grind

grind
grind
A n
1 (hard work) boulot m or travail m monotone ; the daily grind le boulot or le train-train quotidien ; back to the grind ! au boulot ! ; marking exam papers is an awful grind corriger des copies d'examen est une vraie corvée ; it was a long hard grind cycling up the hill c'était long et pénible de monter la côte en vélo ; it'll be a long hard grind ça va être très dur ;
2 (harsh sound) grincement m ;
3 US péj (hardworking student) bûcheur/-euse m/f.
B vtr (prét, pp ground)
1 (crush) moudre [corn, coffee beans, pepper] ; écraser, broyer [seeds, grain] ; concasser [pebbles, stone] ; hacher [meat] ; to grind sth to dust/to a powder réduire qch en poussière/en poudre ; to grind corn into flour moudre du grain pour en faire de la farine ; to grind one's teeth grincer des dents ; to grind sth into the ground écraser qch par terre ;
2 (sharpen) affûter or aiguiser [qch] (à la meule) [knife, blade] ; (polish) polir [lenses] ; égriser [gems] ;
3 (turn) tourner [handle] ; Mus jouer de [barrel organ].
C vi (prét, pp ground)
1 (make harsh sound) [machine, engine] grincer ; to grind to a halt [vehicle, train] s'arrêter avec un grincement de freins ; [machine] s'arrêter ; fig [factory, economy, industry, production] s'immobiliser ;
2 (be crushed) [corn, coffee beans] se moudre ;
3 US (swot) bûcher , potasser ;
4 US [dancer] danser en se déhanchant de manière provocante.
Phrasal verbs
grind away bosser , bûcher ; she is grinding away at her maths elle bûche ses maths.
grind down :
grind down [sth], grind [sth] down (crush) écraser, broyer ; (pulverize) pulvériser [substance] :
grind [sb] down avoir [qn] à l'usure ; to be ground down by poverty être accablé par la misère.
grind on [negotiations, project] se poursuivre inexorablement.
grind out :
grind out [sth], grind [sth] out
1 (extinguish) écraser [cigarette] ;
2 (play) to grind out a tune on a barrel organ jouer un air sur un orgue de Barbarie ; she grinds out novels at the rate of one a month elle pond des romans au rythme d'un par mois ; ‘mind your own business,’ he ground out ‘occupez-vous de vos affaires,’ a-t-il grommelé entre ses dents.
grind up pulvériser.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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