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Definition: pile, stack, battery, tails (on a coin toss)

Les piles d'un pont doivent être très fortes - A bridge's piles (beams) have to be very strong

Il y a une pile d'assiettes sur la table - There's a stack of dishes on the table

J'ai acheté des piles rechargeables - I bought some rechargeable batteries

(inf adv) - just, exactly, dead

La voiture s'est arrêtée pile - The car stopped dead

Related: un pilier - pillar

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