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trêve [tʀεv]feminine nounb. ( = répit) rest• s'accorder une trêve to allow o.s. a rest• trêve de plaisanteries, tu veux vraiment te marier avec lui ? joking apart, do you really want to marry him?* * *tʀɛv1) Armée truce2) ( moment de répit) respitesans trêve — unceasingly, without any let-up
trêve de plaisanteries/balivernes! — that's enough joking/nonsense!
* * *tʀɛvnf Ev1) MILITAIRE, POLITIQUE truce2) fig (= arrêt momentané) respitetrêve de... — enough of this...
* * *trêve nf1 Mil truce; demander/signer une trêve to seek/to sign a truce; respecter/violer une trêve to respect/to violate a truce; observer une trêve de trois jours to observe a three-day truce;2 ( moment de répit) respite; après quelques jours de trêve after a few days' respite; sans trêve unceasingly, without any let-up; trêve de plaisanteries/balivernes! that's enough joking/nonsense![trɛv] nom fémininelle s'est accordée une trêve dans la rédaction de sa thèse she took a break from writing her thesisla trêve des confiseursthe lull in political activities between Christmas and the New Year in France————————trêve de locution prépositionnelletrêve de bavardages! we must stop chatting!, enough of this chatting!allez, trêve de plaisanteries, où est la clef? come on, stop messing about, where's the key?————————sans trêve locution adverbiale -
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pouce [pus]masculine nouna. [de main] thumb ; [de pied] big toeb. ( = mesure) inch* * *pus
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nom masculin1) ( de la main) thumb; ( du pied) big toe2) ( unité de mesure) inch
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exclamation schoolchildren's slang pax! GB, truce!••se tourner or rouler les pouces — (colloq) to twiddle one's thumbs
donner un coup de pouce à quelqu'un/à quelque chose — ( au départ) to help somebody/something get started; ( pour relancer) to give somebody/something a boost
* * *pus nm1) (= doigt) thumbJe me suis coincé le pouce dans la porte. — I trapped my thumb in the door.
se tourner les pouces; se rouler les pouces — to twiddle one's thumbs
2) (= mesure) inch (2.54 centimetres)* * *A nm1 ⇒ Le corps humain ( de la main) thumb; ( du pied) big toe; se faire mal au pouce to hurt one's thumb;2 ⇒ Les mesures de longueur ( unité de mesure) inch; ne pas progresser/céder d'un pouce not to move forward/give an inch; ne pas bouger d'un pouce not to budge an inch.se tourner or rouler les pouces to twiddle one's thumbs; manger/déjeuner sur le pouce to have a quick bite to eat/to have a quick bite to eat at lunchtime; manger une soupe sur le pouce to have a quick bowl of soup; mettre les pouces○, dire pouce to give up; donner un coup de pouce à qn/à qch ( au départ) to help sb/sth get started; ( pour relancer) to give sb/sth a boost.[pus] nom masculin[orteil] big toe2. [dans un jeu]3. [mesure] inchje ne changerai pas d'un pouce les dispositions de mon testament I won't change one jot ou iota of my will4. (Québec & locution)faire du pouce, voyager sur le pouce to hitchhike -
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masculine noun* * *pl drapeaux dʀapo nom masculin flagPhrasal Verbs:* * *dʀapodrapeaux pl nmsous les drapeaux — with the colours Grande-Bretagne with the colors USA in the army
* * *drapeau, pl drapeaux nm flag; le drapeau européen the European flag; être sous les drapeaux to be doing military service; être appelé sous les drapeaux to be called up.drapeau blanc white flag; drapeau noir gén black flag; ( de pirates) Jolly Roger; drapeau tricolore ( drapeau français) tricolourGB.1. [pièce d'étoffe] flagle drapeau blanc the white flag, the flag of trucele drapeau britannique the British flag, the Union Jackcombattre/se ranger sous le drapeau de quelqu'un to fight under/to rally round somebody's flag2. [patrie]pour le drapeau ou l'honneur du drapeau (sens propre & humoristique) ≃ for King and country (UK), ≃ for the red, white and blue (US)4. [au golf] pin————————sous les drapeaux locution adverbialea. [au service militaire] to be doing one's military serviceb. [en service actif] to serve in one's country's armed forces -
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truce — [n] peaceful solution accord, agreement, amnesty, armistice, break, breather*, ceasefire, cessation, de escalation, detente, halt, intermission, interval, letup, lull, moratorium, olive branch*, pause, peace, reconciliation, reprieve, respite,… … New thesaurus
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truce — [tro͞os] n. [ME trewes, pl. of trewe, a pledge < OE treow, compact, faith: see TRUE] 1. a temporary cessation of warfare by agreement between the belligerents; armistice; cease fire 2. any pause in or respite from quarreling, conflict, trouble … English World dictionary