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cold [kəʊld]1. adjectivea. froid• to pour cold water on [+ optimism] tempérer• he's a cold fish! (inf) qu'est-ce qu'il est froid !2. nouna. (in temperature) froid m• don't go out in this cold! ne sors pas par ce froid !b. ( = illness) rhume m3. compounds► cold-blooded adjective [animal] à sang froid ; [person] insensible ; [murder, attack] commis de sang-froid• to put into cold storage [+ food] mettre en chambre froide ; [+ idea, book, scheme] mettre de côté ► cold store noun entrepôt m frigorifique• to go cold turkey ( = stop) arrêter la drogue d'un seul coup ; ( = suffer withdrawal symptoms) être en manque ► the cold war noun la guerre froide* * *[kəʊld] 1.1) [U] ( chilliness) froid mto feel the cold — être sensible au froid, être frileux/-euse
to come in from ou out of the cold — lit se mettre à l'abri du froid; fig rentrer en grâce
to be left out in the cold — fig être isolé
2) [C] Medicine rhume m2.to have a cold — être enrhumé, avoir un rhume
1) ( chilly) froid; fig [colour, light] froidto be ou feel cold — [person] avoir froid
it's ou the weather's cold — il fait froid
to go cold — [food, water] se refroidir
to keep something cold — tenir [quelque chose] au frais [food]
2) ( unemotional) [manner, logic] froidto be cold to ou towards somebody — être froid avec quelqu'un
3) ( unconscious)3.to knock somebody out cold — assommer quelqu'un, mettre quelqu'un KO (colloq)
1) (colloq) ( without preparation) [speak, perform] à froid (colloq)2) US ( thoroughly) [learn, know] par cœur••to have ou get cold feet — avoir les jetons (colloq)
to be as cold as ice — [feet] être gelé; [room] être glacial
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