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arrière-plan nom | wallpaper◼◻◻(computing: image used to cover a desktop) |
arrière-train nom {m} | bottom [bottoms]◼◼◼(euphemistic: buttocks or anus) rear end [rear ends]◼◼◼(buttocks) |
(vehicle) faire marche arrière verbe | back [backed, backing, backs](to go in the reverse direction) |
assurer ses arrières verbe | cover one's backverb |
barrière nom | barrier [barriers]◼◼◼(obstacle or impediment) barrier [barriers]◼◼◼(structure that bars passage) |
barrière nom {f} | hurdle [hurdles]◼◻◻(perceived obstacle) railing [railings]◼◻◻(fence or barrier) |
barrière d'espèce nom {f} | species barrier◼◼◼(inability of a disease to be transmitted) |
barrière de péage nom | tollgate◼◼◼noun |
barrière linguistique nom {f} | language barrier◼◼◼(barrier to communication) |
cale arrière nom {f} | cargo hold◼◼◼(ship's hold) |
carrière nom {f} | career [careers]◼◼◼(an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan) career [careers]◼◼◼(one's calling in life; a person's occupation) quarry [quarries]◼◼◻(site for mining stone) |
couvrir ses arrières verbe | cover one's backverb |
d'avant en arrière adverbe | to and fro◼◼◼(back and forth) |
direct du bras arrière nom {m} | cross [crosses](hook thrown over opponent's punch) |
député de l'arrière-ban nom {m} | backbencher◼◼◼(member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank) |
en arrière adverbe | backward◼◼◼(in the direction towards the back) aback(backwards) ass-backwards(moving backwards, that is, rear end first) |
en arrière de preposition | abaft◼◼◼((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) |
en arrière-plan nom {f} | background [backgrounds]◼◼◼(computing: activity not visible to the user) |
faire machine arrière verbe | backpedal [backpedalled, backpedalling, backpedals]◼◼◼(to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement) |
faire marche arrière verbe | back up◼◼◼(To move a vehicle backwards) back away◼◼◻(to retreat, keeping the attention in front) backpedal [backpedalled, backpedalling, backpedals]◼◼◻(to distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement) |
feu arrière nom {m} | taillight [taillights]◼◼◼(rear mounted lights on a vehicle) |
grande barrière de corail nom {f} | Great Barrier Reef◼◼◼proper noun |
laisser en arrière verbe | leave behind◼◼◼(forget about) |
lunette arrière nom {f} | backlight [backlights]◼◼◼(rear window of a motor car) |
marche arrière nom | reverse [reverses]◼◼◼(gear) |
marche arrière nom {f} | U-turn◼◻◻(reversal of policy) volte-face(reversal of attitude, policy, or principle) |
patte arrière nom {f} | hind leg [hind legs]◼◼◼(either of two legs towards the rear) |
pause-carrière nom {f} | career break◼◼◼noun |
pièce à l'arrière nom {f} | backroom [backrooms]◼◼◼(room) |
protéger ses arrières verbe | cover one's backverb |