grass verge in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for grass verge in the English»French Dictionary

grass verge

accotement herbeux

clip hedge, grass verge

tailler

to mow or cut the grass attr verge

gazonné

Translations for grass verge in the English»French Dictionary

verge [Brit vəːdʒ, Am vərdʒ] N

1. verge Brit (by road):

verge

accotement m

verge

bas-côté m

grass verge

accotement herbeux

soft verge

accotement non stabilisé

2. verge (brink):

on the verge of tears

au bord de

on the verge of adolescence, old age, death

au seuil de

on the verge of success

sur le point de réussir

on the verge of doing

sur le point de faire

on the verge of sleep/a discovery

sur le point de s'endormir/de faire une découverte

to bring or drive sb to the verge of bankruptcy, despair, revolt, suicide

amener qn au bord de

to bring or drive sb to the verge of doing

amener qn au point de faire

I.grass [Brit ɡrɑːs, Am ɡræs] N

1. grass U (wild):

grass

herbe f also FARM

in the grass

dans l'herbe

a blade/a tuft of grass

un brin/une touffe d'herbe

to put out to grass lit, fig, hum

mettre au vert

to put out to grass attr field, slope

gazonné

2. grass U (lawn):

grass

pelouse f

on the grass

sur la pelouse

keep off the grass!

défense de marcher sur les pelouses!

to mow or cut the grass

tondre la pelouse

to mow or cut the grass attr verge

gazonné

3. grass U (in tennis):

grass

gazon m

to play/to beat sb on grass

jouer/battre qn sur gazon

4. grass BOT:

grass C

graminée f

5. grass inf U (marijuana):

grass

herbe f inf

6. grass Brit (informer):

grass inf

mouchard m inf

II.grass [Brit ɡrɑːs, Am ɡræs] VB trans

1. grass:

grass field

recouvrir [qc] d'herbe

grass part of garden

gazonner

2. grass Am FARM:

grass cattle

donner du fourrage vert à

III.grass [Brit ɡrɑːs, Am ɡræs] VB intr inf Brit (inform)

grass

moucharder inf

to grass on sb

balancer qn inf

IV.grass [Brit ɡrɑːs, Am ɡræs]

the grass is greener (on the other side of the fence)

on croit toujours que c'est mieux ailleurs

he doesn't let the grass grow under his feet

il ne laisse pas traîner les choses

it was so quiet you could hear the grass growing

on aurait pu entendre une mouche voler

grass verge in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for grass verge in the English»French Dictionary

verge [vɜrdʒ] N

1. verge (brink):

to be on the verge of tears

être au bord des larmes

to be on the verge of childhood

être au seuil de l'enfance

to be on the verge of resigning/leaving sb

être sur le point de démissionner/quitter qn

2. verge (physical edge):

verge

bord m

on the verge of the road

sur le bord de la route

I.grass [græs] N

1. grass <-es> (genus of plant):

grass

herbe f

2. grass (green plant):

grass

herbe f sans pl

a blade/tuft of grass

un brin/une touffe d'herbe

3. grass (lawn):

grass

gazon m

to cut the grass

tondre le gazon

4. grass inf (marijuana):

grass

herbe f

Phrases:

to let the grass grow under one's feet

perdre son temps

the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) prov

on n'est jamais content de ce qu'on a

II.grass [græs] VB trans

grass

mettre en herbe

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The site of the pond is now a wide grass verge.

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Drivers are claiming there is a fresh danger that the elevation of the route could cause vehicles moving to the grass verge to topple over.

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The impact knocked him unconscious, with his car straying towards the grass verge on the inside of turn four.

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