lock
/lɑk/ nom C2En français : mèche
- A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
- A small quantity of straw etc.
- A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
Pluriel locks
Verbes à particule et expressions
- lock away To lock up; to lock in a safe place, out of view.
- lock down confiner
- lock in se donner à fond, mettre le plaquet
- lock into To firmly commit to (something or someone).
- lock off To stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to gh...
- lock on To begin tracking a target via an automated system.
- lock out To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself)...
- lock through To travel through a lock, or a flight of locks, on a wate...
- lock up enfermer, verrouiller, se bloquer
Dans la bibliothèque
At last, about ten o’clock, and just as Dantès began to despair, steps were heard in the corridor, a key turned in the lock, the bolts creaked, the massy oaken door flew open, and a flood of light from two torches pervaded the apartment.
“By the Broken Lock that freed me,” said Bagheera, when twilight had fallen, “thou art no slow goer!”
Why, sir, we have the man under lock and key.”
He examined the lock of the safe, the door of the room, and finally the iron shutters of the window.
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