town gas dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

Traductions de town gas dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

I.gas [GB ɡas, Am ɡæs] SUBST

1. gas (fuel):

gas

gaz m

to cook/heat a house with gas

cuisiner/chauffer une maison au gaz

to turn up/turn down the gas

augmenter/baisser le gaz

on a low/medium gas (in cooking)

à feu doux/moyen

on a high gas

à grand feu

to use bottled gas

utiliser du gaz en bouteille

to use bottled gas épith board, industry, company

du gaz

to use bottled gas explosion, pipe

de gaz

2. gas CHIM:

gas

gaz m

3. gas DENT (anaesthetic):

gas

anesthésie f

to have gas

être anesthésié

4. gas MILIT:

gas

gaz m de combat

5. gas Am (petrol):

gas

essence f

6. gas:

gas, a. gas pedal Am (accelerator) fam

accélérateur m

7. gas GB (chat, talk) fam, démod:

to have a gas

papoter fam

8. gas (funny experience, person) fam:

it was a gas!

on s'est bien marrés! fam

what a gas!

quelle (partie de) rigolade! fam

he's a gas

c'est un marrant fam

II.gas <pprés gassing; prét, ppas gassed> [GB ɡas, Am ɡæs] VERBE trans (gen) MILIT

gas person, animal

gazer

III.gas <pprés gassing; prét, ppas gassed> [GB ɡas, Am ɡæs] VERBE intr

1. gas (give off gas):

gas

dégager des gaz

2. gas GB fam, démod:

gas (chatter)

papoter fam

gas (go on at length)

parler sans arrêt

IV.to gas oneself VERBE pron

to gas oneself pron < pprés gassing; prét, ppas gassed>:

to gas oneself

se suicider au gaz

V.gas [GB ɡas, Am ɡæs]

to step on the gas

appuyer sur le champignon fam

GA Am abrév écrite

GA → Georgia

Voir aussi : Georgia

Georgia [GB ˈdʒɔːdʒə, Am ˈdʒɔrdʒə] (all contexts)

Georgia

Géorgie f

town [GB taʊn, Am taʊn]

town SUBST:

town

ville f

to go into town

aller en ville

the whole town knows about it

toute la ville est au courant

she's out of town at the moment

elle n'est pas là en ce moment

he comes from out of town Am

il n'est pas d'ici

to leave or skip fam town Am

quitter la ville

guess who's back in town fam!

devine qui est au retour!

look me up next time you're in town

viens me voir la prochaine fois que tu passeras à Londres (or à Paris or à New York etc)

she's in town to publicize her film

elle est à Londres (or à Paris or à New York etc) pour faire de la publicité pour son film fam

to go out on the town , to have a night (out) on the town

faire la noce or la bombe fam

to go to town on (be extravagant with)

ne pas lésiner sur

to go to town on decor, catering

mettre le paquet sur fam

to go to town on (make much of) story, scandal

exploiter [qc] à fond

he's the talk of the town

on ne parle que de lui

town and gown GB

les citadins mpl et les universitaires mpl

Voir aussi : Town and gown

Town and gown Info

Town and gown

Dans les villes universitaires, en particulier à Cambridge et Oxford, expression qui renvoie à la coexistence de deux cultures, celle de la ville et de ses habitants (town), et celle de l'université, en particulier les professeurs et les étudiants (gown). → Oxbridge

town gas dans le dictionnaire PONS

Traductions de town gas dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

town gas SUBST GB

town gas

gaz m de ville

Traductions de town gas dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

I.gas <-es [or -sses]> [gæs] SUBST

1. gas (not a liquid or solid, fuel):

gas

gaz m

a gas grill/stove/oven

un grill/four à gaz

2. gas no plur fam MÉD:

gas

anesthésie f

3. gas no plur MILIT:

gas

gaz m de combat

gas mask

masque à gaz

poison gas

gaz asphyxiant

4. gas no plur Am, Can fam (petrol):

gas

essence f

to get gas

prendre de l'essence

to step on the gas

appuyer sur l'accélérateur

5. gas Am fam:

a gas

une bonne rigolade

II.gas <-ss-> [gæs] VERBE trans

gas by accident

asphyxier

gas deliberately

gazer

town [taʊn] SUBST

town

ville f

to be in town

être en ville

to be out of town person

être en déplacement

to be out of town supermarket

être à l'extérieur de la ville

to go up to town

monter en ville

Idiomes/Tournures:

to have a night on the town

s'éclater en ville

to go to town on sth fam

mettre le paquet pour qc

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

Several major infrastructure developments arrive such as distributed town gas, electricity, town water supplies, and a sewage treatment system.

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The few internal combustion engined vehicles present, often ran on town gas stored in gasbags on roofs or wood/charcoal gas from gasifiers on trailers.

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Although town gas lighting was available in some cities, kerosene produced a brighter light until the invention of the gas mantle.

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Most town gas was also odorized, if it did not have its own odor.

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For over 100 years the peninsula was dominated by the gasworks which primarily produced town gas, also known as coal gas.

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This year also saw the beginning of an extraordinary ten-year programme which saw the conversion of every gas appliance in the country to use natural gas rather than town gas.

www.thenational.scot

The boys re-inflate the cake using town gas through the gas stove's connection.

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After the changeover from town gas to natural gas between 1969 and 1978, they were no longer used and were shut down.

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Electricity and natural gas, both cleaner and more economical, supplanted town gas in the 1900s.

biomassmagazine.com

Town gas is a more general term referring to manufactured gaseous fuels produced for sale to consumers and municipalities.

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