door

door
door [dɔ:r]
1. noun
   a. porte f
• he shut the door in my face il m'a fermé la porte au nez
• he came through the door il est passé par la porte
• "pay at the door" « billets à l'entrée »
• to get tickets at the door prendre les billets à l'entrée
• to go from door to door aller de porte en porte
• he lives two doors down the street il habite deux portes plus loin
• out of doors dehors
   b. (phrases) to lay sth at sb's door imputer qch à qn
• to open the door to further negotiations ouvrir la voie à des négociations ultérieures
• to keep the door open for further negotiations laisser la porte ouverte à des négociations ultérieures
• to close the door on sth barrer la route à qch
• as one door closes, another one opens il y aura d'autres occasions
• to be on the door (of theatre) être à l'entrée
• a Harvard degree opens doors un diplôme de l'université de Harvard ouvre beaucoup de portes
2. compounds
► door chain noun chaîne f de sûreté
► door handle noun poignée f de porte
► door-knocker noun heurtoir m
► door-to-door adjective
• door-to-door delivery livraison f à domicile
• we deliver door-to-door nous livrons à domicile
• door-to-door salesman vendeur m à domicile
* * *
[dɔː(r)] 1.
noun
1) gen porte f (to de)

a few doors down — quelques maisons plus bas

behind closed doors — à huis clos

to shut ou close the door on something — fig fermer la porte à quelque chose

to slam the door in somebody's face — fig envoyer promener quelqu'un

2) Automobile, Railways porte f, portière f
3) (entrance) entrée f
2.
noun modifier [handle, chime] de porte
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to be at death's door — être à l'article de la mort

to get a foot in the door — mettre un pied dans la place

to lay something at somebody's door — imputer quelque chose à quelqu'un

to show somebody the door — mettre quelqu'un à la porte


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