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1 mourir d’inanition
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2 mourir de faim
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3 affamer
affamer [afame]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb* * *afameverbe transitif to starve [personne, pays]* * *afame vt* * *[afame] verbe transitif -
4 mourir
mourir [muʀiʀ]➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━intransitive verbto die ; [civilisation, empire, coutume, feu] to die out• c'est une simple piqûre, tu n'en mourras pas ! it's only a little injection, it won't kill you!* * *muʀiʀ
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verbe intransitif1) ( cesser d'exister) to die (de of)mourir de froid — ( dehors) to die of exposure; ( sous un toit) to die of cold
je meurs de soif — fig I'm dying of thirst
je meurs de faim — fig I'm starving
je meurs de froid — fig I'm freezing to death
je meurs de sommeil — fig I'm ready to drop
2) ( faiblir) liter [jour] to fade away littér; [flamme] to die down; [conversation] to die away; [vagues] to break and fall back
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se mourir verbe pronominal liter [personne, civilisation] to be dying; [flamme, feu] to die down••je ne veux pas mourir idiot — (colloq) hum I want to know
on n'en meurt pas! — (colloq)
tu n'en mourras pas! — (colloq) hum it won't kill you!
je veux bien mourir or que je meure si... — I'll eat my hat if...
* * *muʀiʀ vi1) [personne, animal] to diemourir de faim — to starve to death, to die of hunger, figto be starving
Des centaines de personnes sont mortes de faim. — Hundreds of people starved to death.
mourir de froid — to die of exposure, figto be freezing
Je meurs d'envie d'aller me baigner. — I'm dying to go for a swim.
2) [civilisation] to die out* * *mourir verb table: mourirA vi (+ v être)1 ( cesser de vivre) [personne, animal, plante] to die (de of; pour qn/qch for sb/sth; pour faire to do); mourir jeune to die young; mourir d'un cancer/d'une crise cardiaque to die of cancer/of a heart attack; mourir de chagrin to die of grief ou of a broken heart; mourir de faim/vieillesse lit to die of hunger/old age; mourir de froid lit ( dehors) to die of exposure; ( sous un toit) to die of cold; je meurs de soif fig I'm dying of thirst; je meurs de faim fig I'm starving; je meurs de froid fig I'm freezing to death; je meurs de sommeil fig I'm dropping with tiredness; c'était à mourir (de rire)! it was hilarious!; plutôt mourir que de lui demander une faveur I'd rather die than ask him/her a favourGB; tu mourras centenaire! you'll live to (be) a hundred!; mourir assassiné to be murdered; mourir empoisonné to die of poisoning; mourir étranglé ( par accident) to strangle to death; ( par meurtre) to be strangled to death; mourir debout to be active to the end; mourir au monde [moine, ermite] to die to the world; elle meurt d'amour pour lui she's pining for him; laisser qn mourir to let sb die (de qch of sth); il s'est laissé mourir après la mort de sa femme he gave up and died after the death of his wife; se laisser mourir de faim to starve oneself to death; faire mourir qn to kill sb; l'auteur fait mourir le héros à la troisième page the author kills the hero off on the third page; ⇒ champ, feu;2 ( cesser d'exister) [civilisation, tradition, entreprise] to die; [sentiment, amitié] to die;3 liter ( faiblir) [lueur, jour] to fade away littér; [feu, flamme] to die down; [son] to die away; [conversation] to die away; [vagues] to break and fall back.B se mourir vpr liter or fml [personne] to be dying; [civilisation, tradition] to be dying; [flamme, feu, braises] to die down; [sentiment, son, chant] to die away; elle se meurt d'amour pour lui she's pining with love for him.partir c'est mourir un peu to say goodbye is to die a little; je ne veux pas mourir idiot hum I want to know; on n'en meurt pas!, tu n'en mourras pas! hum it won't kill you!; je veux bien mourir or que je meure si… I'll eat my hat if…; plus idiot/paresseux que lui, tu meurs○! they don't come any dumber/lazier![murir] verbe intransitifmourir d'une crise cardiaque/de vieillesse/d'un cancer to die of a heart attack/of old age/of cancermourir de mort naturelle ou de sa belle mort to die a natural deathmourir en héros to die a hero's death ou like a heroplus rapide/bête que lui, tu meurs! (familier) you'd be hard put to be quicker/more stupid than him!2. (soutenu) [disparaître - culture] to die out ; [ - flamme, bougie] to die out ou down ; [ - bruit] to die away ou down3. [pour intensifier]mourir d'ennui, s'ennuyer à mourir to be bored to death ou to tearsmourir de faim to be starving ou famishedmourir de soif to be dying of thirst, to be parched————————se mourir verbe pronominal intransitif1. [personne] to be dying2. [civilisation, coutume] to die out -
5 crever
crever [kʀəve]➭ TABLE 51. transitive verba. [+ pneu] to puncture ; [+ ballon] to burstc. crever la faim or la dalle (inf!) to be starving (inf)2. intransitive verba. [fruit, sac, abcès] to burst• crever de faim/froid to starve/freeze to death3. reflexive verb• se crever au travail to work o.s. to death* * *kʀəve
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1) ( percer) to puncture, to burst [pneu, ballon]; to burst [bulle, abcès, tympan]crever les yeux de quelqu'un — ( accidentellement) to blind somebody; ( volontairement) to put somebody's eyes out
ça te crève les yeux — fig it's staring you in the face
ça crève les yeux — fig it's blindingly obvious
ça crève le cœur — fig it's heartbreaking
2) (colloq) ( épuiser) [travail, chaleur] to wear [somebody] out; [patron] to work [somebody] into the groundcrever un cheval — ( au galop) to ride a horse into the ground
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verbe intransitif1) ( se percer) [pneu, nuage, abcès, tympan] to burst; [paquet] to burst open2) [automobiliste, cycliste] to have a puncture3) ( mourir) [plante, animal] to diecrever de faim/froid — to be starving/freezing
4) ( éclater) pejcrever d'envie/de jalousie — to be eaten up ou consumed with envy/with jealousy
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se crever verbe pronominal••* * *kʀəve1. vt1) [tambour, ballon] to burst2) [pneu] (délibérément) to slash, (accidentellement) to puncture3)2. vi1) [pneu] to burst, [automobiliste] to have a puncture Grande-Bretagne to have a flat USAJ'ai crevé sur l'autoroute. — I had a puncture on the motorway.
2) [abcès, sac, paquet] to burst, to burst open3) * (= mourir) to die, to snuff it *4) * figOn crève de chaud ici. — It's boiling in here.
