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lump

/lʌmp/ nom B2

En français : masse, tas, protubérance, renflement

  1. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. · Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.· a lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese
  2. A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body. · Lumps in the breasts are an indicator of breast cancer.
  3. A group, set, or unit. · The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
  4. A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. · Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
  5. A dull or lazy person. · Don't just sit there like a lump.
  6. A fat person.
  7. A beating or verbal abuse. (informal) · He's taken his lumps over the years.
  8. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.

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Yes, this self, of whom I thought so much, of whom I was so proud, who had appeared so worthless in the dungeons of the Château d’If, and whom I had succeeded in making so great, will be but a lump of clay tomorrow.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 901 · C1
They supposed that the Hen must contain a great lump of gold in its inside, and in order to get the gold they killed it.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 57 · B2
A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 15 · B2
He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 15 · B2

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