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1 situated
situated ['sɪtjʊeɪtɪd](a) (physically) situé;∎ the house is conveniently situated for shops and public transport la maison est située à proximité des commerces et des transports en commun;∎ the town is well/badly situated for tourist development la situation de la ville est/n'est pas favorable à son développement touristique;∎ the island is strategically situated l'île occupe une position stratégique∎ how are we situated as regards the competition? quelle est notre position par rapport à la concurrence?;∎ he's well situated to know what's going on il est bien placé pour savoir ce qui se passe -
2 situated
adjective (to be found; placed: The new school is situated on the north side of town.) situé -
3 situate
1 situer [building, town, factory etc] ; to be situated être situé, se trouver ; conveniently situated bien situé ; well/badly situated bien/mal situé ;2 fig to be well situated to do [person] être bien placé pour faire ; she is rather badly situated at the moment fig ( in difficulties) elle se trouve dans une situation assez défavorable en ce moment ; ( financially) elle a des ennuis d'argent en ce moment ; how are you situated for money? comment est-ce que ça va pour l'argent? ;3 ( put into context) situer [idea, problem, event]. -
4 situate
situate [ˈsɪtjʊeɪt][+ building, town] placer ; [+ problem, event] situer• to be well/badly situated être bien/mal situé• how are you situated for money? et côté argent, ça va ? (inf)* * *['sɪtjʊeɪt], US ['sɪtʃʊeɪt]transitive verb1) lit situerto be situated — être situé, se trouver; fig
2) ( put into context) situer -
5 centrally
centrally [ˈsentrəlɪ]1. adverba. ( = in middle) au centreb. ( = near city centre) dans le centre-ville2. compounds* * *['sentrəlɪ]adverb [live, work] en centre-ville; [situated] en centre-ville; [funded, managed] de façon centraliséecentrally heated — [flat] avec chauffage central
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6 conveniently
conveniently [kənˈvi:nɪəntlɪ]a. ( = handily) conveniently situated for the shops bien situé pour les magasinsb. ( = deliberately) he conveniently forgot to post the letter comme par hasard, il a oublié de poster la lettre* * *[kən'viːnɪəntlɪ]1) [arrange] de façon commodethe conference was conveniently timed to coincide with — la date de la conférence était bien choisie pour coïncider avec
conveniently situated —
conveniently located — bien situé, bien placé
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7 ideally
ideally [aɪˈdɪəlɪ]a. ( = preferably) ideally, you should brush your teeth after every meal pour bien faire, il faudrait se brosser les dents après chaque repas• ideally, every child should get individual attention l'idéal serait que chaque enfant soit suivi individuellement• ideally I'd like to leave about five autant que possible, j'aimerais partir vers cinq heuresb. ( = perfectly) he is ideally suited to the job il est parfait pour ce poste* * *[aɪ'dɪəlɪ]1) ( preferably)ideally, the tests should be free — l'idéal serait que les examens soient gratuits
ideally, we'd like to stay — l'idéal pour nous, ce serait de rester
2) ( perfectly)to be ideally suited — [couple] être parfaitement assortis
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8 lex rei sitae
[law of the place where the goods are situated]Jur., Lat. [litt. loi du site de la chose] loi du lieuEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > lex rei sitae
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9 as
as [æz, əz]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. conjunction2. preposition3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For set combinations in which as is not the first word, eg such... as, the same... as, disguised as, look up the other word.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. conjunctiona. ( = while) alors que• as she was falling asleep she heard a noise elle entendit un bruit alors qu'elle commençait à s'endormirb. (with comparative) things will get more difficult as the year goes on ça va devenir de plus en plus difficile au fil de l'annéec. ( = just when) (juste) au moment oùd. ( = because) comme━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• as he hasn't phoned, we don't know where he is comme il n'a pas téléphoné, nous ne savons pas où il est• this is important as it reduces the effectiveness of the drug c'est important parce que cela diminue l'efficacité du médicamente. ( = though) long as it was, I didn't find the journey boring bien que le trajet ait été long, je ne me suis pas ennuyé• France, as you know, is... la France, comme vous le savez, est...