Translations for smoke screen in the French»English Dictionary

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barrage de fumée

écran de fumée lit

screen of smoke

Translations for smoke screen in the English»French Dictionary

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I.screen [Brit skriːn, Am skrin] N

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1. screen:

screen CINE, COMPUT, TV

computer/television screen

écran d'ordinateur/de télévision

on screen COMPUT

on screen CINE, TV

the big screen fig

le grand écran, le cinéma

the small screen fig

le petit écran, la télévision

the screen fig

le grand écran, le cinéma

a star of stage and screen

une vedette du théâtre et du cinéma

he writes for the screen CINE

il écrit pour le cinéma

he writes for the screen TV

il écrit pour la télévision

he writes for the screen attr actor, star

he writes for the screen appearance, debut, performance

cinématographique, au cinéma

3. screen (cover):

screen fig

to act as a screen for illegal activity

servir de couverture à

4. screen MED:

visite f de dépistage

5. screen MIL:

6. screen (sieve):

7. screen Am (in door):

II.screen [Brit skriːn, Am skrin] VB trans

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1. screen (show on screen):

screen CINE film

screen TV programme, film, event

diffuser, transmettre

3. screen:

screen (subject to test) ADMIN applicants, candidates

examiner le cas de

screen refugees

contrôler le statut de

screen (at airport) baggage

screen MED person, patient

faire passer des tests de dépistage à

to be screened staff:

faire l'objet d'une enquête de sécurité

to screen sb for cancer/Aids

faire passer à qn des tests de dépistage du cancer/du sida

to screen for cancer/Aids

faire des tests de dépistage du cancer/du sida

4. screen (sieve):

See also on-screen

I.on-screen [Brit ɒnˈskriːn, Am ˈˌɑn ˈskrin] ADJ

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1. on-screen COMPUT:

2. on-screen CINE:

on-screen action etc

on-screen sex, relationship

II.on-screen [Brit ɒnˈskriːn, Am ˈˌɑn ˈskrin] ADV COMPUT

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on-screen edit, display

I.smoke [Brit sməʊk, Am smoʊk] N

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3. smoke inf:

the big Smoke Brit

II.smoke [Brit sməʊk, Am smoʊk] VB trans

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1. smoke (use):

smoke cigarette, pipe, marijuana

2. smoke FOOD:

smoke fish, meat

III.smoke [Brit sməʊk, Am smoʊk] VB intr

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1. smoke (use tobacco, substances):

when did you start smoking?

quand est-ce que tu as commencé à fumer?

2. smoke (be smoky):

smoke fire, lamp, fuel:

IV.smoked ADJ

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smoked food

smoked glass

V.smoke [Brit sməʊk, Am smoʊk]

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Translations for smoke screen in the English»French Dictionary

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I.screen [skri:n] N

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3. screen no pl Am fig (of troops):

4. screen (sieve):

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1. screen (hide):

to screen sth from view

2. screen (protect):

to screen sb/sth from sth

protéger qn/qc de qc

3. screen (examine):

4. screen (put through a screening device):

passer au scanner fig

5. screen:

screen TV

passer à l'écran

screen CINE

6. screen (put through a sieve):

passer à la passoire

I.smoke [sməʊk, Am smoʊk] N

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1. smoke no pl (dirty air):

2. smoke inf (cigarette):

Phrases:

there's no smoke without fire Brit, Aus prov, where there's smoke, there's fire Am prov

il n'y a pas de fumée dans feu

to vanish in a puff of smoke

disparaître dans un nuage de fumée

to go up in smoke

partir en fumée

II.smoke [sməʊk, Am smoʊk] VB trans

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1. smoke (use tobacco):

2. smoke (cure):

Phrases:

to smoke the peace pipe Am

fumer le calumet de la paix

III.smoke [sməʊk, Am smoʊk] VB intr

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Two more warships escaped into a smoke screen. en.wikipedia.org

She got off all 10 torpedoes, then turned to retire behind a heavy smoke screen. en.wikipedia.org

Additionally, a smoke screen was created by industrial workers burning barrels of coal tar. en.wikipedia.org

That afternoon, the cruisers made contact, attacked, and retired under cover of a smoke screen. en.wikipedia.org

Subjected to frequent air alerts, she completed her unloading under cover of a smoke screen late the following afternoon. en.wikipedia.org

They then turned south at high speed under the cover of a smoke screen. en.wikipedia.org

Rum-runners often kept cans of used engine oil handy to pour on hot exhaust manifolds, in case a smoke screen was needed to escape the revenue ships. en.wikipedia.org

He intends to set up a smoke screen, hide behind it, and then emerge to launch a torpedo salvo. en.wikipedia.org

He used hidden magic lanterns that threw pictures on a smoke screen in a darkly lit room. en.wikipedia.org

When deployed, the smoke screen forms a wide blanket of dense smoke across the road. en.wikipedia.org

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