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sleep

/sliːp/ /slip/

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verb

Dormir

To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.

Examples :

"You should sleep 8 hours a day."

Vous devriez dormir 8 heures par jour.

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verb

Tourner sur lui-même

(of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

Examples :

"The spinning top slept peacefully on the desk, spinning steadily without wobbling. "

La toupie tournait paisiblement sur le bureau, tournant régulièrement sans vaciller.

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verb

Faire dormir

To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.

Examples :

"The child carefully slept the yo-yo, making it spin smoothly. "

L'enfant a fait dormir le yo-yo avec soin, le faisant tourner en douceur.

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verb

Héberger, loger

To accommodate in beds.

Examples :

"This caravan can sleep four people comfortably."

Cette caravane peut héberger confortablement quatre personnes.

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verb

Dormir

To be slumbering in (a state).

Examples :

"to sleep a dreamless sleep"

dormir d'un sommeil sans rêves

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verb

Dormir, être négligent

To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

Examples :

"The student slept through the important announcement about the upcoming test. "

L'étudiant a dormi pendant l'annonce importante concernant le test à venir.

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Être mort, reposer dans la tombe

To be dead; to lie in the grave.

Examples :

"After the accident, the family mourned their son, who had slept for many years. "

Après l'accident, la famille a pleuré son fils, qui reposait dans la tombe depuis de nombreuses années.

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verb

Dormir, se reposer

To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.

Examples :

"a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps"

Une question dort pour le moment ; la loi dort.

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verb

Attendre

To wait for a period of time without performing any action.

Examples :

"After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again."

Après une tentative de connexion échouée, le programme attend 5 secondes avant de réessayer.

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verb

Dormir

To place into a state of hibernation.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully slept the hibernating ground squirrels in their underground nests for the winter. "

L'agriculteur a soigneusement fait hiberner les spermophiles en hibernation dans leurs nids souterrains pour l'hiver.

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noun

Sommeil

The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.

Examples :

"I really need some sleep."

J'ai vraiment besoin de sommeil.

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noun

Sommeil

An act or instance of sleeping.

Examples :

"I’m just going to have a quick sleep."

Je vais juste faire un petit somme.

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noun

La nuit

(metonymically) A night.

Examples :

"There are only three sleeps till Christmas!"

Il ne reste que trois nuits avant Noël !

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noun

Ressuage, chassie

Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

Examples :

"Wipe the sleep from your eyes."

Essuie la chassie de tes yeux.

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noun

Sommeil

A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.

Examples :

"The plants in the greenhouse went into sleep during the cool night. "

Les plantes de la serre sont entrées en sommeil pendant la nuit fraîche.

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Hibernation

The hibernation of animals.

Examples :

"The bear's sleep lasted for several months during the winter. "

L'hibernation de l'ours a duré plusieurs mois pendant l'hiver.

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