chalk pit nell'Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Traduzioni di chalk pit nel dizionario inglese»francese

chalk pit [ˈtʃɔːk pɪt] SOST

chalk pit

carrière f de craie

Traduzioni di chalk pit nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.chalk [ingl brit tʃɔːk, ingl am tʃɔk] SOST

1. chalk (gen) ARTE:

chalk

craie f

a stick or piece of chalk

un bâton de craie

a stick or piece of chalk attr drawing

à la craie

2. chalk (Geol):

chalk

craie f

on chalk

sur un sol crayeux

on chalk attr cliff, landscape

de craie

3. chalk attr GEOL:

chalk layer, period

crétacé

II.chalk [ingl brit tʃɔːk, ingl am tʃɔk] VB vb trans

1. chalk (write):

chalk

écrire [qc] à la craie

2. chalk (apply chalk to):

chalk

frotter [qc] avec de la craie

III.chalk [ingl brit tʃɔːk, ingl am tʃɔk]

not by a long chalk colloq!

loin de là! colloq

not to be able to tell chalk from cheese

ne pas savoir reconnaître un chat d'un chien

to be as different as chalk and cheese

être comme le jour et la nuit

to be as white as chalk

être blanc comme un linge

I.pit [ingl brit pɪt, ingl am pɪt] SOST

1. pit (for storage, weapons, bodies):

pit

fosse f

2. pit MINER:

pit

mine f

to work at the pit

travailler à la mine

to go down the pit

aller travailler à la mine

to work down the pit

être mineur

to work down the pit attr closure, fire, gates

de mine

to work down the pit strike, village

de mineurs

pit disaster

désastre m minier

3. pit (hollow):

pit

creux m

the pit of the stomach

le creux du ventre

a pit of depravity fig

un abîme de dépravation

4. pit (trap):

pit

trappe f

5. pit ingl am (in peach, cherry, olive):

pit

noyau m

6. pit FIN:

pit

corbeille f

trading pit

parquet m de la Bourse

wheat pit

Bourse f du blé

7. pit TEATR:

pit

parterre m

8. pit AUTO CORSE:

pit (at garage)

fosse f

pit (at racetrack)

stand m

9. pit ingl brit (bed):

pit colloq

pieu m colloq

pit colloq

lit m

II.pit <part pres pitting; pret, part perf pitted> [ingl brit pɪt, ingl am pɪt] VB vb trans

1. pit (in struggle):

to pit sb against opponent

opposer qn à

the match will pit Scotland against Brazil

le match opposera l'Écosse au Brésil

2. pit (mark):

pit tool: surface, stone

marquer

pit acid: metal

ronger

her skin was pitted by smallpox/acne

elle avait la peau grêlée par la variole/marquée par l'acné

3. pit ingl am (remove stones from):

pit peach, cherry, olive

dénoyauter

III.to pit oneself VB vb rifl

to pit oneself vb rifl:

to pit oneself against sb

se mesurer à qn

to pit one's wits against sb

se mesurer à qn

IV.pit [ingl brit pɪt, ingl am pɪt]

it's the pits colloq! (of place, workplace)

c'est l'enfer!

this place is the pits (of the earth) colloq

c'est un des coins les plus moches du globe colloq

to dig a pit for sb

tendre un piège à qn

chalk pit nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di chalk pit nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.chalk [tʃɔ:k] SOST no pl

chalk

craie f

locuzioni:

to be (as different as) chalk and/from cheese

être le jour et la nuit

II.chalk [tʃɔ:k] VB vb trans

chalk

écrire à la craie

I.pit¹ [pɪt] SOST

1. pit (in ground):

pit

fosse f

2. pit (mark) a. MED:

pit

marque f

in the pit of the stomach

dans le creux de l'estomac

3. pit INFORM, TECN (hollow, depression):

pit

creux m

4. pit (mine):

pit

mine f

5. pit TEATR, MUS (area of seating):

pit

parterre m

orchestra pit

fosse f d'orchestre

6. pit (in motor racing):

pit

stand m

locuzioni:

to be the pits colloq

être nul

II.pit¹ [pɪt] VB vb trans

1. pit (make holes in):

pit

creuser un trou

pitted by small pox

grêlé par la petit vérole

2. pit place in opposition:

to pit sb against sb

opposer qn contre qn

I.pit² <-tt-> [pɪt] ingl am SOST

pit

noyau m

II.pit² <-tt-> [pɪt] ingl am VB vb trans

pit

dénoyauter

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

Beta remained in the chalk pit all night and most of the following day.

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Both paths lead to the walks around the disused chalk pits.

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Most of them had been former chalk pits.

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The chalk pit also closed in 1931 after the cement factory.

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Crystals found on her skull suggest that she died after falling into a chalk pit, which was later filled with sediment.

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This was accessible to the lorries bringing chalk down from the chalk pit.

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The chalk pits were classified as a historic monument in 1931.

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Between 1926 and 1938, the company excavated approximately 3,200 tons of chalk annually from the chalk pit, all of which was used for brick production.

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This track begins to immediately climb steeply passing a chalk pit on the right then bears right to avoid overhead electric cables.

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The pool started life early in the 17th century as a chalk pit.

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