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21 étreinte
étreinte [etʀɛ̃t]feminine noun• l'armée resserre son étreinte autour de... the army is tightening its grip round...* * *etʀɛ̃t1) ( affectueuse) embrace; ( violente) grip2) fig grip•Phrasal Verbs:* * *etʀɛ̃t nf1) (force exercée) clutch, grip2) (amour, amitié) embrace* * *étreinte nf1 (affectueuse, amoureuse) embrace; ( violente) grip;2 fig grip; l'ennemi resserrait son étreinte the army was tightening its grip.étreinte fatale Ordinat deadly embrace.[etrɛ̃t] nom féminin2. [d'un boa] constriction[d'un lutteur] griples troupes ennemies resserrent leur étreinte autour de la ville the enemy troops are tightening their grip ou stranglehold on the city -
22 se crisper
kʀispe vpr/vi1) [personne] (= contracter ses muscles) to tense up2) [visage] to tense, [poings] to clench3) fig (= devenir tendu) [personne] to tense upLe jeune tennisman se crispe, perd le set, puis le match. — The young tennis player tensed up, lost the set and then the match.
4) fig (= refuser l'évolution) to become set in one's waysse crisper sur qch [parti, entreprise] — to take a rigid line on sth
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23 se serrer
seʀe1. vpr/réfl(= se rapprocher) to squeeze upSerrez-vous un peu pour que je puisse m'asseoir. — Squeeze up a bit so I can sit down.
2. vpr/vt3. vpr/récipse serrer les coudes — to stick together, to back one another up
4. vpr/pass[cœur] to sinkSon cœur se serra à la vue de cette pauvre femme. — His heart sank when he saw the poor woman.
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24 se tendre
tɑ̃dʀ vpr/pass1) [corde] to tighten2) [relations] to become strained -
25 besouille
n. f. Belt. Serrer la besouille d'un cran (fig.): To have to make do (literally to have to tighten one's belt). -
26 rideau
n. m.1. Faire rideau (also: passer an rideau): To 'do without', to 'have to go without', to miss out on somemething. Pour la bouffe, les gars, il va falloir faire rideau! I think you'll have to tighten your belts, lads, because there's no grub!2. Rideau! Well, that does it! — I don't want to hear another word!3. Ça a été rideau (of project, etc.): That was it—That was the end of it. Quand la banque a cessé de payer, ça a été rideau: It was curtains when the bank withdrew its support.4. Tomber en rideau: To break down in a motorized vehicle. On est tombés en rideau a dix kilomètres de Paris! The car died on us seven miles from Paris!5. En lever de rideau (joc.): For starters—To begin with. En lever de rideau, on s'est tapé la vaisselle! Washing up was the first item on the agenda! -
27 tringle
n. f.1. Se mettre la tringle: To have to 'go without', to have to go short of something. Côté bouffetance, on a dû se mettre la tringle! When it came to grub, we all had to tighten our belts!2. En avoir tringle de: To be sick and tired of something. Ecoute, mon vieux, on en a tringle de tes histoires à la con! Listen chum, we've just about had it up to here with your arsing about!3. Avoir la tringle: To have 'the big stick', to have 'a hard', to have an erection. Donner un coup de tringle: To 'screw', to fuck, to have coition with. -
28 Intermittents du Spectacle
People working intermittently in the media and culture sector, including part-time actors, stage hands and technicians. At the start of the twenty-first century, les Intermittents du Spectaclebenefited from extremely attractive conditions for obtaining unemployment benefit - far less stringent that conditions applied to other types of worker. Judging that the system was being abused and exploited both by many workers themselves and by the media and production companies employing them, the government decided in 2003 to tighten the conditions of entitlement to unemployment benefit. This led to massive strikes and protest actions by the Intermittents, and even to the cancellation of the 2003 Avignon theatre festival. The rules were eventually tightened up in 2006, though Intermittents still benefit from an easier entitlement to benefits than most other employees.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Intermittents du Spectacle
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29 tendre
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30 resserrer
COS ristringhjeEN to tighten
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