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1 brink
brink n lit, fig ( edge) bord m ; on the brink of doing sur le point de faire ; on the brink of disaster/success à deux doigts du désastre/succès ; to bring sb to the brink of sth conduire qn au bord de qch ; to pull back from the brink of war renoncer à la guerre au dernier moment. -
2 brink
brink [brɪŋk](of precipice, river) bord m;∎ to be on the brink of sth (tears, war, success, starvation etc) être au bord de qch; (discovery) être à la veille de qch; (death) être à deux doigts de qch; (ruin) être au bord ou à deux doigts de qch;∎ to be on the brink of doing sth être sur le point de faire qch;∎ figurative to stand shivering on the brink hésiter à faire le plongeon -
3 hover
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4 hover
hover vi1 lit [small bird, insect] voleter (over, above au-dessus de) ; [bird of prey] planer (over, above au-dessus de) ; [helicopter] faire du surplace (over, above au-dessus de) ; fig [smile] errer (on sur) ; [danger, suspicion etc] planer (over, above au-dessus de) ; [price, costs etc] tourner (around autour de) ; to hover around sb/sth tourner autour de qn/qch ; a question hovered on her lips elle avait une question au bord des lèvres ;2 ( vacillate) vaciller (between entre) ; country hovering on the brink of war pays au bord de la guerre ; to be hovering between life and death rester suspendu entre la vie et la mort. -
5 totter
totter vi [person] chanceler, vaciller ; ( drunkenly) tituber ; [baby] trébucher ; [pile of books, building] chanceler, vaciller ; fig [regime, government] chanceler ; to totter in/out entrer/sortir en vacillant ; a country tottering on the brink of civil war un pays qui bascule dans la guerre civile. -
6 verge
verge [vɜ:dʒ]1 noun(a) (edge → of lawn) bord m; (→ of forest) orée f; British (→ by roadside) accotement m, bas-côté m;∎ grass verge (round flowerbed) bordure f en gazon; (by roadside) herbe f au bord de la route; (in park, garden) bande f d'herbe;∎ British Cars soft verges (road sign) accotement instable;∎ the car skidded onto the verge la voiture a dérapé et est montée sur l'accotement ou sur le bas-côté∎ to be on the verge of tears être au bord des larmes;∎ to be on the verge of bankruptcy/of a nervous breakdown être au bord de la faillite/de la dépression nerveuse;∎ to be on the verge of adolescence/old age être au seuil de l'adolescence/de la vieillesse;∎ to be on the verge of doing sth être sur le point de faire qch;∎ I was on the verge of telling him j'étais sur le point de lui dire, j'étais à deux doigts de lui dire;∎ he's on the verge of sixty il frôle ou frise la soixantaine;∎ the country has been brought to the verge of civil war le pays a été amené au seuil de la guerre civile(road, lawn) border(be close to) côtoyer, s'approcher de;∎ they are verging on bankruptcy ils sont au bord de la faillite, la faillite les menace;∎ his feeling was one of panic verging on hysteria il ressentait une sorte de panique proche de l'hystérie ou qui frôlait l'hystérie;∎ she's verging on thirty elle frise la trentaine;∎ green verging on blue du vert qui tire sur le bleu
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