broken-down in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.pousser [puse] VB trans

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1. pousser:

pousser (déplacer) brouette, vélo, meuble, personne
to push
pousser (écarter ce qui gêne) objet
to move, to shift, to push [sth] aside
tu m'as poussé!
you pushed me!
pousser une voiture en panne
to push a broken-down car
pousser le lit contre le mur/vers la gauche
to push the bed (up) against the wall/over to the left
pousser une porte (pour la fermer)
to push a door to
pousser une porte (pour l'ouvrir)
to push a door open
pousser un verrou
to push ou slide a bolt home
peux-tu pousser ta voiture? elle gêne
can you move your car? it's in the way
pousse tes fesses sl!
shove over! inf
le vent pousse les nuages vers l'est
the wind is blowing ou pushing the clouds in an easterly direction
le vent poussait le bateau vers la côte
the wind was driving the boat toward(s) the shore
pousser les enfants vers la sortie
to hustle the children toward(s) the exit
pousser un ballon du pied (l'écarter)
to kick a ball out of the way
pousser un ballon du pied (le faire avancer)
to kick a ball along
pousser qn du coude
to give sb a dig ou to nudge sb with one's elbow

2. pousser (entraîner):

c'est la jalousie/l'ambition qui le pousse
he's driven by jealousy/ambition
poussé par la pitié
stirred by pity
poussé par le désir de les aider
prompted by a desire to help them
c'est sa femme qui le pousse à boire
it's his wife who drives him to drink
pousser qn à faire qc (encourager)
to encourage sb to do sth
pousser qn à faire qc (vivement)
to urge sb to do sth
pousser qn à faire qc (contraindre) faim, désespoir, haine:
to drive sb to do sth
pousser qn à la dépense
to encourage sb to spend more money
pousser à la consommation
to encourage people to buy more
pousser à la consommation (au bar)
to encourage people to drink more
son professeur le pousse (à s'orienter) vers la biologie
his teacher is encouraging him to do biology
mes amis me poussent à accepter
my friends are urging me to accept
pousser qn au désespoir/suicide
to drive sb to despair/suicide
c'est ce qui m'a poussé vers l'enseignement/à écrire cette lettre
that's what made me take up teaching/write this letter
elle ne voulait pas vendre, on l'y a poussée
she didn't want to sell, she was pushed into it
tout me pousse à croire que …
everything leads me to believe that …
il n'a pas fallu le pousser beaucoup pour qu'il parle
he didn't need much prompting to talk

II.pousser [puse] VB intr

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1. pousser:

pousser (croître) enfant, plante, barbe, ongle:
to grow
pousser (apparaître) plante:
to sprout
pousser dent:
to come through
pousser fig immeuble, ville:
to spring up
l'arbre a poussé de 50 cm
the tree has grown 50 cm
les radis commencent à pousser
the radishes are coming up ou sprouting
sa première dent pousse
his/her first tooth is coming through, he's/she's cutting his/her first tooth
les villes nouvelles ont poussé comme des champignons
new towns have sprung up like mushrooms
je fais pousser des légumes
I grow vegetables
ça fait pousser le gazon/les cheveux
it makes the grass/your hair grow
se laisser ou se faire pousser les cheveux
to grow one's hair
se laisser ou se faire pousser la barbe
to grow a beard
se laisser ou se faire pousser la moustache
to grow a moustache
et le bébé, ça pousse? inf
how's your baby doing?

III.se pousser VB refl

IV.pousser [puse]

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See also ortie, bouchon, aile

ortie [ɔʀti] N f

bouchon [buʃɔ̃] N m

aile [ɛl] N f

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détraqué (détraquée) mécanisme, moteur
broken down
détraqué (détraquée) organisation, système
broken down
feindre une panne MOTOR
to pretend to have broken down
la machine/voiture est (tombée) en panne
the machine/car has broken down
la phrase/le raisonnement se décompose en…
the sentence/the argument can be broken down into ou separated into…
le chauffage est en panne
the heating has broken down
il a acheté une voiture d'occasion, laquelle voiture est déjà en panne
he bought a second-hand car, which has already broken down

broken-down in the PONS Dictionary

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défoncé(e) [defɔ̃se] ADJ

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détraqué(e) appareil, mécanisme
broken down
dépanner qn
to help out sb who's broken down
être coupé en deux/trois
to be broken down into two/three
être en panne automobiliste, voiture, moteur
to have broken down
ma voiture était en panne, alors j'ai pris l'autobus
my car had broken down, so I took the bus
une voiture en panne
a car that has broken down

broken-down Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

my car had broken down, so I took the bus
ma voiture était en panne, alors j'ai pris l'autobus
to be broken down into two/three
être coupé en deux/trois
a car that has broken down
une voiture en panne
to help out sb who's broken down
dépanner qn
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The trailer, showing off the highly advanced graphics of the game engine, depicts a broken-down hover-car on the shoulder of a desert road.
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The show is said to personalize the desperation and pain experienced by victims of a broken-down economy.
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After finding a broken-down vending machine and phones, they make their way to a derelict laboratory.
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Six includes many horror film clichs in the first act, such as a broken-down car, lack of phone signal and very nave victims.
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He was later described as appearing during this interview like a broken-down wreck.
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The tour presented problems, including throat damage, broken-down buses, and having to take expensive cab rides.
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In the broken-down grate the dead embers of yesterday's firing remained.
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In the same reactor, these broken-down molecules are then blended with steam to produce syngas.
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Of the many millponds where ducks and geese once paddled, only broken-down mill races are still to be found.
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From the commissioning of the new line, two class 218 locomotives were stationed at the station, ready to tow broken-down trains on the new line.
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