Signification visuelle de 'dropping'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

verb

Tomber en gouttes

To fall in droplets (of a liquid).

"The leaky faucet in the kitchen was dropping water onto the counter. "

Le robinet qui fuyait dans la cuisine laissait tomber de l'eau sur le comptoir.

nature weather

verb

Goutter, laisser tomber

To drip (a liquid).

"The equipment shows how much the glacier has moved and the amount it dropped in height over the summer."

L'équipement montre de combien le glacier s'est déplacé et la quantité de hauteur qu'il a perdue pendant l'été.

nature weather

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verb

Tomber

Generally, to fall (straight down).

"A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky."

Un seul coup de feu a été tiré et l'oiseau est tombé du ciel.

action physics

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verb

Laisser tomber, faire tomber

To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).

"The child was dropping marbles onto the floor one by one. "

L'enfant laissait tomber des billes sur le sol une par une.

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verb

Laisser tomber des gouttes, s'écouler en gouttes

To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

"The leaky faucet was dropping water into the sink all night. "

Le robinet qui fuyait laissait tomber de l'eau dans l'évier toute la nuit.

nature weather

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verb

Laisser tomber, baisser

To lower; to move to a lower position.

"The student is dropping her pencil. "

L'élève laisse tomber son crayon.

action position

verb

Déposer, laisser descendre

To set down from a vehicle; to deliver or deposit by stopping.

"Could you drop me at the airport on your way to work tomorrow?"

Pourriez-vous me déposer à l'aéroport sur le chemin du travail demain ?

vehicle action service

verb

Tomber, chuter

To sink quickly to the ground.

"Drop and give me thirty push-ups, private!"

À terre et faites-moi trente pompes, soldat !

nature action

verb

Mourir, décéder

To fall dead, or to fall in death.

"The old tree in the park was dropping from disease. "

Le vieil arbre du parc mourait de maladie.

physiology body

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verb

Cesser, arrêter

To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.

""She's dropping her Spanish class because it's too difficult." "

Elle arrête son cours d'espagnol parce que c'est trop difficile.

action process

verb

Mentionner, laisser tomber

To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.

"The moderator would drop hints whenever the students struggled."

Le modérateur laissait tomber des indices chaque fois que les étudiants étaient en difficulté.

communication language

verb

Dépenser

To part with or spend (money).

""I'm dropping about $50 on groceries this week." "

Je dépense environ 50 dollars en courses cette semaine.

finance business economy

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verb

Abandonner, renoncer à

To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion etc.).

""After realizing the argument was going nowhere, Sarah decided on dropping the topic and changing the subject." "

Après avoir réalisé que l'argumentation n'allait nulle part, Sarah a décidé d'abandonner le sujet et de changer de sujet.

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verb

Diminuer, baisser, réduire

To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.

"The price of gas has been dropping recently, which is good for drivers. "

Le prix de l'essence a récemment baissé, ce qui est une bonne chose pour les conducteurs.

value condition economy

verb

Poster, envoyer

To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message) in an offhand manner.

"Drop me a note when you get to the city."

Envoie-moi un mot quand tu arriveras en ville.

communication writing

verb

Abattre, faire tomber

To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.

"Make any sudden movements and I will drop you!"

Fais le moindre mouvement brusque et je t'abats !

military weapon action war

verb

Omettre, ne pas écrire

To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).

"Cockneys drop their aitches."

Les Cockneys omettent leurs 'h'.

language phonetics

verb

Lâcher, échapper la balle

(of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have led to the batsman being out.

"Warne dropped Tendulkar on 99. Tendulkar went on to get a century next ball"

Warne a laissé échapper Tendulkar à 99. Tendulkar a ensuite marqué un siècle au prochain ballon.

sport

verb

Avaler (une drogue)

To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.

"They had never dropped acid."

Ils n'avaient jamais avalé de drogue.

mind medicine substance

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verb

Se débarrasser de, enlever, perdre

To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.

