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Traduzioni di whittle away at nel dizionario inglese»francese (Vai a francese»inglese)

Traduzioni di whittle away at nel dizionario francese»inglese (Vai a inglese»francese)

Traduzioni di whittle away at nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.away [ingl brit əˈweɪ, ingl am əˈweɪ] AGG Away often appears in English as the second element of a verb (run away, put away, get away, look away, give away etc.). For translations, look at the appropriate verb entry (run, put, get, look, give etc.).
away often appears after a verb in English to show that an action is continuous or intense. If away does not change the basic meaning of the verb only the verb is translated: he was snoring away = il ronflait. If away does change the basic meaning of the verb (he's grinding away at his maths), consult the appropriate verb entry.
This dictionary contains Usage Notes on topics like distance. For the index to these Notes see .

II.away [ingl brit əˈweɪ, ingl am əˈweɪ] AVV

Vedi anche: walk, stay, run, put, practice run, look, keep, give, get, far, fairy, drive

I.walk [ingl brit wɔːk, ingl am wɔk] SOST à pied is often omitted with movement verbs if we already know that the person is on foot. If it is surprising or ambiguous, à pied should be included.

1. walk:

1. walk:

to walk it colloq SPORT

1. walk:

I.stay [ingl brit steɪ, ingl am steɪ] SOST

III.stay [ingl brit steɪ, ingl am steɪ] VB vb trans

1. stay (remain):

I.run [ingl brit rʌn, ingl am rən] SOST

III.run <pret ran, part perf run> [ingl brit rʌn, ingl am rən] VB vb trans

5. run (operate):

IV.run <pret ran, part perf run> [ingl brit rʌn, ingl am rən] VB vb intr

1. run (move quickly):

10. run (flow):

I.put [ingl brit pʊt, ingl am pʊt] SOST

put FIN → put option

II.put <part pres putting, pret, part perf put> [ingl brit pʊt, ingl am pʊt] VB vb trans

1. put (place):

2. put (cause to go or undergo):

6. put (express):

I.look [ingl brit lʊk, ingl am lʊk] SOST

1. look (glance):

3. look (expression):

4. look (appearance):

air m
il a l'air sympa colloq
il a une bonne tête colloq

1. look (gaze, stare):

1. look:

3. look (appear, seem):

tu es mignon à croquer! colloq
+ congt it looks certain that

5. look:

‘tu as des ennuis?’ ‘à ton avis?’ iron

I.keep [ingl brit kiːp, ingl am kip] SOST

II.keep <pret, part perf kept> [ingl brit kiːp, ingl am kip] VB vb trans

1. keep (cause to remain):

III.keep <pret, part perf kept> [ingl brit kiːp, ingl am kip] VB vb intr

I.give [ingl brit ɡɪv, ingl am ɡɪv] SOST

II.give <pret gave, part perf given> [ingl brit ɡɪv, ingl am ɡɪv] VB vb trans

1. give (hand over) person:

donner (to à)
offrir (to à)

4. give (allow, accord):

III.give <pret gave, part perf given> [ingl brit ɡɪv, ingl am ɡɪv] VB vb intr

3. give (yield, break) → give way

don't give me that colloq!
to give sb what for colloq
passer un savon à qn colloq
what gives? colloq

I.get <part pres getting, prét got, part perf got, gotten ingl am> [ɡet] VB vb trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

1. get (receive):

get TV, RADIO channel, programme

II.get <part pres getting, prét got, part perf got, gotten ingl am> [ɡet] VB vb intr

get along with you colloq!
get away with you colloq!
get her colloq!
get him colloq in that hat!
he got his (was killed) colloq
il a cassé sa pipe colloq
I've/he's got it bad colloq
to get it together colloq
to get it up volg sl
bander volg sl
to get it up volg sl
to get one's in ingl am colloq
to get with it colloq
where does he get off colloq?

I.far [ingl brit fɑː, ingl am fɑr] AVV

1. far (to, at, from a long distance):

3. far (to, at a long time away):

4. far (to a great degree, very much):

5. far (to what extent, to the extent that):

II.far [ingl brit fɑː, ingl am fɑr] AGG

VIII.far [ingl brit fɑː, ingl am fɑr]

fairy [ingl brit ˈfɛːri, ingl am ˈfɛri] SOST

I.drive [ingl brit drʌɪv, ingl am draɪv] SOST

II.drive <pret drove, part perf driven> [ingl brit drʌɪv, ingl am draɪv] VB vb trans

1. drive driver:

III.drive <pret drove, part perf driven> [ingl brit drʌɪv, ingl am draɪv] VB vb intr

