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thick as a brick adjective [UK: θɪk əz ə brɪk] [US: ˈθɪk ˈæz ə ˈbrɪk] | bête à manger du foin ("dumb to the point of eating hay")adjectif bête comme ses pieds ("dumb as their own feet")adjectif con comme la lune ("dumb as the moon")adjectif con comme un balai ("dumb as a broom")adjectif |
trick [tricks] (magic trick) noun [UK: trɪk] [US: ˈtrɪk] | tour◼◼◼nom {m}What a fiendish trick! = Quel tour diabolique ! |
trick [tricks] (something designed to fool) noun [UK: trɪk] [US: ˈtrɪk] | tour◼◼◼nom {m}What a fiendish trick! = Quel tour diabolique ! |
trick [tricks] (effective, clever or quick way of doing something) noun [UK: trɪk] [US: ˈtrɪk] | truc◼◼◼nom {m}That's an old trick. = C'est un vieux truc. astuce◼◼◼nom {f}It's a simple trick of rhetoric. = C'est une simple astuce de rhétorique. |
trick [tricked, tricking, tricks] (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue) verb [UK: trɪk] [US: ˈtrɪk] | tromper◼◼◻verbeYou were tricked. = On t'a trompé. duper◼◼◻verbeIt's wrong to trick people like that. = C'est mal de duper les gens comme ça. [colloquial] roulerverbe |
trick [tricks] (winning sequence in cards) noun [UK: trɪk] [US: ˈtrɪk] | pli◼◼◻nom {m} levée◼◻◻nom {f} |
trick [tricks] (sailor's spell of work at the helm) noun [UK: trɪk] [US: ˈtrɪk] | quart◼◻◻nom {m} |
trick of the trade (techniques learned from job experience) noun | ficelles du métier◼◼◼nom {f pl} |
trick or treat (extortion) interjection [UK: trɪk ɔː(r) triːt] [US: ˈtrɪk ɔːr ˈtriːt] | des bonbons ou un sort◼◼◼interjection farce ou friandise◼◼◼interjection bonbon ou bâton◼◼◻interjection |
trick question (misleading question) noun | question piège◼◼◼nom |
trickery (underhanded behavior) noun [UK: ˈtrɪk.ə.ri] [US: ˈtrɪk.ə.ri] | tricherie◼◼◼nom {f} magouillage◼◻◻nom {m} |
tricky [trickier, trickiest] (hard to deal with) adjective [UK: ˈtrɪk.i] [US: ˈtrɪk.i] | délicat◼◼◼adjectifThis is tricky. = C'est délicat. compliqué◼◼◻adjectif épineux◼◼◻adjectif complexe◼◼◻adjectif |
tricky [trickier, trickiest] (adept at using deception) adjective [UK: ˈtrɪk.i] [US: ˈtrɪk.i] | rusé◼◼◻adjectif malin◼◼◻adjectif retors◼◻◻adjectif |
trickle (a very thin river) noun [UK: ˈtrɪk.l̩] [US: ˈtrɪk.l̩] | filet◼◼◼nom {m} |
trickle [trickled, trickling, trickles] (to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously) verb [UK: ˈtrɪk.l̩] [US: ˈtrɪk.l̩] | ruisseler◼◼◻verbe dégouliner◼◼◻verbeI could feel the sweat trickling down my back. = Je pouvais sentir la sueur me dégouliner du dos. |
trickle (a very thin flow; the act of trickling) noun [UK: ˈtrɪk.l̩] [US: ˈtrɪk.l̩] | dégoulinadenom {f} |
trickle [trickled, trickling, trickles] (to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously) verb [UK: ˈtrɪk.l̩] [US: ˈtrɪk.l̩] | |
trickle-down (Describing the theory that financial benefits given to the wealthy will somehow be passed down to the poor) adjective | ruissellement◼◼◼adjectif |
trickster (one who performs tricks) noun [UK: ˈtrɪk.stə(r)] [US: ˈtrɪk.stər] | filou◼◼◼nom {m} tricheur◼◼◼nom {m} |
you can't teach an old dog new tricks (too old to change) phrase | il faut ployer l'arbre pendant qu'il est jeune [literally: a tree must be bent while it is young]phrase |