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1 verge
verge [vɜ:dʒ]a. (British) [of road] accotement m• "soft verges" « accotement non stabilisé »b. ( = edge) bord m* * *[vɜːdʒ]1) GB ( by road) accotement m, bas-côté m2) ( brink)on the verge of — au bord de [tears]; au seuil de [adolescence, death]
to bring ou drive somebody to the verge of — amener quelqu'un au bord de [bankruptcy, despair, suicide]
to bring ou drive somebody to the verge of doing — amener quelqu'un au point de faire
•Phrasal Verbs:- verge on -
2 breakdown
A n1 Aut, Mech, Tech panne f (in, of de) ; in the event of a breakdown en cas de panne ; he had a breakdown on the motorway il est tombé en panne sur l'autoroute ;2 ( collapse) (of communications, negotiations) rupture f ; (of discipline, order) dégradation f ; (of alliance, coalition) éclatement m ; ( of plan) échec m ;3 Med dépression f ; to have a (nervous) breakdown faire une dépression (nerveuse) ; to be on the verge of a breakdown être au bord de la dépression ; it's enough to give you a nervous breakdown! hum il y a de quoi faire une dépression! ;4 ( detailed account) (of figures, statistics, costs, budget) ventilation f ; ( of argument) décomposition f ; (by sex, age, nationality) a breakdown of the voters according to sex/age une répartition de l'ensemble des votants par sexe/tranche d'âge ; a breakdown of how I spent the week un emploi du temps détaillé de ma semaine passée ; -
3 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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