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noun

Le bruit d'une tape légère

The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep

Examples :

"The little girl's light pat on the door announced her arrival. "

Le léger bruit de la petite fille tapant à la porte annonça son arrivée.

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noun

Tape, tapotement

A light tap or slap, especially with the hands

Examples :

"The little girl gave her doll a gentle pat on the head. "

La petite fille a donné une légère tape sur la tête à sa poupée.

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noun

Motte, pâté

A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully scraped the pat of cow dung off the side of the barn. "

Le fermier a soigneusement gratté la motte de bouse de vache sur le côté de la grange.

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verb

Tapotter, caresser

To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.

Examples :

"To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head."

Pour montrer son affection, il a décidé de tapoter la tête du garçon.

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verb

Tapoter, caresser légèrement

To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

Examples :

"I patted the cookie dough into shape."

J'ai tapoté la pâte à biscuits pour lui donner une forme.

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verb

Caresse

To stroke or fondle (an animal).

Examples :

"Do you want to pat the cat?"

Veux-tu caresser le chat ?

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verb

Pleuvoir doucement, bruiner

To gently rain.

Examples :

"The sky began to pat gently, giving us a welcome break from the heat. "

Le ciel a commencé à bruiner doucement, nous offrant une pause bienvenue de la chaleur.

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adjective

Opportun, approprié, pertinent

Timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.

Examples :

"a pat expression"

Une expression opportune.

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adjective

Éculé, banal

Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

Examples :

"The teacher's presentation was pat, covering all the required points but lacking any insightful ideas. "

La présentation du professeur était banale, couvrant tous les points requis mais manquant d'idées originales.

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adverb

À point nommé, opportunément

Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.

Examples :

"The teacher announced the test results pat, just as the students were finishing their last assignment. "

Le professeur a annoncé les résultats du test à point nommé, juste au moment où les élèves terminaient leur dernier devoir.

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adverb

Parfaitement

Examples :

"He has the routine down pat."

Il maîtrise parfaitement la routine.

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noun

Brevet

Examples :

"My uncle received a patent for his new invention. "

Mon oncle a reçu un brevet pour sa nouvelle invention.

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noun

Modèle, motif

Examples :

"The wallpaper has a beautiful pat of flowers. "

Le papier peint a un beau motif de fleurs.

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