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I.down1 [daʊn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverba. ( = to lower level) en bas ; ( = down to the ground) par terre• down! (said to a dog) couché !• down with traitors! à bas les traîtres !• to come or go down descendreb. ( = at lower level) en basc. (from larger town, the north, university) he came down from London yesterday il est arrivé de Londres hier• I'm £20 down on what I expected j'ai 20 livres de moins que je ne pensais• we are down to our last $5 il ne nous reste plus que 5 dollars• did you get down what he said? as-tu noté ce qu'il a dit ?• our success is all down to him ( = attributable to) c'est à lui seul que nous devons notre succès2. prepositionb. ( = at a lower part of) she lives down the street elle habite plus bas dans la ruec. ( = along) le long de• looking down this street, you can see... si vous regardez dans cette rue, vous verrez...3. adjective5. compoundsII.down2 [daʊn]( = fluff, feathers) duvet m* * *Note: down often occurs as the second element in verb combinations in English ( go down, fall down, get down, keep down, put down etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (go, fall, get, keep, put etc)When used to indicate vague direction, down often has no explicit translation in French: to go down to London = aller à Londres; down in Brighton = à BrightonFor examples and further usages, see the entry belowI 1. [daʊn]to go ou come down — descendre
‘down’ — ( in crossword) ‘verticalement’
down below — en bas; ( when looking down from height) en contrebas
3) ( from upstairs)4) ( indicating direction)they live down south — (colloq) ils habitent dans le sud
5) (in a range, scale, hierarchy)profits are well down on last year's — les bénéfices sont nettement inférieurs à ceux de l'année dernière
I'm £10 down — il me manque 10 livres sterling
7) ( indicating reduction)that's seven down, three to go! — en voilà sept de faits, il n'en reste plus que trois à faire!
8) (on list, schedule)I've got you down for next Thursday — ( in appointment book) vous avez rendez-vous jeudi prochain
9) ( incapacitated)to be two sets down — [tennis player] avoir deux sets de retard
11) ( as deposit)to pay £40 down — payer 40 livres sterling comptant
12) ( downwards)2.2) ( at lower part of)3) ( along)4) ( throughout)3.down the ages ou centuries — à travers les siècles
1) (colloq)2) [escalator] qui descend; [train] descendant3) Computing en panne4.(colloq) transitive verb1) abattre [person]; descendre [plane]2) descendre (colloq) [drink]••II [daʊn]
См. также в других словарях:
fluff one's lines — See: BLOW ONE S LINES … Dictionary of American idioms
fluff one's lines — See: BLOW ONE S LINES … Dictionary of American idioms
fluff\ one's\ lines — • blow one s lines • fluff one s lines v. phr. informal To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. The noise backstage scared Mary and she blew her lines … Словарь американских идиом
blow one's lines — or[fluff one s lines] {v. phr.}, {informal} To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. * /The noise backstage scared Mary and she blew her lines./ … Dictionary of American idioms
blow one's lines — or[fluff one s lines] {v. phr.}, {informal} To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. * /The noise backstage scared Mary and she blew her lines./ … Dictionary of American idioms
blow\ one's\ lines — • blow one s lines • fluff one s lines v. phr. informal To forget the words you are supposed to speak while acting in a play. The noise backstage scared Mary and she blew her lines … Словарь американских идиом
fluff — /flʌf / (say fluf) noun 1. light, downy particles, as of cotton. 2. a downy mass; something downy or fluffy. 3. Colloquial a blunder or error in execution, performance, etc. 4. Colloquial a fart. –verb (t) 5. to make into fluff; shake or puff out …
fluff — [fluf] n. [? blend of FLUE3 + PUFF] 1. soft, light down 2. a loose, soft, downy mass of hair, feathers, cotton, dust, etc. 3. any light or trivial matter or talk 4. Theater Radio TV an error in speaking or reading a line … English World dictionary
fluff — I. noun Etymology: perhaps blend of flue (fluff) and puff Date: 1790 1. down VII,1 2. something fluffy < dandelion fluff > 3. something inconsequential 4. blunder; especially an actor s lapse of memory … New Collegiate Dictionary
line — n. long, thin mark 1) to draw a line 2) a broken; contour; crooked; curved; dotted; fine, thin; heavy, thick; horizontal; parallel; perpendicular; solid, unbroken; straight; vertical; wavy line queue (AE) 3) to form a line 4) to buck ( push into… … Combinatory dictionary
line — See: BLOW ONE S LINES or FLUFF ONE S LINES, CHOW LINE, DOWN THE LINE, DRAW A LINE or DRAW THE LINE, DROP A LINE, END OF THE ROAD or END OF THE LINE, FOUL LINE, GOAL LINE, GOAL LINE STAND, HOLD THE LINE, HOOK, LINE AND SINKER, IN LINE, IN LINE… … Dictionary of American idioms