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mole

/mɔʊl/ /mol/ /məʊl/ /moʊl/ /ˈmoʊleɪ/

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Grain de beauté

A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.

Examples :

"My sister has a small, brown mole on her left cheek. "

Ma sœur a un petit grain de beauté brun sur sa joue gauche.

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Taupe

Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.

Examples :

"The gardener was frustrated because a mole was digging tunnels in his vegetable garden, leaving little mounds of dirt everywhere. "

Le jardinier était frustré parce qu'une taupe creusait des tunnels dans son potager, laissant partout de petits monticules de terre.

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Taupe

Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.

Examples :

"The farmer set traps to get rid of the mole that was digging tunnels through his vegetable garden. "

L'agriculteur a installé des pièges pour se débarrasser de la taupe qui creusait des tunnels dans son potager.

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Taupe, espion infiltré

An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.

Examples :

"The mole within the student council leaked confidential information about the upcoming election to the rival group. "

La taupe au sein du conseil étudiant a divulgué des informations confidentielles sur les prochaines élections au groupe rival.

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Taupe, tunnelier

A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines

Examples :

"The construction crew used a mole to bore a tunnel for the new sewer pipe under the street. "

L'équipe de construction a utilisé un tunnelier pour percer un tunnel pour le nouveau tuyau d'égout sous la rue.

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Drainage taupe

A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.

Examples :

"The farmer used a mole plow to create a mole under his field, hoping it would drain the excess water and improve his crop yield. "

L'agriculteur a utilisé un drainage taupe pour créer un drainage sous son champ, espérant qu'il drainerait l'excès d'eau et améliorerait son rendement.

agriculture technology environment utility machine

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Salope, garce, pute

A moll, a bitch, a slut.

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Jetée, môle

A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

Examples :

"The new mole extends from the beach to the island, allowing easy travel between the two. "

La nouvelle jetée s'étend de la plage à l'île, permettant un voyage facile entre les deux.

architecture nautical building structure

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Môle, jetée

A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

Examples :

"The small fishing boats found safe harbor within the mole, protected from the rough sea beyond. "

Les petits bateaux de pêche ont trouvé un havre de paix à l'intérieur de la jetée, protégés de la mer agitée au-delà.

nautical architecture

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Mausolée

An Ancient Roman mausoleum.

Examples :

"The students visited the ancient Roman mole, a magnificent mausoleum. "

Les étudiants ont visité l'ancien mausolée romain, un magnifique mausolée.

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Mole

In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number.

Examples :

"The chemist used a mole of sodium chloride to prepare the solution. "

Le chimiste a utilisé une mole de chlorure de sodium pour préparer la solution.

amount chemistry substance unit physics science technical element number

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Môle hydatiforme

A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.

Examples :

"After experiencing unusual bleeding, the doctor suspected a molar pregnancy, and further examination revealed a mole in her uterus. "

Après avoir constaté des saignements inhabituels, le médecin a suspecté une grossesse molaire, et un examen plus approfondi a révélé une môle hydatiforme dans son utérus.

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Mole

One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.

Examples :

"My grandmother makes a delicious chicken dish simmered in a rich, dark mole sauce with chocolate and chili peppers. "

Ma grand-mère prépare un délicieux plat de poulet mijoté dans une riche sauce mole foncée au chocolat et aux piments.