Francuski | Angielski |
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serre nom {f} | greenhouse [greenhouses]◼◼◼(building in which plants are grown more quickly than outside) conservatory [conservatories]◼◻◻(a greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants) talon [talons]◼◻◻(hooked claw) |
serre-câble nom {m} | cable tie◼◼◼(a type of fastener) |
serre-joint nom {m} | clamp [clamps]◼◼◼(woodworking tool) |
serre-livre nom {m} | bookend◼◼◼(object designed to keep books upright) |
serre-tête nom {m} | headband [headbands]◼◼◼(strip of fabric worn around the head) |
serre-écrou nom {m} | spanner [spanners](hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts) wrench [wrenches](hand tool) |
serrer verbe | shake [shook, shaken, shaking, shakes]◼◼◼(intransitive: to shake hands) tighten [tightened, tightening, tightens]◼◼◼(to make tighter) squeeze [squeezed, squeezing, squeezes]◼◼◼(to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once) hug [hugged, hugging, hugs]◼◼◼(to embrace) clamp [clamped, clamping, clamps]◼◼◻(to fasten in place or together) clamp [clamped, clamping, clamps]◼◼◻(to hold or grip) clench [clenched, clenching, clenches]◼◼◻(to squeeze) clasp [clasped, clasping, clasps]◼◼◻(take hold of; grab tightly) clutch [clutched, clutching, clutches]◼◼◻(to grip or grasp tightly) |
serrer la main verbe | shake hands◼◼◼(grasp another person's hands) |
serrer les dents verbe | gnash [gnashed, gnashing, gnashes]◼◼◼(to grind one's teeth in pain or in anger) grit one's teeth(clench one's teeth together) grit one's teeth(face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it) |
serrer les dents [clench the teeth] verbe | bite the bullet◼◼◼(accept or endure a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.) |
serrer les rangs verbe | close ranks◼◼◼(to regroup forces) |
ceindre ceinturer entourer enserrer verbe | gird [girt, girding, girds](to encircle with, or as if with a belt) |
clé serre tube nom {f} | pipe wrench(adjustable wrench) |
desserrer verbe | loosen [loosened, loosening, loosens]◼◼◼(to make less tight) |
effet de serre nom {m} | greenhouse effect [greenhouse effects]◼◼◼(process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere) |
enserrer verbe | close in on(to enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse) |
gaz à effet de serre nom {m} | greenhouse gas [greenhouse gases]◼◼◼(any gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect) |
resserrer les taux verbe {m} | tighten [tightened, tightening, tightens](to raise interest rate) |
sans serrer adverbe | loosely◼◼◼(not tightly) |
se resserrer verbe | tighten [tightened, tightening, tightens]◼◼◼(to become tighter) shrink [shrank, shrunk(en), shrinking, shrinks]◼◼◻(intransitive: to contract, to become smaller) |
se serrer la ceinture verbe | tighten one's belt(be more frugal) |
se serrer la main verbe | shake [shook, shaken, shaking, shakes]◼◼◼(intransitive: to shake hands) |