mile

mile
A n
1 Meas mile m (= 1609 mètres) ; it's 50 miles away c'est à 80 kilomètres d'ici ; a 10 mile journey un trajet de 15 kilomètres ; she lives 10 miles from me elle habite à 15 kilomètres de chez moi ; half a mile 800 mètres ; 60 miles per hour 100 kilomètres à l'heure ; to do over 50 miles to the gallon consommer moins de six litres aux cent ;
2 fig to walk for miles marcher pendant des kilomètres ; to stretch for miles s'étendre sur des kilomètres ; it's miles away! c'est au bout du monde ; miles from anywhere loin de tout ; not a million miles from here/from the truth pas très loin d'ici/de la vérité ; to see/recognize sth a mile off voir/reconnaître qch de loin ; you could smell it a mile off on pouvait le sentir à cent lieues à la ronde ; to stand out a mile, stick out a mile sauter aux yeux ; I'd run a mile je prendrais mes jambes à mon cou ; to be miles away (daydreaming) être complètement ailleurs ;
3 (race) the mile le mile ; the 4 minute mile le mile en 4 minutes.
B miles npl (as intensifier) [bigger, more important etc] beaucoup ; miles better bien meilleur ; to be miles out (wrong) [estimate, figure] être complètement faux ; [person] être très loin du compte.
Idioms
a miss is as good as a mile Prov rater, même de peu, c'est rater ; to go the extra mile en faire plus ; to talk a mile a minute US parler à toute vitesse.

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