block
(=large building) immeuble m
He lives in our block. Il habite dans notre immeuble.
3 blocks from here à trois rues d'ici
a block of flats un immeuble
→ blocks of council flats
→ a white-painted apartment block
(=several buildings) pâté m (de maisons)
→ I drove around the block again.
→ She walked four blocks down High Street.
(=piece)
[+ice] bloc m
→ They make igloos out of blocks of ice.
[+wood] bille f , tronçon m
→ The sculptor transformed the block of wood into a statue.
butcher's block billot m
to lay one's head on the block, to put one's head on the block mettre sa tête sur le billot
(=blockage) (in pipes)
obstruction f
(=psychological problem)
mental block blocage m
to have a mental block about sth faire un blocage (psychologique) sur qch
→ I have a mental block about maths.
block and tackle (TECHNICAL) palan m
[+way, entrance, view] bloquer
→ Police blocked the entrance to the building.
→ A row of trees blocked his view.
to block sb's way barrer le passage à qn, barrer la route à qn
→ You're blocking my way.
[+legislation, agreement, imports] bloquer
→ Agreement was blocked by certain governments.
→ The country has tried to block imports of various cheap foreign products.
→ they used their considerable influence to block legislation
(COMPUTING) grouper, sélectionner
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block off
vt
(=close) boucher, condamner
→ They had blocked off the fireplaces to stop draughts.
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block out
vt
[+memories] refouler
→ She doesn't remember a thing; she has blocked it all out.
→ She has blocked out the past.
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block up
vt
[+hole, ventilator, sink] boucher
→ Never block up ventilators.
→ "Any holes in the kitchen where the mice are getting through?"-"I've blocked them up."
→ There's something blocking up the sink.
vi se boucher
→ The sink keeps blocking up.
block and tackle
n palan m
I finally pulled him up with a block and tackle. Je l'ai finalement sorti de là à l'aide d'un palan.
block booking
n réservation f groupée
block capitals
npl majuscules fpl d'imprimerie
in block capitals en majuscules d'imprimerie
→ Please write your name in block capitals.
block letters
npl majuscules fpl d'imprimerie
block vote
n (British) vote m de délégation, vote m groupé
brake block
n patin m de frein
breeze-block
n (British) parpaing m
building block
n
(fig)
(=constituent) composante f
→ ... molecules that are the building blocks of all life on earth.
building block (to play with)
cube m
→ See if you can make a tower out of the building blocks.
chock-a-block *
adj
[place] plein (e) à craquer, noir (e) de monde
[road] bourré (e) de voitures
→ the M4 will be chock-a-block
to be chock-a-block with sb/sth être plein à craquer de qn/qch
→ London is chock-a-block with tourists at the moment.
chopping block
n billot m
cinder block , cinderblock (US)
n
(=breeze-block) parpaing m
modif
[home, wall] de parpaing, en parpaing
→ narrow alleys between the cinderblock homes
cylinder block
n bloc-cylindres m
mental block
n blocage m
office block , office building (US)
n immeuble m de bureaux
→ two 30-storey office blocks
starting block
n starting-block m
stumbling block
n pierre f d'achoppement
→ ... the biggest stumbling block to disarmament.
tower block
n (British) tour f , tour f d'habitation
→ a 23-storey tower block