• she is very gifted, as is her brother elle est très douée, comme son frère• don't tidy up, leave it as it is ne range rien, laisse ça comme ça• the village, situated as it is near a motorway,... le village étant situé non loin d'une autoroute,...2. prepositiona. ( = in the capacity of) commeb. ( = being) en tant que• as a mother of five children, she is well aware... en tant que mère de cinq enfants, elle sait très bien...c. ( = when) as a child, she was rather shy quand elle était enfant, elle était plutôt timide• as a young woman, she was interested in politics quand elle était jeune, elle s'intéressait à la politique3. adverba. ( = in the way) comme► as + as (in comparisons of equality) aussi... que• is it as far as that? c'est vraiment aussi loin que ça ?• you ate as much as me tu as mangé autant que moi► twice/half as...• as for that quant à cela► as from (referring to past) depuis ; (referring to present, future) à partir de• he was staggering as if or as though he'd been drinking il titubait comme s'il avait bu• it's not as if or as though he was nice-looking ce n'est pas comme s'il était beau garçon• as if to confirm his prediction there was a loud explosion comme pour confirmer ses prédictions on entendit une forte explosion• don't tell her, will you? -- as if! (inf) ne lui dis rien ! -- pour qui tu me prends !• did he finally own up? -- as if! (inf) est-ce qu'il a fini par avouer ? -- tu parles ! (inf)► as it is ( = in fact) dans l'état actuel des choses ; ( = already) comme ça• as it is, it doesn't make much difference dans l'état actuel des choses, ça ne fait pas grande différence• the balance of your account as of 16 June ( = on 16 June) le solde de votre compte au 16 juin• the work as such is boring but... le travail en soi est ennuyeux mais...• they are the best players in the world and, as such, are highly paid ce sont les meilleurs joueurs du monde et, à ce titre, ils sont très bien payés• he was still a novice and they treated him as such ce n'était qu'un débutant et ils le traitaient comme tel• he had no qualifications as such il n'avait pas de qualification à proprement parler► as to quant à* * *[æz, əz] 1.1) ( in the manner that) commeknowing you as I do, it didn't surprise me — je te connais tellement bien que ça ne m'a pas étonné
he lives abroad, as does his sister — il vit à l'étranger, tout comme sa sœur
as with so many people in the 1960s, she... — comme beaucoup de personnes dans les années 60, elle...
2) (while, when) comme, alors que; ( over more gradual period of time) au fur et à mesure queas a child, he... — (quand il était) enfant, il...
3) (because, since) comme, puisque4) ( although)comfortable as the house is, it's still very expensive — aussi confortable que soit la maison, elle reste quand même très chère
try as he might, he could not forget it — il avait beau essayer, il ne pouvait pas oublier
5)the same... as — le/la même... que
6) ( expressing purpose)2.so as to do — pour faire, afin de faire
1) ( in order to appear to be)2) (showing function, status) commespeaking as his closest friend, I... — en tant que son meilleur ami, je voudrais dire que je...
with Lauren Bacall as Vivien — Cinema, Theatre avec Lauren Bacall dans le rôle de Vivien
3)3.he was quoted as saying that... — il aurait dit que...
1) (expressing degree, extent)the population may increase by as much as 20% — l'augmentation de la population risque d'atteindre 20%
as many as 10,000 people attended the demonstration — il n'y avait pas moins de 10000 personnes à la manifestation
he has a house in Nice as well as an apartment in Paris — il a une maison à Nice ainsi qu'un appartement à Paris
2) ( expressing similarity) comme4.as against prepositional phrase contre, comparé à5.as and when conjunctional phrase6.as and when the need arises — quand il le faudra, quand le besoin s'en fera sentir
as for prepositional phrase quant à, pour ce qui est de7. 8.as if conjunctional phrase comme (si)he looked at me as if to say ‘I told you so’ — il m'a regardé avec l'air de dire ‘je te l'avais bien dit’
9.as if by accident/magic — comme par hasard/magie
as such prepositional phrase en tant que tel10.as to prepositional phrase sur, quant à -
10 beautifully
beautifully [ˈbju:tɪflɪ]* * *['bjuːtɪfəlɪ]1) ( perfectly) [play, write, function] admirablement (bien); [written, designed etc] admirablement2) ( attractively) [displayed, furnished, situated] magnifiquement3) ( emphatic) [empty, quiet, soft, warm, accurate] merveilleusement -
11 come
