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oscillating

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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French
English
English

osciller [ɔsile] VB intr

1. osciller (se balancer):

osciller pendule:
to swing
osciller navire:
to rock
osciller foule:
to sway
osciller tête:
to roll from side to side

2. osciller (fluctuer):

osciller monnaie:
to fluctuate

3. osciller (hésiter):

osciller
to vacillate (entre between)
sainfoin oscillant
telegraph plant
English
English
French
French
undulatory
oscillant
love-hate relationship
relation f oscillant entre l'amour et la haine
oscillate PHYS, TECH
faire osciller
oscillate PHYS, TECH
osciller (between entre)
sway trees, building
osciller
sway
osciller
swaying
oscillant
see-saw fig price, rate:
osciller
waver needle:
osciller
wobble
osciller
wobble (on bicycle)
osciller
to veer between depression and elation
osciller entre le découragement et l'allégresse

in the PONS Dictionary

French
French
English
English

osciller [ɔsile] VB intr

1. osciller (balancer):

osciller
to oscillate
osciller personne
to rock
osciller tête
to shake
osciller flamme
to flicker
osciller pendule
to swing

2. osciller (hésiter, varier):

osciller entre qc et qc personne
to waver between sth and sth
osciller entre qc et qc chose
to fluctuate between sth and sth
English
English
French
French
oscillate
osciller
oscillate
faire osciller
to hover between sth and sth
osciller entre qc et qc
see-saw
osciller
in the PONS Dictionary
French
French
English
English

osciller [ɔsile] VB intr

1. osciller (balancer):

osciller
to oscillate
osciller personne
to rock
osciller tête
to shake
osciller flamme
to flicker
osciller pendule
to swing

2. osciller (hésiter, varier):

osciller entre qc et qc personne
to waver between sth and sth
osciller entre qc et qc chose
to fluctuate between sth and sth
English
English
French
French
oscillate
osciller
oscillate
faire osciller
to hover between sth and sth
osciller entre qc et qc
seesaw
osciller
Présent
j'oscille
tuoscilles
il/elle/onoscille
nousoscillons
vousoscillez
ils/ellesoscillent
Imparfait
j'oscillais
tuoscillais
il/elle/onoscillait
nousoscillions
vousoscilliez
ils/ellesoscillaient
Passé simple
j'oscillai
tuoscillas
il/elle/onoscilla
nousoscillâmes
vousoscillâtes
ils/ellesoscillèrent
Futur simple
j'oscillerai
tuoscilleras
il/elle/onoscillera
nousoscillerons
vousoscillerez
ils/ellesoscilleront
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osciller entre qc et qc personne
to waver between sth and sth
osciller entre qc et qc chose
to fluctuate between sth and sth

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Terre au repos (6 %) et prés dont 15 % naturel et 20 % artificiel (sainfoin cultivé, trèfle, chanvre).
fr.wikipedia.org
Choses rares pour un poète, il sait distinguer le blé de l’orge et le trèfle du sainfoin.
fr.wikipedia.org
Canto : sainfoin double, à deux coupes, plus productif dans l'année mais qui a une moindre pérennité.
fr.wikipedia.org
Le sainfoin est utilisé surtout dans les zones calcaires sèches.
fr.wikipedia.org
En 1845, on y trouve 78 laboureurs pour une terre crayeuse et sablonneuse qui convient à tous les grains et au sainfoin.
fr.wikipedia.org

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