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pickle

/ˈpɪkl̩/

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noun

Cornichon, un concombre mariné

A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

Examples :

"A pickle goes well with a hamburger."

Un cornichon se marie bien avec un hamburger.

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Cornichon, pickles

(often in the plural) Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.

Examples :

"My grandmother makes delicious pickles for the family's lunchboxes. "

Ma grand-mère prépare de délicieux cornichons pour les boîtes à lunch de la famille.

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Saumure

The brine used for preserving food.

Examples :

"This tub is filled with the pickle that we will put the small cucumbers into."

Cette cuve est remplie de la saumure dans laquelle nous allons mettre les petits concombres.

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Situation difficile, embarras

A difficult situation; peril.

Examples :

"The climber found himself in a pickle when one of the rocks broke off."

L'alpiniste s'est retrouvé dans une situation difficile lorsqu'un des rochers s'est détaché.

situation condition

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noun

Espiègle, garnement

A mildly mischievous loved one.

Examples :

"My little sister is a real pickle; she always gets into trouble at school, but I love her dearly. "

Ma petite sœur est une vraie espiègle ; elle a toujours des ennuis à l'école, mais je l'aime beaucoup.

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Situation difficile, embarras

Examples :

"Jones was caught in a pickle between second and third."

Jones était pris dans une situation difficile entre le deuxième et le troisième but.

situation condition

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noun

Jeu du pickle

A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown

Examples :

"The boys played pickle in the front yard for an hour."

Les garçons ont joué au jeu du pickle dans la cour avant pendant une heure.

game sport entertainment

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Pénis, verge

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Pipe à méthamphétamine

A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.

Examples :

"Load some shards in that pickle."

Charge des cristaux dans cette pipe à méthamphétamine.

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Décapage

A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.

Examples :

"The metalworker used a pickle to remove rust from the old bicycle parts. "

Le métallurgiste a utilisé un décapage pour enlever la rouille des vieilles pièces de bicyclette.

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Manette de contrôle

In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the lights are mounted.

Examples :

"The engineer used the pickle to adjust the focus of the landing lights on the helicopter. "

L'ingénieur a utilisé la manette de contrôle pour régler la mise au point des feux d'atterrissage de l'hélicoptère.

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verb

Conserver au vinaigre, mettre en conserve

To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.

Examples :

"These cucumbers pickle very well."

Ces concombres se conservent très bien au vinaigre.

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Décaper

To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.

Examples :

"The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning."

L'équipe va décaper les raccords le matin.

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verb

Sérialiser

(in the Python programming language) To serialize.

Examples :

"I will pickle the student's test data to save it to a file. "

Je vais sérialiser les données de test de l'étudiant pour les enregistrer dans un fichier.

computing technology internet technical science

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verb

Saumurer

To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.

Examples :

"The teacher, angry with the student's repeated disruptions, ordered the school janitor to pickle him after the detention. "

Le professeur, en colère contre les perturbations répétées de l'élève, ordonna au concierge de l'école de le saumurer après la retenue.

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Grain

A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)

Examples :

"The recipe called for a pickle of salt to season the stew. "

La recette demandait un grain de sel pour assaisonner le ragoût.

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Un peu, un brin

A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.

Examples :

"My son only ate a pickle of rice for lunch. "

Mon fils n'a mangé qu'un peu de riz au déjeuner.

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verb

Manger avec parcimonie

To eat sparingly.

Examples :

"Since money was tight this month, Maria had to pickle at meals, eating only small portions of everything. "

Comme l'argent était serré ce mois-ci, Maria a dû manger avec parcimonie pendant les repas, ne mangeant que de petites portions de tout.

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Voler, dérober

Examples :

"The student was accused of pickling small amounts of stationery from the classroom supply cabinet. "

L'élève a été accusé d'avoir volé de petites quantités de fournitures de bureau dans le placard de la classe.