verge no Dicionário de Francês-Inglês da Oxford-Hachette

Traduções para verge no dicionário inglês»francês

verge [Brit vəːdʒ, americ vərdʒ] SUBST

1. verge Brit (by road):

verge

accotement m

verge

bas-côté m

grass verge

accotement herbeux

soft verge

accotement non stabilisé

2. verge (brink):

on the verge of tears

au bord de

on the verge of adolescence, old age, death

au seuil de

on the verge of success

sur le point de réussir

on the verge of doing

sur le point de faire

on the verge of sleep/a discovery

sur le point de s'endormir/de faire une découverte

to bring or drive sb to the verge of bankruptcy, despair, revolt, suicide

amener qn au bord de

to bring or drive sb to the verge of doing

amener qn au point de faire

I.verge on VERBO [Brit vəːdʒ -, americ vərdʒ -] (verge on [sth])

verge on panic, stupidity, contempt:

verge on

friser

to be verging on the ridiculous/the illegal

friser le ridicule/l'illégal

soft verge SUBST

soft verge

accotement m non stabilisé

Traduções para verge no dicionário francês»inglês

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accotement

verge

accotement meuble ou non stabilisé ENGENH

soft verge Brit

berme (de fossé)

verge

lisière (bord) fig

verge

bas-côté

verge Brit

elle était au bord de l'apoplexie fig

she was on the verge of having an apoplectic fit

défaillant (défaillante) (près de s'évanouir) formal personne:

on the verge of fainting après subst

confiner à la caricature/l'absurde

to border ou verge on caricature/the absurd

verge no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para verge no dicionário inglês»francês

verge [vɜ:dʒ, americ vɜ:rdʒ] SUBST

1. verge (physical edge):

verge

bord m

on the verge of the road

sur le bord de la route

2. verge Brit (on road):

verge

bas-côté m

grass verge

bordure f

soft verges AUTOMOB

accotement m instable

3. verge (brink):

to be on the verge of tears

être au bord des larmes

to be on the verge of childhood

être au seuil de l'enfance

to be on the verge of resigning/leaving sb

être sur le point de démissionner/quitter qn

verge on VERBO trans

verge on

friser

to verge on the ridiculous

friser le ridicule

Traduções para verge no dicionário francês»inglês

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accotement

verge Brit

accotements non stabilisés

soft verge

banquette d'une voie

verge

à l'orée de qc (au début de)

on the verge of sth

tirer sur qc couleur

to verge on sth

verge Exemplos do Dicionário PONS (verificados pela redação)

on the verge of the road

sur le bord de la route

grass verge

bordure f

to be on the verge of tears

être au bord des larmes

to be on the verge of childhood

être au seuil de l'enfance

to be on the verge of resigning/leaving sb

être sur le point de démissionner/quitter qn

to verge on the ridiculous

friser le ridicule

Exemplos unilingues (não verificados pela redação)

inglês

Is our sleepy Majorcan valley on the verge of joining the modern world?

www.telegraph.co.uk

Juries may be dismissed and skeptical juries have been dismissed on the verge of verdicts, and acquittals are frequently overturned by higher courts.

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His remarkable humility, which could verge on embarrassment when praise was heaped on him, seemed undoubtedly of this place.

news.nationalpost.com

His dramas sometimes verge into dark territory and even physical violence, but always with an underlying sense of optimism.

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The island of Martinique was on the verge of civil war.

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He believed that the whole region was on the verge of war and went out to investigate.

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It is hypocritical to hold her to standards that verge on the prim or prudish.

www.thestar.com

Just when the organization of her poems seems on the verge of wavering, she returns to the restraint with which most of them begin.

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The problem with the verge was that it required the pendulum to swing in a wide arc of 80 to 100.

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Many of his stories verge on the dream-like, while other are closer to science-fiction.

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