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1 neck
1 Anat cou m ; to wear sth round one's neck porter qch autour du cou ; to fling one's arms around sb's neck sauter or se jeter au cou de qn ; to drip ou run down sb's neck [liquid] dégouliner dans le cou de qn ; the back of the neck la nuque ;3 Fashn ( collar) col m ; ( neckline) encolure f ; with a high neck à or avec un col montant ; with a low neck décolleté ;5 ( narrowest part) (of bottle, flask) goulot m, col m ; ( of vase) col m ; the neck of the womb le col de l'utérus ;7 Geog isthme m ;8 Dent collet m ;B ○ vi se bécoter ○.to be a pain in the neck ○ être casse-pieds ○ ; lit, fig to be neck and neck être à égalité ; he's up to his neck in it ○ il y est enfoncé jusqu'au cou ; he's up to his neck in debt ○ il est endetté jusqu'au cou ; to get ou catch it in the neck ○ en prendre pour son grade ○ ; to risk one's neck ○ risquer sa peau ○ ; to stick one's neck out ○ s'avancer ; to win by a neck [horse] gagner d'une encolure ; [person] gagner de peu ; in this neck of the woods ○ par ici, dans ces parages ; to be dead from the neck up ○ être abruti, n'avoir rien dans la cervelle. -
2 steam
A n1 ( vapour) vapeur f ; (in room, on window) buée f ; vegetables cooked in steam légumes cuits à la vapeur ; machines/trains powered by steam machines/trains à vapeur ; steam rose from the ground la vapeur montait du sol ; my breath turned to steam in the cold je faisais de la buée en respirant dans le froid ;2 Mech ( from pressure) pression f ; to get up ou raise steam mettre la chaudière sous pression ; the locomotive is under steam la locomotive est sous pression ; full steam ahead! Naut, fig en avant toute!C vtr Culin faire cuire [qch] à la vapeur [vegetables] ; steamed carrots carottes à la vapeur ; steamed pudding GB pudding cuit à la vapeur.D vi1 ( give off vapour) [kettle, pan, soup] fumer ; [water] bouillir ; [engine, machine] fumer ; [horse, ground, volcano] fumer ;2 Rail the trains used to steam across ou through the countryside autrefois les trains traversaient la campagne en crachant des nuages de fumée ;3 ○ ( move fast) se précipiter.to get up ou pick up steam [machine, vehicle] prendre de la vitesse ; [campaign] prendre de l'importance ; to run out of steam [athlete, orator, economy] s'essouffler ; [worker] peiner ; to let ou blow off steam ( use excess energy) se défouler ○ ; ( lose one's temper) se mettre en colère ; to get somewhere under one's own steam se rendre or aller quelque part par ses propres moyens.■ steam ahead fig to steam ahead in the polls progresser dans les sondages ; she's steaming ahead with her thesis sa thèse avance bien.■ steam off:▶ steam off [train] s'éloigner dans un nuage de vapeur ; [person] ( in anger) partir furieux/-ieuse ;▶ steam [sth] off, steam off [sth] décoller [qch] à la vapeur [stamp, wallpaper].■ steam open:▶ steam [sth] open, steam open [sth] décacheter [qch] à la vapeur [envelope, letter].■ steam up:▶ steam up [window, glasses] s'embuer ;▶ steam [sth] up embuer [window] ; to get steamed up fig [person] se mettre dans tous ses états (over à propos de).
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