* * *crever verb table: leverA vtr1 ( percer) to puncture, to burst [pneu, ballon]; to burst [bulle, abcès, tympan]; crever les yeux de qn ( accidentellement) to blind sb; ( volontairement) to put ou gouge littér sb's eyes out; ça te crève les yeux fig it's staring you in the face; ça crève les yeux fig it's blindingly obvious; ça me crève le cœur fig it breaks my heart; ça crève le cœur fig it's heartbreaking;2 ○( épuiser) [travail, chaleur] to wear [sb] out; [patron] to work [sb] into the ground; cet enfant me crève this child is wearing me out; crever ses hommes (au travail) to work one's men into the ground; crever un animal ( au travail) to work an animal into the ground; crever un cheval ( au galop) to ride a horse into the ground;3 ○( être affamé) la crever◑, crever la faim○ or la dalle◑ to be famished; on la crève◑ ici they're starving us here.B vi1 ( se percer) [pneu, ballon, bulle, nuage, abcès, tympan] to burst; [paquet, sac] to burst open; faire crever les groseilles cook the redcurrants gently until they burst (open);2 [automobiliste, cycliste] to have a puncture; j'ai crevé deux fois en route I had two punctures on the way;3 ( mourir) [plante, animal] to die; laisser crever des plantes/un chien to let plants/a dog die; faire crever des plantes to kill plants;4 ◑( mourir) [personne] to snuff it○ GB, to croak○, to die; qu'il crève! he can go to hell○!, he can die for all I care!; plutôt crever (que de…) I'd rather die (than…); crever de faim/froid to be starving/freezing; laisser qn crever de faim/froid to let sb starve/freeze to death; on crève de froid/chaleur dans cette maison it's freezing/baking ou boiling in this house; il fait un froid/une chaleur à crever it's terribly cold/hot; tu veux nous faire crever! are you trying to finish us off?; crever de rire to kill oneself○ laughing; c'est à crever de rire it's hysterically funny○; crever d'envie/de jalousie to be eaten up ou consumed with envy/with jealousy; crever d'orgueil to be terribly full of oneself.C se crever vpr1 ( se percer) se crever un tympan to burst an eardrum; il s'est crevé un œil he put one of his eyes out;2 ◑( s'épuiser) to wear oneself out; se crever au travail to work oneself to death; se crever à faire qch to wear oneself out ou get worn out doing sth; je me suis crevé à le peindre I wore myself out painting it; je me suis crevé pendant deux ans dans cette usine I've slaved away for two years in this factory.marche ou crève sink or swim.[krəve] verbe transitif1. [faire éclater - abcès] to burst (open) ; [ - bulle, ballon, sac] to burst ; [ - pneu] to puncture, to burst ; [ - tympan] to puncture, to pierceun cri vint crever le silence a cry pierced ou rent the silencea. [agression] to gouge ou to put out somebody's eyeb. [accident] to blind somebody in one eyecela crève le cœur it's heartbreaking ou heart-rendinga. (familier) [c'est évident] it's as plain as the nose on your face, it sticks out a mileb. [c'est visible] it's staring you in the face, it's plain for all to see2. (familier) [fatiguer] to wear out3. (locution)————————[krəve] verbe intransitif3. [mourir - animal, végétal] to die (off)————————crever de verbe plus préposition1. [éprouver]a. [par pauvreté] to be starvingb. [être en appétit] to be starving ou famishedje crève de chaud! I'm baking ou boiling!on crève de froid ici it's freezing cold ou you could freeze to death herecrever de peur/d'inquiétude to be scared/worried to death2. [être plein de]crever d'orgueil to be puffed up ou bloated with pride————————se crever verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)se crever au boulot ou à la tâche to work oneself to death -
6 faim
faim [fɛ̃]feminine noun* * *fɛ̃nom féminin hunger (de for)avoir faim de — fig to hunger for
mourir de faim — lit to die of starvation; fig to be starving
je suis resté sur ma faim — fig I was disappointed
