chalk pit im Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Übersetzungen für chalk pit im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

chalk pit [ˈtʃɔːk pɪt] SUBST

chalk pit

carrière f de craie

Übersetzungen für chalk pit im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

I.chalk [Brit tʃɔːk, Am tʃɔk] SUBST

1. chalk (gen) KUNST:

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 [Brit tʃɔːk, Am tʃɔk] VERB trans

1. chalk (write):

chalk

écrire [qc] à la craie

2. chalk (apply chalk to):

chalk

frotter [qc] avec de la craie

III.chalk [Brit tʃɔːk, Am tʃɔk]

not by a long chalk ugs!

loin de là! ugs

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 [Brit pɪt, Am pɪt] SUBST

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

pit

fosse f

2. pit MIN:

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 übtr

un abîme de dépravation

4. pit (trap):

pit

trappe f

5. pit 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 THEAT:

pit

parterre m

8. pit MOTOR:

pit (at garage)

fosse f

pit (at racetrack)

stand m

9. pit Brit (bed):

pit ugs

pieu m ugs

pit ugs

lit m

II.pit <Part Prés pitting; Prät, Part Passé pitted> [Brit pɪt, Am pɪt] VERB 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 Am (remove stones from):

pit peach, cherry, olive

dénoyauter

III.to pit oneself VERB refl

to pit oneself refl:

to pit oneself against sb

se mesurer à qn

to pit one's wits against sb

se mesurer à qn

IV.pit [Brit pɪt, Am pɪt]

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

c'est l'enfer!

this place is the pits (of the earth) ugs

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

to dig a pit for sb

tendre un piège à qn

chalk pit im PONS Wörterbuch

Übersetzungen für chalk pit im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

I.chalk [tʃɔ:k] SUBST no Pl

chalk

craie f

Wendungen:

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

être le jour et la nuit

II.chalk [tʃɔ:k] VERB trans

chalk

écrire à la craie

I.pit¹ [pɪt] SUBST

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 COMPUT, TECH (hollow, depression):

pit

creux m

4. pit (mine):

pit

mine f

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

pit

parterre m

orchestra pit

fosse f d'orchestre

6. pit (in motor racing):

pit

stand m

Wendungen:

to be the pits ugs

être nul

II.pit¹ [pɪt] VERB 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] Am SUBST

pit

noyau m

II.pit² <-tt-> [pɪt] Am VERB trans

pit

dénoyauter

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

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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