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[weid]1) (to go or walk (through water, mud etc) with some difficulty: He waded across the river towards me; I've finally managed to wade through that boring book I had to read.) patauger (dans)2) (to cross (a river etc) by wading: We'll wade the stream at its shallowest point.) passer à gué•- wader -
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wade [weɪd]avancer, marcher;∎ they waded across the stream ils ont traversé le ruisseau à pied;∎ we waded into the water nous sommes entrés dans l'eau;∎ she waded out to the boat elle s'avança dans l'eau vers le bateau(river) passer ou traverser à piedBritish (in fight, quarrel) s'en mêlerBritish (work, task) attaquer, s'atteler à, se mettre à; (meal) attaquer, entame; (person → verbally) s'attaquer à, s'en prendre à; (→ physically) attaquer, se jeter sur;∎ critics have waded into his latest film la critique a démoli son dernier filmavancer ou marcher dans;∎ to wade through piles of dirty clothing (walk through them) se tailler un chemin à travers des piles de linge sale;∎ figurative I'm still wading through 'War and Peace' je suis toujours aux prises avec 'Guerre et paix';∎ it took me a month to wade through that book il m'a fallu un mois pour venir à bout de ce livre;∎ she's got a 100-page report to wade through elle a un rapport de 100 pages à lire, elle doit se taper un rapport de 100 pages -
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wade [weɪd]a. ( = paddle) to wade through water/mud marcher dans l'eau/la boueb. ( = advance with difficulty) (inf) we had to wade through pages of figures nous avons dû lire des pages et des pages de chiffres* * *[weɪd]1) ( in water)2) ( proceed with difficulty)to wade through something — lit se frayer un chemin pour traverser quelque chose
•Phrasal Verbs:- wade in
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