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scab

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noun

Croute

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

Examples :

"The little girl's scraped knee had a thick scab forming over it. "

Le genou écorché de la petite fille avait une croûte épaisse qui se formait dessus.

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noun

Gale

Examples :

"My younger sister got scabies, and we had to take extra precautions to avoid spreading it. "

Ma jeune sœur a contracté la gale et nous avons dû prendre des précautions supplémentaires pour éviter de la propager.

medicine disease body

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noun

Gale

The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.

Examples :

"The sheep had a bad scab on its leg, making it difficult to walk. "

Le mouton avait une mauvaise gale à la patte, ce qui rendait la marche difficile.

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noun

Gale

Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus).

Examples :

"The potato crop had a bad case of scab, making the spuds unsuitable for sale at the farmers' market. "

La récolte de pommes de terre avait une grave gale, rendant les pommes de terre impropres à la vente au marché fermier.

disease plant biology agriculture microorganism

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noun

Gale commune

Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.

Examples :

"The farmer treated the potato plants to prevent common scab. "

L'agriculteur a traité les plants de pommes de terre pour prévenir la gale commune.

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noun

Gale

Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots.

Examples :

"The apple tree suffered from scab, leaving dark spots on the fruit. "

Le pommier souffrait de gale, laissant des taches sombres sur les fruits.

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noun

Défaut de fonderie, soufflure

(founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

Examples :

"The metal casting for the new school bell had a small scab on its surface, a tiny imperfection from the mold. "

Le moulage métallique de la nouvelle cloche de l'école présentait une petite soufflure à sa surface, une infime imperfection du moule.

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noun

Mégot, vaurien

A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.

Examples :

""No one wanted to work with the scab; he always took credit for other people's ideas and never helped with the hard work." "

Personne ne voulait travailler avec le vaurien ; il s'attribuait toujours le mérite des idées des autres et n'aidait jamais pour le travail difficile.

person character attitude moral negative

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noun

Jaune, briseur de grève

A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker.

Examples :

"During the factory strike, the company hired a scab to keep production going, angering the union workers. "

Pendant la grève de l'usine, l'entreprise a embauché un jaune pour maintenir la production, ce qui a mis en colère les travailleurs syndiqués.

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verb

Se couvrir d'une croûte

To become covered by a scab or scabs.

Examples :

"After I fell and scraped my knee, the wound started to scab over. "

Après ma chute et mon écorchure au genou, la plaie a commencé à se couvrir d'une croûte.

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verb

Former une croûte

To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.

Examples :

"The scraped knee scabbed over quickly, and the skin shed easily. "

Le genou écorché a rapidement formé une croûte et la peau s'est détachée facilement.

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verb

Écorcher, gratter

To remove part of a surface (from).

Examples :

"The carpenter scabbed off the rough edges of the wooden plank. "

Le charpentier a gratté les bords rugueux de la planche de bois.

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verb

Faire le briseur de grève

To act as a strikebreaker.

Examples :

"During the teacher's strike, some substitute teachers scabbed for the school district. "

Pendant la grève des enseignants, certains professeurs remplaçants ont fait le briseur de grève pour le district scolaire.

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verb

mendier, quémander

To beg (for), to cadge or bum.

Examples :

"I scabbed some money off a friend."

J'ai mendié de l'argent à un ami.