come [kʌm]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━2. modifier━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. venir• coming! j'arrive !► to come + preposition• to come behind sb/sth suivre qn/qch• to come between two people ( = interfere) s'interposer entre deux personnes• to come for sb/sth venir chercher qn/qch• where do you come from? tu viens d'où ?• if it comes to that,... dans ce cas-là...• when it comes to... quand il s'agit de...► to come + -ing• to come running/shouting arriver en courant/en criant► to come + adverb/adjective• to come apart ( = fall to pieces) tomber en morceauxb. ( = have one's place) se trouverc. ( = happen) arriver• how do you come to be here? comment se fait-il que vous soyez ici ?• how come it's so expensive? (inf) comment se fait-il que cela soit si cher ?d. ( = result from) nothing came of it il n'en est rien sortie. ( = be available) this dress comes in three sizes cette robe existe en trois tailles• how do you like your tea? -- as it comes comment voulez-vous votre thé ? -- ça m'est égalf. ► to come to + infinitive ( = end up) finir parg. ( = reach orgasm) (inf!) jouir2. modifier(gen = lure) attrape-nigaud m( = happen) arriver• how did it come about? comment est-ce arrivé ?► come acrossa. ( = cross) traversera. venir• come along! (allez,) venez !• why don't you come along? pourquoi ne viendrais-tu pas ?b. ( = progress) faire des progrès ; [plans] avancera. ( = leave) s'en aller• come away from there! va-t'en de là !b. ( = become detached) se détacher[person, fashion] revenira. descendre• come down from there at once! descends de là tout de suite !b. ( = fall) [rain, curtain] tomberd. ( = be demolished) être démolie. ( = drop) [prices] baisserf. ( = be transmitted) [tradition] être transmis (de père en fils)► come down with inseparable transitive verb[+ disease] attraper• after the burglary, her neighbours came forward with offers of help après le cambriolage, ses voisins ont offert de l'aidera. [person] entrer ; [tide] monter• come in! entrez !• reports are now coming in of a terrorist attack des informations nous parviennent selon lesquelles il y aurait eu un attentat terroristec. he has £20,000 coming in every year il touche 20 000 livres par an• we have no money coming in at the moment nous n'avons aucune rentrée d'argent en ce moment► come in for inseparable transitive verb[+ criticism] être l'objet dea. ( = inherit) hériter deb. ( = play a role) logic doesn't really come into it la logique n'a pas grand-chose à voir là-dedans► come offa. [button] se découdre ; [mark] partirb. ( = take place) avoir lieuc. ( = succeed) [plan] se réaliser ; [attempt, experiment] réussird. (in contest, conflict) to come off best avoir le dessusb. [+ drug] arrêtera. come on, try again! allez, encore un effort !b. ( = progress) faire des progrès• how are your plans coming on? où en sont vos projets ?d. [actor] entrer en scène( = start discussing) aborder• I'll come on to that in a moment j'aborderai cette question dans un moment► come out intransitive verba. sortir ; [sun, stars] apparaître ; [truth, news, qualities] apparaître au grand jour ; [stain] partir• to come out for/against sth prendre position pour/contre qchd. (British) ( = come out on strike) se mettre en grève• she came out as a lesbian elle a révélé son homosexualité► come out with (inf) inseparable transitive verb• you never know what she's going to come out with next on ne sait jamais ce qu'elle va sortir (inf)► come overa. venirc. ( = make impression) he came over as a decent person il a donné l'impression d'être une personne décente[feeling] envahirb. ( = drop in) passerc. ( = happen) se tenird. ( = change one's mind) changer d'avise. ( = regain consciousness) revenir à soi► come througha. ( = survive) s'en sortirc. what came through most was her enthusiasm ce que l'on remarquait surtout, c'était son enthousiasme( = survive) [+ illness, danger, war] survivre à► come to( = regain consciousness) reprendre connaissance( = amount to) se monter à• how much does it come to? ça se monte à combien ?• it comes to $20 ça fait 20 dollars en touta. ( = be subjected to) [+ sb's influence] tomber sous ; [+ attack, pressure] être l'objet deb. ( = be classified under) être classé sousc. ( = be the responsibility of) this comes under another department c'est du ressort d'un autre service► come up intransitive verba. monter• do you come up to York often? est-ce que vous montez souvent à York ?c. [plant] sortird. [sun] se levere. ( = arise) être soulevéa. ( = reach up to) arriver àb. ( = equal) répondre à• his work has not come up to our expectations son travail n'a pas répondu à notre attente► come up with inseparable transitive verb* * *[kʌm] 1.2. 3.come, come! — allons, allons!
