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41 lower bedding plane of stratum
plancher de couche; soubassement de coucheEnglish-French dictionary of Geography > lower bedding plane of stratum
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42 lower course
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43 lower pool
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44 lower snow drifting
English-French dictionary of Geography > lower snow drifting
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45 lower chord
English-French architecture and construction dictionary > lower chord
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46 lower
1) (to make or become less high: She lowered her voice.) baisser2) (to let down: He lowered the blinds.) baisser -
47 lower extremity pain
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48 lower explosive limit
limite inférieure d'explosibilité, LIEEnglish-French dictionary of labour protection > lower explosive limit
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49 lower flammable limit
limite inférieure d'explosibilité, LIEEnglish-French dictionary of labour protection > lower flammable limit
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50 lower limit of flammability
limite inférieure d'explosibilité, LIEEnglish-French dictionary of labour protection > lower limit of flammability
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51 lower-tier, municipality
municipalité f de palier inférieur -
52 lower-tier, portion, of, taxes
fraction f des impôts qui revient au palier inférieurEnglish-French legislative terms > lower-tier, portion, of, taxes
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53 lower-tier, power
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54 to flatter the lower instincts of the mob
Pol. flatter les bas instincts de la fouleEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to flatter the lower instincts of the mob
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55 to lower the flags to half-mast
Pol. mettre les drapeaux en berneEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to lower the flags to half-mast
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56 right lower abdominal quadrant
quadrant inférieur droit de l'abdomenEnglish-French medical dictionary > right lower abdominal quadrant
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57 net, lower, tier, levy
impôt m net de palier inférieur -
58 special, lower, tier, levy
imposition f extraordinaire du palier inférieurEnglish-French legislative terms > special, lower, tier, levy
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59 down
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] -
60 down
I 1. adverb1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) vers le bas, en bas2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) par terre3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) jusqu'à4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) en/de moins5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)2. preposition1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) plus bas2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) vers le/en bas3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) le long de3. verb(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) s'envoyer- downward- downwards - downward - down-and-out - down-at-heel - downcast - downfall - downgrade - downhearted - downhill - downhill racing - downhill skiing - down-in-the-mouth - down payment - downpour - downright 4. adjectiveHe is a downright nuisance!) direct, absolu- downstream - down-to-earth - downtown - downtown - down-trodden - be/go down with - down on one's luck - down tools - down with - get down to - suit someone down to the ground - suit down to the ground II noun(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) duvet- downie®- downy
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