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whistle ['wɪsəl]∎ he walked in whistling happily il est entré en sifflant joyeusement;∎ to whistle to sb siffler qn;∎ I whistled to my dog j'ai sifflé mon chien;∎ the porter whistled for a taxi le portier a sifflé un taxi;∎ he whistles at all the girls il siffle toutes les filles;∎ the audience booed and whistled le public a hué et sifflé;∎ British let him whistle for his lunch! il peut toujours l'attendre, son repas!;∎ figurative to whistle in the dark essayer de se donner du courage(b) (bird, kettle, train) siffler;∎ bullets whistled past him des balles passaient près de lui en sifflant;∎ the wind whistled through the trees le vent gémissait dans les arbres(tune) siffler, siffloter;∎ the coach whistled them off the field l'entraîneur a sifflé pour qu'ils quittent le terrain;∎ the players were whistled off the field by the crowd les joueurs ont quitté le terrain sous les sifflements de la foule3 noun∎ the cheers and whistles of the crowd les acclamations et les sifflements de la foule;∎ if you need me, just give a whistle tu n'as qu'à siffler si tu as besoin de moi(b) (of bird, kettle, train) sifflement m(c) (instrument → of person, on train) sifflet m;∎ to blow a whistle donner un coup de sifflet;∎ the whistle blew for the end of the shift le sifflet a signalé la fin du service;∎ the referee blew his whistle for half-time l'arbitre a sifflé la mi-temps;∎ to be as clean as a whistle briller comme un sou neuf;∎ figurative it's got all the bells and whistles il a tous les accessoires possibles et imaginables∎ (penny or tin) whistle flûtiau m, pipeau m(a) (by whistling) siffler;∎ I'll whistle up a cab je vais siffler un taxi∎ I managed to whistle up a van for the move j'ai réussi à dégoter un camion pour le déménagement;∎ I can't whistle up a sofa just like that! je ne peux pas faire apparaître un canapé comme par enchantement!
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