firetrap in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for firetrap in the English»French Dictionary

mousetrap [Brit ˈmaʊstrap, Am ˈmaʊsˌtræp] N

mousetrap

souricière f

I.retract [Brit rɪˈtrakt, Am rəˈtrækt] VB trans

1. retract (withdraw):

retract statement, allegation

rétracter

retract claim

retirer

2. retract (pull in):

retract landing gear

escamoter

retract animal: claws etc

rétracter

II.retract [Brit rɪˈtrakt, Am rəˈtrækt] VB intr

retract landing gear:

s'escamoter

retract horns etc:

se rétracter

I.retrain [Brit riːˈtreɪn, Am riˈtreɪn] VB trans

retrain

recycler

II.retrain [Brit riːˈtreɪn, Am riˈtreɪn] VB intr

retrain

se recycler

retrace [Brit rɪˈtreɪs, Am riˈtreɪs] VB trans

retrace movements:

retrace

reconstituer

to retrace one's steps

revenir sur ses pas

to retrace one's path or route

rebrousser chemin

firetrap in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for firetrap in the English»French Dictionary

mousetrap N

mousetrap

piège m à souris

I.retract [rɪˈtrækt] VB trans (withdraw)

retract

rétracter

retract statement

revenir sur

retract wheels

rentrer

II.retract [rɪˈtrækt] VB intr

1. retract (withdraw words):

retract

se rétracter

2. retract (be drawn out of sight):

retract

rentrer

I.retrain [ri:ˈtreɪn] VB trans (train anew)

retrain

recycler

to retrain sb in sth

faire suivre une nouvelle formation en qc à qn

II.retrain [ri:ˈtreɪn] VB intr

retrain

se recycler

to retrain as sth

suivre une nouvelle formation en qc

retrace [ri:ˈtreɪs] VB trans

1. retrace (go back over):

retrace

retracer

to retrace one's steps

revenir sur ses pas

2. retrace (go over in one's mind):

retrace

reconstituer

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She said at the time the place was a firetrap, we were afraid to move in.

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Accident is in scare quotes because it was common knowledge that the buildings they worked in were firetraps or ready to collapse.

www.counterpunch.org

Seeing no sprinklers and the tight confines packed with all manner of flammable material below, he said, it looked like a firetrap.

www.stuff.co.nz

In the 1940s, a number of newspaper reports decried the facility as a firetrap with patients occupying even attic areas of the building.

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My place is a firetrap.

www.thestar.com

Inside, the courtroom had effectively become a firetrap, with so little space to move that the doors could scarcely function.

www.independent.ie

But it was, in fact, a firetrap.

www.startribune.com

Had we torn out the 1915 exposition buildings and landscaped the park we would have a beautiful place there now and not a long row of ramshackle firetraps.

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Poorly maintained, cash in hand firetraps are not so common these days.

www.newsfour.ie

The report went on to say that the mansion was a virtual firetrap.

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