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1 beam
beam [bi:m]1. nouna. (in roof, gym) poutre fb. ( = smile) she beamed son visage s'est épanoui en un large sourire• beaming with pride, she showed them her ring rayonnante de fierté, elle leur a montré sa baguec. ( = transmit) soon we will be beaming into your homes via the Astra satellite bientôt nos émissions vous parviendront chez vous grâce au satellite Astraa. [+ message] émettre ; [+ radio broadcast] diffuserb. "welcome" she beamed « bienvenue » dit-elle d'un air radieux* * *[biːm] 1.1) (of light, torch, laser) rayon m; (of car lights, lighthouse) also Physics faisceau mon full GB ou high US beam — Automobile en (pleins) phares
on low beam — US Automobile en code
2) ( piece of wood) poutre f3) ( central shaft) ( of weighing scales) fléau m; ( in mechanics) balancier m4) Aviation, Nautical ( radio or radar course) faisceau m de guidageto be off beam — GB
to be off the beam — US lit être sorti du faisceau; fig être à côté de la plaque (colloq)
6) ( smile) grand sourire m2.transitive verb [radio, satellite] transmettre [programme, signal]3.intransitive verb lit, fig rayonner••to be broad in the beam — (colloq) être fort des hanches
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2 platform
platform ['plætfɔ:m]1 noun∎ she shared the platform with her rival elle était à la même tribune que son rival;∎ figurative it serves as a platform for their racist views cela sert de tribune pour propager leurs opinions racistes∎ gun platform plate-forme f de tir;∎ loading platform quai m de chargement(c) (at station) quai m;∎ what platform is it for York? quel quai est-ce pour York?;∎ the train waiting at platform one le train au départ voie no 1∎ electoral platform plate-forme f électorale∎ on the Macintosh platform sur la plate-forme Macintoshchaussures fpl à semelle compenséeplatform scale (balance f à) bascule f;platform shoes chaussures fpl à semelle compensée;platform soles semelles fpl compensées;platform ticket ticket m de quai -
3 scale
scale [skeɪl]1 noun(a) (of model, drawing) échelle f;∎ the sketch was drawn to scale l'esquisse était à l'échelle;∎ the map is on a scale of 1 cm to 1 km l'échelle de la carte est de 1 cm pour 1 km;∎ the scale of the map is 1 to 50,000 la carte est au 50 millième;∎ the drawing is out of scale or is not to scale le croquis n'est pas à l'échelle(b) (for measurement, evaluation) échelle f; (of thermometer) échelle f (graduée), graduation f; (of salaries, taxes) échelle f, barème m; (of values) échelle f;∎ the social scale l'échelle f sociale;∎ at the top of the scale en haut de l'échelle;∎ it all depends on your scale of values tout dépend de votre échelle de valeurs;∎ to judge sth on a scale of one to ten noter qch sur dix∎ the scale of the devastation l'étendue f des dégâts;∎ the sheer scale of the problem/task l'énormité f du problème/de la tâche;∎ to do sth on a large scale faire qch sur une grande échelle;∎ on an industrial scale à l'échelle industrielle;∎ economies of scale économies fpl d'échelle∎ to practise or to do one's scales faire ses gammes;∎ the scale of D major la gamme de ré majeur∎ figurative the scales fell from her eyes les écailles lui sont tombées des yeux(g) (of paint, plaster, rust) écaille f, écaillure f(h) (scale pan) plateau m (de balance)(a) (climb over → wall, fence) escalader(paint, rust) s'écailler; (skin) peler, se desquamer(for food) balance f; (for letters) pèse-lettre m; (in bathroom etc) pèse-personne m; (for babies) pèse-bébé m; (public) bascule f;∎ pair of scales balance f à plateaux;∎ (a pair of) kitchen scales une balance de cuisine►► scale drawing dessin m à l'échelle;Entomology scale insect coccidé m;(b) (figures, demands) réduire, baisser, diminuer;∎ production is being scaled down on a entrepris de réduire la production(paint, rust) s'écaillerécailler(b) (figures, demands) réviser à la hausse, augmenter;∎ allowances were scaled up by 10 percent les allocations ont été augmentées de 10 pour cent
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