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∎ the damp has made the wood swell l'humidité a fait gonfler le bois;∎ he felt his lip begin to swell il sentit sa lèvre enfler ou gonfler;∎ figurative her heart swelled with joy/pride son cœur s'est gonflé de joie/d'orgueil(b) (increase) augmenter;∎ the crowd swelled to nearly two hundred la foule grossit et il y eut bientôt près de deux cents personnes(c) (well up → emotion) monter, surgir;∎ I felt anger swell in me je sentais la colère monter en moi(e) (grow louder) s'enfler;∎ the music swelled to its climax la musique atteignit alors son point culminant∎ the wind swelled the sails le vent gonfla les voiles;∎ her eyes were swollen with tears ses yeux étaient pleins de larmes(b) (increase) augmenter, grossir;∎ she asked her friends to come along to swell the numbers elle a demandé à ses amis de venir pour qu'il y ait plus de monde;∎ to swell the ranks of the unemployed venir grossir les rangs des chômeurs(c) (cause to rise) gonfler, grossir;∎ the rivers had been swollen by torrential rains les cours d'eau avaient été gonflés ou grossis par des pluies torrentielles3 noun∎ there was a deep or heavy swell il y avait une forte houle∎ the swell of the sails le gonflement des voiles(e) American familiar old-fashioned (big shot) gros bonnet m; (dandy) dandy m, gandin m; (rich person) personne f huppée, rupin m∎ she's a swell girl c'est une chic fille;∎ we had a swell time on s'est super bien amusés►► Music swell box boîte f expressive(se) gonflergonfler
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