Que signifie swallow en anglais?

Vous pouvez apprendre la prononciation, la grammaire et les synonymes de swallow dans ce dictionnaire anglais faisant autorité.

swallow Signification, définition

0 to cause food to go down your throat, or make your throat move in this way -- avaler
- She swallowed the mouthful of rice. Elle avala la bouchée de riz.
- It hurts when I swallow. Ça me fait mal quand j’avale.
1 difficult to accept or believe -- difficile à avaler
- Not getting the promotion was hard to swallow. Ne pas avoir cette promotion a été difficile à avaler.
2 to do sth even though it embarrasses you -- ravaler sa fierté
- I knew I’d have to swallow my pride and apologize. Je savais que je devrais ravaler ma fierté et m’excuser.
3 a small bird with a tail in the shape of a ’V’ -- hirondelle [ feminine ]
4 an act of swallowing -- déglutition [ feminine ]
- a painful swallow une déglutition douloureuse
5 to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach -- avaler
- Try to swallow the pill
- His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.
6 to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest -- avaler
- You’ll never get her to swallow that story!
7 an act of swallowing. -- avalement, déglutition
8 a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail. -- hirondelle

I repeat, the propaganda must have been very powerful to make us keep on swallowing one impossible lie after another.
You only have to take a closer look at it in order not to swallow what the lobbyists in the corridors are trying to delude you into believing.