1. drive AUTO CORSE:

whittle [ingl brit ˈwɪt(ə)l, ingl am ˈ(h)wɪdl] VB vb trans

I.hand [ingl brit hand, ingl am hænd] SOST

1. hand ANAT:

hands off colloq!
pas touche! colloq
hands off colloq!
bas les pattes! colloq

7. hand (possession):

I.length [ingl brit lɛŋ(k)θ, lɛn(t)θ, ingl am lɛŋ(k)θ, lɛnth] SOST

1. length (linear measurement):

2. length (duration):

Vedi anche: full-length

I.all [ingl brit ɔːl, ingl am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [ingl brit ɔːl, ingl am ɔl] DETERM

2. all (the whole of):

III.all [ingl brit ɔːl, ingl am ɔl] AVV

1. all (emphatic: completely):

IV.all [ingl brit ɔːl, ingl am ɔl] SOST

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [ingl brit ɔːl, ingl am ɔl]

to be as mad/thrilled as all get out colloq ingl am
he's not all there colloq
it's all go colloq here! ingl brit
on s'active ici! colloq
it's all up with us colloq ingl brit
all in ingl brit sl
all in ingl brit sl

Vedi anche: worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [ingl brit wəːst, ingl am wərst] SOST

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

2. worst (expressing the most pessimistic outlook):

3. worst (most unbearable):

II.worst [ingl brit wəːst, ingl am wərst] AGG superlative of bad

III.worst [ingl brit wəːst, ingl am wərst] AVV

IV.worst [ingl brit wəːst, ingl am wərst] VB vb trans form

I.thing [ingl brit θɪŋ, ingl am θɪŋ] SOST

1. thing (object):

truc m colloq
à quoi sert ce truc? colloq

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [ingl brit θɪŋ, ingl am θɪŋ]

it's the in thing colloq
il a trouvé le bon filon colloq
to have a thing about (like) colloq
craquer pour colloq
it's a girl/guy thing colloq
to make a big thing (out) of it colloq

I.place [ingl brit pleɪs, ingl am pleɪs] SOST

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [ingl brit pleɪs, ingl am pleɪs] VB vb trans

I.people [ingl brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, ingl am ˈpipəl] SOST (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [ingl brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, ingl am ˈpipəl] SOST sost pl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [ingl brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, ingl am ˈpipəl] VB vb trans letter

I.best [ingl brit bɛst, ingl am bɛst] SOST

6. best (peak, height):

II.best [ingl brit bɛst, ingl am bɛst] AGG superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [ingl brit bɛst, ingl am bɛst] AVV

best superlative of well

you'd best do colloq

IV.best [ingl brit bɛst, ingl am bɛst] VB vb trans (defeat, outdo)

I.bad [ingl brit bad, ingl am bæd] SOST

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [ingl brit bad, ingl am bæd] AGG

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad colloq
pas mauvais, pas mal colloq

3. bad (morally or socially unacceptable):

grossier/-ière
+ congt it will look bad

7. bad (ill, with a weakness or injury):

to be in a bad way colloq

III.bad [ingl brit bad, ingl am bæd] AVV colloq esp ingl am

IV.bad [ingl brit bad, ingl am bæd]

I.once [ingl brit wʌns, ingl am wəns] SOST

II.once [ingl brit wʌns, ingl am wəns] AVV

1. once (one time):

IV.once [ingl brit wʌns, ingl am wəns] CONG

at [ingl brit at, ət, ingl am æt, ət] PREP

whittle away at nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di whittle away at nel dizionario inglese»francese

whittle <-ling> [ˈwɪtl, ingl am ˈwɪt̬-] VB vb trans

Inglese americano

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese
Just stand in a control point to take control of it and whittle away at your opposition.
business.financialpost.com
Then you whittle away at them with interactions or attacks.
www.kotaku.com.au
Either a death by a thousand cuts, where you whittle away at their funding, or their support, even their office space.
abcnews.go.com
Our brains learn to whittle away at life's rough edges until we become who we are as adults.
www.theverge.com
It can be a daunting task to whittle away at pages of unread e-mails, she says, a chore that can leave you wishing you hadn't come back to the office.
www.theglobeandmail.com
The songwriting process is sort of like automatic writing for us; make up some gibberish to go with a tune and then whittle away at it until meaning emerges.
www.digitaljournal.com
On the surface, it might not seem like a big deal to see the city whittle away at its rainy-day fund.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
Organizational changes continued to whittle away at the wing's strength in 1966 and 1967.
en.wikipedia.org
He delicately uses the chainsaw, feathering it against the trunk to whittle away at the piece.
www.theobserver.ca
It explores how environments whittle away at the soul and morals of the underserved.
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