plates in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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share plate, sharing plate N esp Aus

I.plate [Brit pleɪt, Am pleɪt] N

II.plate [Brit pleɪt, Am pleɪt] VB trans

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IV.plate [Brit pleɪt, Am pleɪt]

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chafing plate [Brit ˈtʃeɪfɪŋ pleɪt] N

plates in the PONS Dictionary

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plates Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

porcelain plate
assiette f en porcelaine
I threw a plate at him
je lui ai jeté une assiette à la figure
a pewter plate
une assiette en étain
a plate of pasta
une assiette de pâtes
brass plate
plaque en laiton
to have a lot on one's plate Brit
en avoir par-dessus la tête
to give sth to sb on a plate inf
servir qc à qn sur un plateau doré
to eat off a plate
manger dans une assiette
to have a lot on one's plate
avoir du pain sur la planche inf
to pick at sth in sb else's plate
picorer qc dans l'assiette de qn

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In addition, there is an annual road tax applied to motor vehicles, failure of payment will generally lead to license plates being withdrawn.
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With these, the plate serial is chosen by the licensing agency -- as with regular plates -- but the owners select a plate design that is different from the normal licence plate.
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All door handles, finger plates and escutcheons are of polished brass.
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However, judges rarely enforced the plates, so in 2004, the plates became mandated by state law to all DUI offenders.
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In power amplifiers this can cause the plates to glow red, or current limiting resistors to overheat, even fail.
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On another occasion, after the plates had been cleared between the courses of a dinner he was hosting, his butler quietly placed a sugar cube on his bald head.
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The latter included iron plates placed around the forecastle, quarter deck, and wheelhouse.
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In deeper water it forms thin semicircular plates projecting horizontally from vertical rock faces or from under overhangs.
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Ice columns make up less than 1%, and plates are virtually nonexistent.
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Still wearing blue and red uniforms, with breast and back metal plates and plumed brass-steel helmets.
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