Translation for 'The Sea Wall' from English to French

The Sea Wall

Un barrage contre le Pacifique [Marguerite Duras]littérat.F

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sea wall

digue {f} [au bord de la mer]naut.

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off-the-wall [coll.]

loufoque {adj} [fam.]

to knock on the wall

taper contre le mur

top of the wall

faîte {m} du mur

to jump over the wall

sauter de l'autre côté du mur

the Great Wall of China

la Grande Muraille de Chine {noun}géogr.

balls to the wall [coll.]

à fond {adv}

on the wall [on top]

sur le mur {adv}

to squash sb. against the wall

presser qn. contre le mur

to flatten oneself against the wall

s'aplatir contre le mur

to jump clean over the wall

sauter par-dessus le mur sans le toucher

to be crushed up against the wall

s'écraser contre le mur

to drive sb. up the wall [idiom]

exaspérer qn.

to lean a ladder against the wall

appliquer une échelle contre le muroutil.

hole in the wall [Br.] [coll.]

bancomat {m} [suisse] [aussi : bancomate]fin.

The writing is on the wall. [fig.]

L'heure est grave.

to have one's back to the wall

être le dos au mur

The Wolf of Wall Street [Martin Scorsese (2013)]

Le Loup de Wall StreetfilmF

to have one's back against the wall [idiom]

être au pied du mur [loc.]

to drive sb. up the wall [idiom] [make extremely angry]

ficher qn. en colère [fam.] [loc.]

• Passing beneath the railway, the path climbs up to the main road, which it follows for a few yards before turning back towards the cliff top (in stormy weather the sea wall is too dangerous and this road must be followed most of the way from Teignmouth).
• Since then various defences have been set-up to aid the village, notably the sea wall and promenade which commenced work in 1958, and was completed in 1965.
• She wrote about her experience in three works: The "Sea Wall", "The Lover", and "The North China Lover".
• ... 2 m) over the sea walls. The sea wall was again breached in 1799, filling the Axe valley with sea water.
• The town is below the sea wall so that one ascends steps to reach the sea from the town.

• Behind the sea wall, the marshes were drained after the war, and reverted to farmland, but the bank was breached in the North Sea flood of 1953, returning the whole area to tidal saltmarsh dominated by sea aster.
• The fort de l’Île Pelée of Pelée Island, a defensive element to the east of the sea wall, was designed by Ricard and Decaux and built between 1777 and 1784.
• In front of the sea wall are groynes, armoured at their bases with large blocks of natural rock, which prevent long shore drift.
• Channel 5 broadcast two television series looking into day-to-day challenges of the Great Western mainline, including events at Dawlish (as well as the sea wall destruction), Cheltenham race day and rugby at Cardiff.
• After bombarding French positions and failing to force the sea wall, the English fleet had to withdraw.

• Further work was carried out in the 1350s and 1360s when the domestic buildings within the castle were reordered and the sea wall repaired.
• Despite being sheltered by Hurkur Rocks, storms can generate high waves and throw high plumes of spume into the air over the sea wall.
• Detour past Kovalam junction to land on Samudra Beach which is to the north of Ashoka Beach. One has the option to walk along the sea-wall too, where the sea can be sighted above the rocks.
• In January 2014, two trains were stranded at Barmouth after severe winter storms destroyed the sea wall at nearby [...].