* * *fɛ̃ nf1) hunger2) figto be left wanting more* * *faim nf hunger (de for); grève de la faim hunger strike; avoir faim to be hungry; avoir faim de fig to hunger for; avoir faim de liberté to hunger for freedom; avoir une faim de loup to be ravenous; donner faim à qn to give sb an appetite; ils ont souffert de la faim pendant la guerre they went hungry during the war; manger à sa faim to have enough to eat; tromper sa faim to stave off (one's) hunger; mourir de faim ( avoir de l'appétit) to be starving; ( par manque de nourriture) to die of starvation; il est mort de faim he died of starvation, he starved to death; le spectacle m'a laissé sur ma faim the show didn't live up to my expectations; j'attendais des révélations mais je suis resté sur ma faim I was expecting some big news but I was disappointed.[fɛ̃] nom féminin1. [appétit] hungermerci, je n'ai plus faim I've had enough, thank youj'ai une faimde loup ou à dévorer les montagnes I could eat a horse, I'm ravenousb. (figuré) to be left unsatisfied ou frustratedla faim chasse le loup (hors) ou fait sortir le loup du bois (proverbe) hunger drives the wolf out of the wood2. [famine]la faim hunger, faminesouffrir de la faim to be starving ou a victim of starvationmourir de faim to starve to death, to die of starvation3. [envie] -
7 claquer
I.v. trans. & intrans.1. To 'blow', to 'blue', to spend money furiously. Elle a tout claqué en deux temps, trois mouvements: Her motto seems to have been 'spend, spend, spend'.2. To 'knacker', to wear out, to exhaust. Rédiger un dico d'argot, ça vous claque! Compiling a dictionary of slang sure takes it out of you!3. (of business deal): To 'fall through', to collapse. Cette affaire nous a claqué dans les mains: That deal went sour overnight.4. To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die.5. Claquer le polichinelle (Prostitutes' slang): To have a miscarriage (usually brought on by dubious abortive methods).6. Claquer du bec: To 'go hungry', to starve.II.v. trans. reflex.1. To pull a muscle (whilst engaged in a sporting activity).2. To 'flog oneself to death', to drive oneself to the limit. Au boulot il ne se claque pas! You couldn't say he's working himself into an early grave! -
8 clopinettes
n. f. pl.1. 'Nix', 'nowt', nothing. Bouffer des clopinettes: To eat next to nothing, to go hungry. Elle bouffait des clopinettes pour garder la ligne: She'd starve herself to keep trim. En fait de fric, il ne nous restait que des clopinettes: All we had left was very loose change.2. Des clopinettes! No dice! — No way! — Nothing doing! -
9 crever
I.v. trans.1. To 'drive someone into the ground', to wear someone out. Il me crève avec toutes ses jérémiades: His constant moaning drives me round the bend.2. Crever la paillasse à quelqu'un: To 'do someone in', to commit murder.3. Ça crève les yeux: It's staring you in the face—It's blatantly obvious.II.v. intrans.1. (Cycling, motoring): To get a puncture.2. To 'snuff it', to 'croak', to die.3. Crever de faim: To starve, to be terribly hungry.4. Crever la faim (also: la mver): To lead a life of poverty. Depuis que son vieux est mort, elle la crève: Since her old man died, she's not had two ha'pennies to rub together.5. Tu peux toujours crever! To hell with you! Qu'il crève! Sod him!6. Marche ou crève! It's a case of 'do-or-die'. (This expression originally referred to the French Foreign Legion and its near-inhuman training methods.)7. Bouffer a en crever: To 'stuff one's face', to eat immoderately.8. Crever de rire: To split one's sides with laughter.III.v. trans.reflex. Se crever de boulot: To 'work oneself into an early grave', to kill oneself with work. -
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n. m.1. 'Sock', 'clout', blow. Prendre un pain sur le coin de la gueule: To get a 'knucklesandwich', to get punched in the face.2. Un pain (Music): A wrong note. Aux répétitions, les pains tombaient dru: Band practice was enough to make you gnash your teeth!3. Le pain de fesse (joc.): Profits from prostitution.4. Pain au lait: 'Prick', 'cock', penis.5. Pain dur. 'Crummy enterprise', worthless venture.6. Etre bon comme du bon pain: To be 'the salt of the earth', to have a heart of gold.7. Ça se vend comme des petits pains: It sells like hot cakes— These goods don't stay long on the shelf.8. Ça mange pas de pain: There's no risk entailed—This venture is self-supporting. (This expression got a new lease of life when it became the title of a San-Antonio novel.)9. Ne pas manger de ce pain-là: To be 'dead against', to be firmly opposed to something. Je ne mange pas de ce pain-là! I'd rather starve than do that!10. Perdre le goût du pain (iron.): To 'croak', to 'snuff it', to die. Je vais lui faire perdre le goût du pain! He's going to get the thrashing of his life from me! (Contrary to logic, in direct speech the expression loses a lot of its virulence.)
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