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keeled

/kiːld/ /kild/

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verb

Marquer à la mine de plomb

To mark with ruddle.

Examples :

"The farmer keeled the sheep with red dye to show they belonged to him. "

L'agriculteur a marqué les moutons à la mine de plomb avec de la teinture rouge pour montrer qu'ils lui appartenaient.

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adjective

Pourvu d'une quille

Furnished with a keel, especially a keel of a specified type

Examples :

"It was a deep-keeled yacht."

C'était un yacht à quille profonde.

nautical sailing vehicle

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verb

Tuer, assassiner

To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

Examples :

"Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined."

Fumer tue plus de personnes chaque année que l'alcool et les drogues combinés.

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verb

Mettre hors service, neutraliser

To render inoperative.

Examples :

"He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting."

Il a coupé le moteur et éteint les phares, mais est resté dans la voiture, attendant.

technical machine nautical

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verb

Cesser, annuler, mettre fin à

To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.

Examples :

"The project was keeled after the funding was cut. "

Le projet a été annulé après la suppression du financement.

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verb

Étonner, stupéfier, renverser

To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.

Examples :

"That joke always kills me."

Cette blague me tue toujours.

sensation mind emotion

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verb

Causer une grande douleur, affliger

To cause great pain, discomfort or distress to.

Examples :

"These tight shoes are killing my feet."

Ces chaussures trop serrées me causent une grande douleur aux pieds.

suffering sensation emotion mind

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verb

Dégoûter, révulser

To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.

Examples :

"It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries."

Ça me révulse d'apprendre combien de pauvres meurent de faim dans ce pays, alors que de riches magnats dépensent des sommes folles en luxes inutiles.

mind sensation emotion

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verb

Gaspiller, dilapider

To use up or to waste.

Examples :

"He keeled through his entire paycheck in just a few days buying new video games. "

Il a gaspillé tout son salaire en quelques jours en achetant de nouveaux jeux vidéo.

economy business

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verb

Renverser, accabler

To exert an overwhelming effect on.

Examples :

"Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer."

Entre nous deux, nous avons fini le reste de la caisse de bière.

outcome action nautical

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verb

Terrasser, vaincre

To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.

Examples :

"The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations."

L'équipe avait absolument terrassé ses rivaux traditionnels, et les bars sportifs locaux étaient bruyants de célébrations.

action achievement war

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verb

Mettre en faillite, couler

To force a company out of business.

Examples :

"The new, more efficient competitor keeled the struggling bookstore out of business. "

Le nouveau concurrent, plus efficace, a mis la librairie en difficulté en faillite.

business economy finance

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verb

Provoquer une douleur intense, souffrir atrocement

To produce intense pain.

Examples :

"The argument with my sister really keeled my heart; it hurt so much. "

La dispute avec ma sœur m'a vraiment fait mal au cœur ; ça m'a fait tellement souffrir.

sensation suffering body

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verb

Châtier sévèrement, punir

To punish severely.

Examples :

"My parents are going to kill me!"

Mes parents vont me punir sévèrement !

law police government

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verb

Réaliser un coup imparable

To strike (a ball, etc.) with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.

Examples :

"During the volleyball game, Maria keeled the ball over the net, leaving the other team no chance to return it. "

Pendant le match de volley-ball, Maria a réalisé un coup imparable, ne laissant aucune chance à l'autre équipe de le renvoyer.

sport game achievement point

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verb

Mettre hors jeu

To cause (a ball, etc.) to be out of play, resulting in a stoppage of gameplay.

Examples :

"The batter keeled the ball foul, stopping the baseball game briefly. "

Le frappeur a mis la balle hors jeu, arrêtant brièvement le match de baseball.

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verb

Réussir, faire mouche

To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.

Examples :

"The comedian nervously told his first joke, but thankfully, the audience laughed and he keeled with them. "

Le comédien a raconté nerveusement sa première blague, mais heureusement, le public a ri et il a fait mouche.

entertainment achievement action stage style communication language

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verb

Mettre à zéro

To cause to assume the value zero.

Examples :

"The programmer keeled the counter back to zero after the test run. "

Le programmeur a remis le compteur à zéro après l'exécution du test.

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verb

Déconnecter, éjecter

(IRC) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.

Examples :

"After accidentally flooding the chat with spam, the IRC operator keeled Sarah from the server. "

Après avoir accidentellement inondé le chat de spam, l'opérateur IRC a déconnecté Sarah du serveur.

internet computing communication technology

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verb

Chaviré, coulé

To deadmelt.

Examples :

"The candle keeled in the warm room, leaving only a pool of wax. "

La bougie a chaviré dans la pièce chaude, ne laissant qu'une flaque de cire.

nautical sailing