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flat
A n
1 GB (apartment) appartement m ; one-bedroom flat deux-pièces m inv ;
2 (level part) the flat of le plat de [hand, oar, sword] ; on the flat GB [walk, park] sur le plat ;
3 (on car, bike) pneu m à plat ;
4 Mus (note, sign) bémol m ;
5 Theat châssis m ; ⇒ salt flat.
B flats npl
1 US (shoes) chaussures fpl plates ;
2 Geog (marshland) marécage m.
C adj
1 (level) [surface, landscape, road, roof] plat ; (not rounded) [stone] plat ; [stomach, chest] plat ; [nose, face] aplati ; (shallow) [dish, basket, box] plat ; to be flat on one's back/face être sur le dos/à plat ventre ; to hammer sth flat aplatir qch au marteau ; to be squashed flat être écrasé ;
2 (deflated) [tyre, ball] dégonflé ; to have a flat tyre avoir un pneu à plat ; to go flat se dégonfler ;
3 (pressed close) her feet flat on the floor les pieds bien à plat sur le sol ;
4 Fashn [shoes, heels] plat ;
5 (absolute) [refusal, rejection, denial] catégorique ; you're not going and that's flat ! tu n'iras pas, un point c'est tout! ;
6 (standard) [fare, fee] forfaitaire ; [charge] fixe ;
7 (monotonous) [voice, tone] plat, monocorde ; (unexciting) [performance, story, style] plat ; [colour] terne ; [taste] plat ;
8 (not fizzy) [beer, lemonade] éventé ; to go flat [beer] s'éventer ;
9 (depressed) to feel flat [person] se sentir déprimé ; he sounded a bit flat il n'avait pas l'air en forme ;
10 GB [battery] Elec usé ; Aut à plat ; to go flat Elec être usé ; Aut être à plat ;
11 Comm, Fin (slow) [market, trade] languissant ; [spending, profits] stagnant ;
12 Mus [note] bémol inv ; (off key) [voice, instrument] faux ; in the key of B flat minor en si bémol mineur ;
13 (matt) [paint, surface] mat.
D adv
1 (horizontally) [lay, lie] à plat ; [fall] de tout son long ; to knock sb flat terrasser qn ; to lay sb flat étendre raide qn ; they laid the village flat ils ont rasé le village ; to lie flat [person] s'étendre ; [hair] s'aplatir ; [pleat] être aplati ; to lie/land flat on one's back s'allonger/atterrir sur le dos ; I was lying flat on my back j'étais allongé sur le dos ; to fall flat on one's face lit tomber à plat ventre ; fig se casser la figure ;
2 (in close contact) we pressed flat against the wall nous nous sommes aplatis contre le mur ; she pressed her nose flat against the window elle a collé son nez à la vitre ;
3 (exactly) in 10 minutes flat en 10 minutes pile ;
4 (absolutely) carrément ; she told me flat that elle m'a carrément dit que ; to turn [sth] down flat refuser [qch] tout net [offer, proposal] ; they went flat against their orders ils ont carrément enfreint les ordres ;
5 Mus [sing, play] faux.
Idiom
to fall flat [play] faire un bide ; [joke] tomber à plat ; [party, evening] tourner court ; [plan] tomber à l'eau.

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