strike ballot in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for strike ballot in the English»French Dictionary

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I.ballot [Brit ˈbalət, Am ˈbælət] N

II.ballot [Brit ˈbalət, Am ˈbælət] VB trans

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III.ballot [Brit ˈbalət, Am ˈbælət] VB intr

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I.strike [Brit strʌɪk, Am straɪk] N

II.strike <pret, pp struck> [Brit strʌɪk, Am straɪk] VB trans

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1. strike (hit):

strike person, stick, bat: person, object, ball
frapper
strike torpedo, missile: target, vessel
frapper, toucher
strike ship, car, person: rock, tree, pedestrian
heurter
to strike sb on the head/in the face person:
frapper qn à la tête/au visage
to strike sb on the head/in the face object:
heurter qn à la tête/au visage
to strike sth with stick, hammer
taper qc avec
she struck the table with her fist (deliberately)
elle a frappé du poing sur la table
he struck his head on the table
il s'est cogné la tête contre la table
his head struck the table
sa tête a heurté la table
lightning struck the house/struck him
la foudre est tombée sur la maison/l'a frappé
to be struck by lightning tree, house, person:
être touché par la foudre
to strike sb to the ground (with fist)
faire tomber qn d'un coup de poing
to strike sb to the ground (with stick)
faire tomber qn d'un coup de bâton
to strike sb a blow lit, fig
porter un coup à qn
to strike the first blow lit, fig
porter le premier coup
to strike sb dead lightning, God:
foudroyer qn
to strike sb dead person:
porter un coup mortel à qn
to be struck blind/dumb liter
être frappé de cécité/de mutisme
to be struck dumb with amazement
être frappé d'étonnement

3. strike (make impression on):

strike idea, thought: person
venir à l'esprit de
strike resemblance: person
frapper
to be struck by
être frappé par
an awful thought struck me
une horrible pensée m'est venue à l'esprit
a terrible sight struck my eyes
un horrible spectacle s'est présenté à mes yeux
it strikes me as funny/stupid that …
je trouve drôle/bête que …
+ subj it strikes me as mean of them to do
je trouve que c'est méchant de leur part de faire
to strike sb as odd/absurd
paraître or sembler étrange/absurde à qn
he strikes me as an intelligent man
il me paraît intelligent
it strikes me as a good idea to do
cela me paraît or me semble une bonne idée de faire
did anything strike you as odd?
as-tu remarqué quelque chose de bizarre?
how does the idea strike you?
qu'est-ce que vous pensez de cette idée?
how did he strike you?
quelle impression vous a-t-il faite?
it strikes me (that)
à mon avis
it struck him that here was the opportunity
il s'est dit soudain que c'était l'occasion
I was struck inf with him/it
il/ça m'a plu
she wasn't very struck inf with it
ça ne lui a pas beaucoup plu
to be struck on inf Brit
être entiché de inf

III.strike <pret, pp struck> [Brit strʌɪk, Am straɪk] VB intr

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IV.strike [Brit strʌɪk, Am straɪk]

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strike ballot in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for strike ballot in the English»French Dictionary

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II.ballot [ˈbæl·ət] VB intr

III.ballot [ˈbæl·ət] VB trans

II.strike <struck, struck> [straɪk] VB trans

8. strike <struck, struck> <[or stricken]> (cause memories):

to strike a chord
se rappeler de qc

9. strike <struck, struck> <[or stricken]> (create atmosphere):

to strike a note of warning
donner l'alerte

III.strike <struck, struck> [straɪk] VB intr

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To call a strike ballot against this timetable now is a cynical and desperate attempt to heap even more misery on passengers.
www.dailymail.co.uk
I think the time has come for looking at setting thresholds in strike ballots...
www.independent.co.uk
They are the unelected officials that slow down strike ballots.
www.workersliberty.org
During the debate over a strike ballot on the academy plans, there was a distinct absence of tub-thumping and rhetoric that might have been expected.
www.bbc.co.uk
It means the imposition of an overall support threshold of 40 per cent on strike ballots and provisions on trade union facility time, among others, would be reversed.
www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk
Despite some low turnouts in strike ballots, unions maintain that support for industrial action is high.
www.channel4.com
The source added that the report strengthened the case for introducing minimum turnout thresholds on strike ballots.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Forty-three chorus members responded to the strike ballot, with all of them supporting strike action and industrial action short of a strike.
www.thirdsector.co.uk
He added unions would not run strike ballots if they did not believe there was a real strength of feeling among members.
www.telegraph.co.uk
From the banning of secondary action to minimum requirements for strike ballots, the union's powers were slowly but surely curbed.
www.itv.com

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