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1 avaler
avaler [avale]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verba. [+ nourriture, boisson] to swallow• avaler la fumée [fumeur] to inhale* * *avale1) ( ingurgiter) to swallow [aliment, sirop, carte de crédit]; fig [entreprise] to swallow up [entreprise]‘ne pas avaler’ — Médecine ‘not to be taken internally’
2) ( inhaler) to inhale [fumée, vapeur]3) (colloq) ( admettre) to swallow [mensonge]* * *avale vt1) [aliment, comprimé] to swallow"ne pas avaler" — "not to be taken internally"
avaler la pilule fig — to grin and bear it, to take one's medicine
2) (= croire) [histoire, mensonges, affront] to swallow* * *avaler verb table: aimer vtr1 ( ingurgiter) [personne] to swallow [aliment, sirop, médicament]; [machine] to swallow [ticket, carte de crédit]; fig [entreprise] to swallow up [petite entreprise]; ‘ne pas avaler’ Pharm ‘not to be taken internally’; avaler sa salive to swallow; j'ai avalé de travers it went down the wrong way; j'ai avalé mon vin de travers my wine went down the wrong way; avaler ses mots fig to swallow one's words; avaler un livre fig to devour a book; avaler l'obstacle Sport to make nothing of an obstacle;3 ○( admettre) to swallow [histoire, récit, mensonge]; faire avaler qch à qn to make sb swallow sth; on te ferait avaler n'importe quoi they'd make you swallow anything; c'est dur à avaler○ it's difficult to swallow.tu as avalé ta langue? hum have you lost your tongue?; il a avalé son parapluie or sa canne hum he's so stiff and starchy.[avale] verbe transitifavaler quelque chose de travers: j'ai dû avaler quelque chose de travers something went down the wrong wayà midi, elle prend à peine le temps d'avaler son déjeuner at lunchtime, she bolts her meal(en usage absolu) [manger, boire] to swallow2. (figuré)avaler les obstacles/kilomètres to make light work of any obstacle/of distancesavaler son bulletin ou son acte de naissance ou sa chique (familier) to kick the bucket, to go and meet one's maker (humoristique)comme quelqu'un qui aurait avalé son ou un parapluiea. [raide] stiffly, with his back like a rodb. [manquant d'adaptabilité] stiffly, starchily4. [lire - roman, article] to devour6. (familier) [accepter - insulte] to swallowa. [insultes] to swallow insultsb. [mensonges] to be taken ina. [insultes] to humiliate somebodyb. [mensonges] to take somebody in -
2 engloutir
engloutir [ɑ̃glutiʀ]➭ TABLE 2 transitive verb[+ nourriture] to wolf down ; [+ navire] to swallow up ; [+ fortune] [personne] to squander ; [dépenses] to swallow up* * *ɑ̃glutiʀ1) ( faire disparaître) [mer, tempête, brouillard] to engulf, to swallow up2) (colloq) ( dévorer) to gulp [something] down* * *ɑ̃ɡlutiʀ vt1) [repas] to devour2) [revenus, capitaux] to swallow up* * *engloutir verb table: finir vtr1 ( faire disparaître) [mer, séisme, tempête, nuit, brouillard] to engulf, to swallow up;2 ○( dévorer) to gulp [sth] down, to wolf [sth] (down);3 ( dépenser) [personne, pays] to squander [argent, somme]; ( coûter) [projet, affaire] to swallow up [argent, somme]; engloutir sa fortune dans un projet to sink one's fortune into a project.[ɑ̃glutir] verbe transitif3. [dépenser] to squander————————s'engloutir verbe pronominal intransitif
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