"I dropped ten pounds and an obnoxious fiancée."

Je me suis débarrassé de dix livres et d'une fiancée odieuse.

action process

verb

Éjecter, renvoyer, supprimer

To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.

"The teacher dropped John from the science club because he missed too many meetings. "

Le professeur a supprimé John du club scientifique parce qu'il avait manqué trop de réunions.

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verb

Abandonner, se retirer

To drop out of the betting.

""He was doing well, but after losing two hands in a row, he was dropping from the poker game." "

Il jouait bien, mais après avoir perdu deux mains d'affilée, il a abandonné la partie de poker.

bet business

verb

Marquer (un but) grâce à un coup de pied tombé

(rugby football) To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.

"The fly-half was aiming to gain points but missed, and so instead of kicking the ball through the goal posts, he ended up dropping it behind them. "

Le demi d'ouverture visait à marquer des points, mais a manqué son coup, et au lieu de botter le ballon entre les poteaux, il a fini par le faire tomber derrière eux.

sport

verb

Transmettre, communiquer

To impart.

"I drop knowledge wherever I go."

Je transmets mes connaissances partout où je vais.

communication language

verb

Publier, sortir

To release to the public.

"That hacker has been threatening to drop my docs [i.e. publish my personal information]."

Ce hacker a menacé de publier mes documents.

media communication

verb

Passer, diffuser

To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.

"I love it when he drops his funky beats."

J'adore quand il passe ses rythmes funky.

music entertainment

verb

Sortir, lancer

To enter public distribution.

""Hip-Hop Xmas" dropped in time for the holidays."

"Hip-Hop Xmas" est sorti à temps pour les vacances.

media entertainment business

verb

Accorder plus bas

To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.

"The guitarist was dropping the low E string to D to play a heavier riff. "

Le guitariste accordait la corde de mi grave en ré pour jouer un riff plus lourd.

music technical

verb

Annuler, abandonner

To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.

"Because of low enrollment, the university is dropping the introductory French course next semester. "

En raison d'un faible nombre d'inscriptions, l'université annule le cours d'introduction au français le semestre prochain.

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verb

Cuire, préparer

(fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.

"Drop a basket of fries."

Fais cuire un panier de frites.

food utensil

verb

Muer

(of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.

""Michael's voice started dropping in middle school, so he sounded different when he sang." "

La voix de Michael a commencé à muer au collège, et il sonnait différemment quand il chantait.

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verb

Baisser, diminuer

(of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.

"My synthesizer makes the notes sound funny when they drop below C2."

Mon synthétiseur rend les notes bizarres quand elles descendent en dessous de C2.

music sound

verb

Rendre visite, passer

(of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.

""I'm dropping by my mom's house after work to say hello." "

Je vais rendre visite à ma mère après le travail pour lui dire bonjour.

action communication human society

verb

Mettre au monde, accoucher

To give birth to.

"to drop a lamb"

mettre au monde un agneau

animal biology

verb

Goutter, parsemer de gouttes

To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

"The artist was dropping paint onto the canvas to create a speckled effect. "

L'artiste gouttait de la peinture sur la toile pour créer un effet tacheté.

appearance color

verb

Descendre

(of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

""The vet explained that the young bull's testicles were starting to be dropping, indicating he was reaching sexual maturity." "

Le vétérinaire a expliqué que les testicules du jeune taureau commençaient à descendre, indiquant qu'il atteignait la maturité sexuelle.

body physiology sex biology human age

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noun

Chute, goutte

Something dropped.

"The heavy rain turned into a light dropping of snow by morning. "

La forte pluie s'est transformée en une légère chute de neige au matin.

thing action

noun

Excréments, crottes

(usually in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung.

"a rabbit dropping"

une crotte de lapin

animal biology

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noun

Chute

The act of something that drops or falls.

"The constant dropping of leaves in autumn made raking the yard a never-ending chore. "

La chute constante des feuilles en automne faisait du ratissage de la cour une corvée sans fin.

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