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wall [wɔ:l]► wall table noun also console table table f or console f d'applique ; also wall mounted table table f murale à rabat* * *[wɔːl]1) gen, lit, fig mur m2) (of cave, tunnel) paroi f3) Anatomy paroi f4) ( of tyre) flanc m•Phrasal Verbs:- wall in- wall off- wall up••to be off the wall — (colloq) [person] être dingue (colloq); [comments] être incohérent
to drive somebody up the wall — (colloq) exaspérer quelqu'un
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wall [wɔ:l]1 noun(a) (of building, room) mur m; (round field, garden) mur m de clôture; (round castle, city) murs mpl, murailles fpl, remparts mpl;∎ the city walls of Langres les remparts ou murs de Langres;∎ within the city walls dans les murs, dans la ville, intra-muros;∎ the prisoners went over the wall les prisonniers ont fait le mur;∎ people like him should be put up against a wall and shot les gens comme lui méritent la peine de mort;∎ familiar to drive or to send sb up the wall rendre qn fou ou dingue;∎ familiar I'll go up the wall if I have to work with her je vais devenir fou si je dois travailler avec elle;∎ this is between you, me and these four walls garde ça pour toi, que ça reste entre nous;∎ walls have ears les murs ont des oreilles(c) (of mountain) paroi f, face f∎ a wall of fire une muraille de feu;∎ a wall of silence un mur de silence(garden, land) clôturer, entourer d'un mur; (city) fortifier►► wall bars espalier m (pour exercices);wall bracket support m mural;wall clock pendule f murale;wall covering tapisserie f, revêtement m mural;Ornithology wall creeper grimpereau m ou tichodrome m des murailles;wall cupboard placard m mural;wall game = sorte de football pratiqué à Eton;wall hanging tenture f murale;wall lamp, wall light applique f (lampe);wall lighting éclairage m par appliques;wall painting peinture f murale;wall socket prise f murale;Botany wall speedwell véronique f des champs;Wall Street Wall Street (quartier de la Bourse de New York);∎ according to Wall Street… selon la Bourse de New York…, selon Wall Street…;∎ a Wall Street broker un courtier de la Bourse de New York;the Wall Street Crash le krach de Wall Street;wall unit élément m mural(garden) clôturer, entourer d'un mur;∎ the park was walled in on all four sides by giant buildings le parc était bordé sur les quatre côtés par des immeubles gigantesques;∎ figurative she felt walled in by social convention elle se sentait prisonnière des convenancesséparer par un mur ou par une cloison;∎ part of the garden was walled off from the rest une partie du jardin était isolée du reste par un mur(door, window) murer, condamner; (body, treasure) emmurerⓘ THE WALL STREET CRASH Ce krach financier, survenu à la Bourse de New York le 24 octobre 1929 ("jeudi noir"), entraîna la ruine de plusieurs milliers de personnes, acculant même certains au suicide. Cet événement est considéré comme le point de départ de la crise économique qu'allaient vivre les États-Unis pendant dix ans (la grande dépression). -
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WALL [wɔ:l]Computing ( abbreviation Web-assisted language learning) enseignement m des langues assisté par la Toile -
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[wo:l] 1. noun1) (something built of stone, brick, plaster, wood etc and used to separate off or enclose something: There's a wall at the bottom of the garden: The Great Wall of China; a garden wall.) mur(aille)2) (any of the sides of a building or room: One wall of the room is yellow - the rest are white.) mur2. verb((often with in) to enclose (something) with a wall: We've walled in the playground to prevent the children getting out.) entourer d'un mur- walled- - walled - wallpaper 3. verb(to put such paper on: I have wallpapered the front room.) tapisser- have one's back to the wall - up the wall -
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I ['wɔːl striːt]proper noun US Finance Wall StreetIICette petite rue new yorkaise est le centre de la finance et des affaires aux États-Unis. Wall Street est souvent employé pour désigner la Bourse de New York, également située dans cette rue -
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English-French business dictionary > hole-in-the-wall machine
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Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > pellitory-of-the-wall
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sea [si:]1. nouna. mer f• by or beside the sea au bord de la merb. a sea of faces/difficulties/doubts une multitude de visages/de difficultés/de doutes2. compounds• 100 metres above/below sea level 100 mètres au-dessus/au-dessous du niveau de la mer ► sea lion noun otarie f* * *[siː] 1.1) gen mer fbeside ou by the sea — au bord de la mer
to put (out) to sea —
by sea — [travel] en bateau; [send] par bateau
2) ( as career)to go to sea — ( join Navy) s'engager dans la marine; ( join ship) se faire engager comme marin
3) ( sailor's life)4) fig2.a sea of — une nuée de [faces]
seas plural noun3.noun modifier [ air, breeze] marin; [ bird, water] de mer; [ crossing, voyage] par mer; [ battle] naval; [ creature] de la mer; [ power] maritime••
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wall painting — noun a painting that is applied to a wall surface • Syn: ↑mural • Derivationally related forms: ↑mural (for: ↑mural), ↑muralist (for: ↑mural) … Useful english dictionary
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wall fruit — noun : fruit borne by trees trained against a wall * * * wall fruit noun 1. A fruit tree growing against a wall 2. Its fruit • • • Main Entry: ↑wall * * * wall fruit, fruit from trees or other plants trained to grow against a wall, as for… … Useful english dictionary
wall tent — noun a canvas tent with four vertical walls (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑canvas tent, ↑canvas, ↑canvass * * * noun : a tent with four perpendicular cloth walls * * * a tent having four perpendicular sides, usually larger and with more headroom than… … Useful english dictionary
Wall Street Crash — ˌWall Street ˈCrash noun FINANCE 1. the period in October 1929 when shares and other investments in the US fell in value by very large amounts, and that was followed by the depression 2. October 19, 1987, when shares in the US fell in value by… … Financial and business terms