai passé ma journée à faire la navette entre les deux bureaux3 noun(b) Electricity shunt m, dérivation f
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