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fish

/fɪʃ/ /fɘʃ/

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noun

Poisson

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

Examples :

"Salmon is a fish."

Le saumon est un poisson.

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noun

Poisson

Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

Examples :

"The aquarium contained many colorful fish. "

L'aquarium contenait de nombreux poissons colorés.

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noun

Chair de poisson

The flesh of the fish used as food.

Examples :

"The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta."

Les pâtes aux fruits de mer contenaient beaucoup de chair de poisson, mais pas assez de pâtes.

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noun

Jeu de cartes du 'poisson'

A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

Examples :

"My friend and I played a game of fish during our lunch break at school. "

Mon ami et moi avons joué au jeu de cartes du 'poisson' pendant notre pause déjeuner à l'école.

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noun

Femme

Examples :

"My sister is a good fish; she always helps others. "

Ma sœur est une bonne femme ; elle aide toujours les autres.

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noun

Pigeon, dupe

An easy victim for swindling.

Examples :

"The new student was a fish, easily tricked into paying for extra tutoring sessions that weren't necessary. "

Le nouvel étudiant était un pigeon, facilement dupé pour payer des cours de tutorat supplémentaires qui n'étaient pas nécessaires.

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noun

Un mauvais joueur de poker

A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

Examples :

"My brother is a terrible poker player; he's a real fish. "

Mon frère est un joueur de poker terrible ; c'est un vrai mauvais joueur.

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noun

Épissure, éclisse

A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

Examples :

"The ship's captain used a fish to temporarily strengthen the damaged mast. "

Le capitaine du navire a utilisé une éclisse pour renforcer temporairement le mât endommagé.

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noun

Poisson

A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Examples :

"The fisherman used a special fish to quickly retrieve his anchor. "

Le pêcheur a utilisé un poisson spécial pour récupérer rapidement son ancre.

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noun

Torpeur

Examples :

"The submarine's attack craft was a special kind of fish, designed for swift underwater attacks. "

L'engin d'attaque du sous-marin était une sorte spéciale de torpille, conçue pour des attaques sous-marines rapides.

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noun

Poissons

A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:

Examples :

"The fish family is a paraphyletic group, encompassing various species of bony fish and cartilaginous fish. "

La famille des poissons est un groupe paraphylétique, englobant diverses espèces de poissons osseux et de poissons cartilagineux.

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noun

La trente-quatrième carte de Lenormand

The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

Examples :

"My tarot reader showed me the fish card, suggesting a time for reflection. "

Ma cartomancienne m'a montré la carte du poisson, suggérant un temps de réflexion.

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noun

Pêche

A period of time spent fishing.

Examples :

"My grandfather enjoys his weekly fish, spending several hours on the lake. "

Mon grand-père apprécie sa pêche hebdomadaire, passant plusieurs heures sur le lac.

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Recherche

An instance of seeking something.

Examples :

"Merely two fishes for information told the whole story."

Seulement deux recherches d'informations ont raconté toute l'histoire.

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verb

Pêcher

To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

Examples :

"She went to the river to fish for trout."

Elle est allée à la rivière pour pêcher la truite.

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Rechercher, pêcher

To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

Examples :

"They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body."

Ils ont recherché le corps dans les lacs environnants.

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verb

Pêcher

To use as bait when fishing.

Examples :

"To catch a trout, he fished a small worm. "

Pour attraper une truite, il a pêché avec un petit ver.

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verb

Pêcher, chercher

To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

Examples :

"He was fishing for the keys in his pocket."

Il cherchait les clés dans sa poche.

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verb

Sonder, chercher à obtenir des informations

(followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

Examples :

"The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments."

Les acteurs traînaient à la porte, sondant pour obtenir des compliments.

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verb

Manquer la balle

Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

Examples :

"The student tried to fish the ball outside off stump, but missed completely. "

L'étudiant a essayé de manquer la balle en dehors du stump, mais a complètement manqué.

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Réparer, rajuster

To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

Examples :

"The ship's captain ordered the crew to fish the broken mast with a strong timber beam. "

Le capitaine du navire a ordonné à l'équipage de réparer le mât cassé avec une forte poutre en bois.

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verb

Hisser les flukes de

To hoist the flukes of.

Examples :

"The sailor expertly fished the small boat's sail up the mast. "

Le marin a expertement hissé la voile du petit bateau en haut du mât.

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noun

Jeton, pion

A counter, used in various games.

Examples :

"My brother used five fish to complete the game. "

Mon frère a utilisé cinq jetons pour terminer le jeu.

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