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wall

/wɔːl/ /wɔl/

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noun

Rempart, muraille

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

Examples :

"The ancient city had a strong wall around it to protect its people from invaders. "

La ville antique avait une forte muraille autour d'elle pour protéger ses habitants des envahisseurs.

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noun

Mur, rempart

A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

Examples :

"The town wall was surrounded by a moat."

Le rempart de la ville était entouré de douves.

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noun

Mur

Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.

Examples :

"The classroom had tall walls that kept out the noise from the hallway. "

La salle de classe avait de hauts murs qui empêchaient le bruit du couloir de pénétrer.

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noun

Cul-de-sac, impasse

A point of desperation.

Examples :

"Facing the looming deadline, the student felt the project had become a wall. "

Face à l'échéance imminente, l'étudiant sentait que le projet était devenu une impasse.

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noun

Défaite, extinction

A point of defeat or extinction.

Examples :

"The team's poor performance in the final game was their wall, preventing them from winning the championship. "

La mauvaise performance de l'équipe lors du match final a été sa défaite, l'empêchant de remporter le championnat.

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noun

Obstacle, barrière

An impediment to free movement.

Examples :

"A wall of police officers met the protesters before they reached the capitol steps."

Un mur de policiers a rencontré les manifestants avant qu'ils n'atteignent les marches du Capitole.

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noun

Le myrtil

A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera).

Examples :

"The butterfly fluttering around the garden was a wall. "

Le myrtil qui voltigeait dans le jardin était un myrtil.

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noun

Mur

(often in combination) A barrier.

Examples :

"a seawall; a firewall"

un mur de soutènement ; un pare-feu

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noun

Mur

A barrier to vision.

Examples :

"The tall wall blocked my view of the playground from my bedroom window. "

Le grand mur bloquait ma vue sur l'aire de jeux depuis la fenêtre de ma chambre.

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noun

Mur

Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.

Examples :

"a wall of sound; a wall of water"

Un mur de son ; un mur d'eau

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noun

Paroi

A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.

Examples :

"The thick wall of muscle in the stomach helps to contain food. "

La paroi musculaire épaisse de l'estomac aide à contenir les aliments.

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noun

Enchérisseur de façade, prête-nom

(auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

Examples :

"The auctioneer used a wall to drive up the price of the antique chair. "

Le commissaire-priseur a utilisé un prête-nom pour faire monter le prix de la chaise antique.

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noun

Un médecin qui essaie d'admettre le moins de patients possible

A doctor who tries to admit as few patients as possible.

Examples :

"The doctor was known as a wall; he always tried to limit the number of patients he saw. "

Le médecin était connu comme un mur ; il essayait toujours de limiter le nombre de patients qu'il voyait.

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noun

Mur

A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.

Examples :

"The wall of defenders prevented the soccer player from scoring a goal. "

Le mur de défenseurs a empêché le footballeur de marquer un but.

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noun

Mur, fil d'actualités

A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.

Examples :

"My wall on the app shows reminders about my son's school events and my daughter's soccer practice. "

Mon fil d'actualités sur l'application affiche des rappels concernant les événements scolaires de mon fils et l'entraînement de football de ma fille.

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verb

Entourer de murs, murer

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

Examples :

"He walled the study with books."

Il a muré le bureau avec des livres.

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verb

Bouillir

Examples :

"The soup was boiling over, so I had to wall it down to prevent a mess. "

La soupe débordait, alors j'ai dû la faire bouillir à feu doux pour éviter le désordre.

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verb

jaillir, sourdre

To well, as water; spring.

Examples :

"The spring in the park walls up clean water for the thirsty birds. "

La source du parc fait jaillir de l'eau claire pour les oiseaux assoiffés.

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noun

Source, fontaine

A spring of water.

Examples :

"The hikers were surprised to find a cool, fresh wall of water gushing from the mountainside. "

Les randonneurs ont été surpris de trouver une source d'eau fraîche et fraîche jaillissant de la montagne.

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noun

Un nœud de mur

A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.

Examples :

"The climber tied a wall knot at the end of the rope before starting the ascent. "

L'alpiniste a fait un nœud de mur au bout de la corde avant de commencer l'ascension.

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verb

Faire un nœud de mur à l'extrémité de (une corde)

To make a wall knot on the end of (a rope).

Examples :

"Before tying the package, she walled the end of the rope securely. "

Avant de ficeler le paquet, elle a fait un nœud de mur à l'extrémité de la corde, de manière sûre.

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interjection

Ah bon, eh bien

Used to acknowledge a statement or situation.

Examples :

""Wall! We need to talk about that project again." "

Ah bon ! Il faut qu'on reparle de ce projet.

communication language word exclamation essential

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interjection

Waouh, ouah!

An exclamation of surprise (often doubled or tripled).

Examples :

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"

Waouh, waouh, waouh, qu'est-ce qu'on a là ?

exclamation language essential

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interjection

Fi, pouah

An exclamation of indignance.

Examples :

"Well! There was no need to say that in front of my mother!"

Fi ! Il n'était pas nécessaire de dire ça devant ma mère !

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interjection

Euh, ben, bah

Used in speech to express the overcoming of reluctance to say something.

Examples :

"It was a bit... well... too loud."

C'était un peu... euh... trop fort.

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interjection

Euh, ben, alors

Used in speech to fill gaps, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question; filled pause.

Examples :

"“So what have you been doing?” “Well, we went for a picnic, and then it started raining so we came home early.”"

« Alors, qu'est-ce que tu as fait ? » « Euh, on a fait un pique-nique, et puis il s'est mis à pleuvoir, alors on est rentrés tôt. »

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interjection

Salut

(Hiberno-English) Used as a greeting

Examples :

""Wall! See you later, Dad." "

Salut ! À plus tard, papa.

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