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1 rot
∎ to rot in prison pourrir ou croupir en prison;∎ familiar let them rot! qu'ils crèvent!(vegetable, fibres) (faire) pourrir; (tooth) carier, gâter;∎ sugar rots your teeth le sucre gâte les dents ou donne des caries3 noun∎ the rot has set in ça commence à se gâter;∎ to stop the rot empêcher les choses de se dégrader, remonter la pente;∎ we've stopped the rot on remonte la pente∎ don't talk rot! arrête de raconter n'importe quoi!;∎ that's utter rot!, what rot! c'est vraiment n'importe quoi!(compost material) se décomposer -
2 rot
A n1 lit pourriture f ; fig mal m ; the rot in the system le mal qui ronge le système ; to stop the rot fig arrêter le mal or la gangrène ; the rot set in when… les choses ont commencé à se gâter quand… ;3 Vet piétin m.C vi ( p prés etc - tt-) ( also rot away) lit pourrir ; fig [person] moisir ○ ; to leave sb to rot in prison laisser moisir ○ or croupir ○ qn en prison. -
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[rot] 1. past tense, past participle - rotted; verb(to make or become bad or decayed: The fruit is rotting on the ground; Water rots wood.) (faire) pourrir2. noun1) (decay: The floorboards are affected by rot.) pourriture2) (nonsense: Don't talk rot!) bêtises•- rotten- rottenness - rotter
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talk rot — {v. phr.} To say silly things; talk nonsense. * /He s talking rot when he says that our company is almost bankrupt./ … Dictionary of American idioms
talk rot — {v. phr.} To say silly things; talk nonsense. * /He s talking rot when he says that our company is almost bankrupt./ … Dictionary of American idioms
talk\ rot — v. phr. To say silly things; talk nonsense. He s talking rot when he says that our company is almost bankrupt … Словарь американских идиом
rot — ► VERB (rotted, rotting) 1) decompose by the action of bacteria and fungi; decay. 2) gradually deteriorate or decline. ► NOUN 1) the process of decaying. 2) rotten or decayed matter. 3) ( … English terms dictionary
rot — n. 1) black; creeping; dry rot 2) (misc.) to talk rot ( to talk nonsense ) * * * [rɒt] creeping dry rot black (misc.) to talk rot ( to talk nonsense ) … Combinatory dictionary
rot — rot1 [rɔt US ra:t] v past tense and past participle rotted present participle rotting [: Old English; Origin: rotian] 1.) [I and T] to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this ▪ Candy will rot your teeth. ▪ The trees were… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rot — [[t]rɒ̱t[/t]] rots, rotting, rotted 1) V ERG When food, wood, or another substance rots, or when something rots it, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed. If we don t unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos... [V n]… … English dictionary
rot — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something do this: Sugar rots your teeth. | the stench of rotting eggs 2 rot in jail/prison etc to get into a bad mental or physical condition because you have been forced to stay… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rot — verb (rots, rotting, rotted) 1》 decompose by the action of bacteria and fungi; decay. 2》 gradually deteriorate or decline. noun 1》 the process of decaying. ↘rotten or decayed matter. 2》 (the rot) Brit. a process of deterioration; a decline in … English new terms dictionary
rot — Noun. Nonsense. E.g. Don t talk rot! What you ve just said is total nonsense … English slang and colloquialisms
talk — [n1] speech, address to group allocution, chalk talk*, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, lecture, monologue, oration, peroration, prelection, recitation, screed,… … New thesaurus