1) ( arrive) [person, day, success, fame] venir; [bus, letter, news, rains, winter, war] arriverto come by — ( take) prendre [bus, taxi, plane]
I came on foot/by bike — je suis venu à pied/à bicyclette
to come down — descendre [stairs, street]
to come up — monter [stairs, street]
to come from — venir de [airport, hospital]
to come into — entrer dans [house, room]
to come past — [car, person] passer
to come through — [person] passer par [town centre, tunnel]; [water, object] traverser [window etc]
to come to — venir à [school, telephone]
come Christmas/summer — à Noël/en été
2) ( approach) s'approcherto come and see/help somebody — venir voir/aider quelqu'un
to come to somebody for — venir demander [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [money, advice]
I could see it coming — ( of accident) je le voyais venir
to come close ou near to doing — faillir faire
3) (call, visit) [dustman, postman] passer; [cleaner] venir4) ( attend) venirto come to — venir à [meeting, party]
5) ( reach)to come to —
to come up/down to — [water] venir jusqu'à; [dress, curtain] arriver à
6) ( happen)7) ( begin)to come to believe/hate — finir par croire/détester
8) ( originate)to come from — [person] être originaire de, venir de [city, country]; [word, legend] venir de [country, language]; [substance] provenir de [raw material]; [coins, stamps] provenir de [place]; [smell, sound] venir de [place]
to come from France — [fruit, painting] provenir de France; [person] être français/-e
9) ( be available)to come in — exister en [sizes, colours]
10) ( tackle)to come to — aborder [problem, subject]
11) ( develop)12) ( be situated) venirto come after — suivre, venir après
to come before — (in time, list, queue) précéder; ( in importance) passer avant
to come first/last — arriver premier/dernier
13) ( be due)he had it coming (to him) — (colloq) ça lui pendait au nez
they got what was coming to them — (colloq) ils ont fini par avoir ce qu'ils méritaient
14) ( be a question of)when it comes to something/to doing — lorsqu'il s'agit de quelque chose/de faire
•Phrasal Verbs:- come at- come by- come in- come off- come on- come out- come to- come up••come again? — (colloq) pardon?
come to that ou if it comes to that, you may be right — en fait, tu as peut-être raison
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12 lie
I.lie1 [laɪ]a. [person, animal] ( = lie down) s'allonger ; ( = be lying down) être allongé• he was lying on the floor (resting) il était allongé par terre ; (unable to move) il était étendu par terre• lie still! ne bouge pas !• here lies... (on tombstone) ci-gît...• what lies behind his refusal? quelle est la véritable raison de son refus ?2. noun3. compounds► lie about, lie around intransitive verba. [objects, clothes, books] traînerb. [person] traîner• don't just lie about all day! tâche de ne pas traîner toute la journée !(in chair, on bed) se renverser (en arrière)• just lie back and enjoy yourself! laisse-toi donc vivre ![person, animal] s'allonger( = stay in bed) faire la grasse matinéeII.lie2 [laɪ](verb: preterite, past participle lied)1. nounmensonge m• that's a lie! c'est un mensonge !* * *[laɪ] 1.noun mensonge m2. 3.to give the lie to something/somebody — démentir quelque chose/quelqu'un
1) (p prés lying; prét, pp lied) ( tell falsehood) mentir ( to somebody à quelqu'un; about à propos de)2) (p prés lying, prét lay, pp lain also for 3, 4, 5) ( in horizontal position) [person, animal] ( action) s'allonger; ( state) être allongé; [objects] être couchéto lie on one's back/on one's front ou face down — être allongé or s'allonger sur le dos/ventre
3) ( be situated) être; ( remain) resterto lie before somebody — [life, career] s'ouvrir devant quelqu'un
4) ( can be found) résiderto lie in — [cause, secret, talent] résider dans; [popularity, strength, fault] venir de
to lie in doing — [solution, cure] consister à faire
to lie behind — ( be hidden) se cacher derrière; ( instigate) être à l'origine de
5) lit, fig ( as covering) [snow] tenirto lie over — [atmosphere] recouvrir [place, gathering]
•Phrasal Verbs:- lie back- lie down- lie in- lie up••to take it lying down — (colloq) se laisser faire
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13 peacefully
peacefully [ˈpi:sfəlɪ]* * *['piːsfəlɪ]1) ( without disturbance) [sleep] paisiblement; [situated] à un endroit paisible2) ( without violence) pacifiquement -
14 remotely
remotely [rɪˈməʊtlɪ]a. ( = vaguely) it isn't remotely possible that... il est absolument impossible que... + subj• it doesn't remotely resemble... cela ne ressemble en rien à...• the only person present even remotely connected with show business la seule personne présente qui ait un rapport quelconque avec le monde du spectacleb. ( = from a distance) [control, detonate] à distance* * *[rɪ'məʊtlɪ]1) [situated] à l'écart de tout2) ( slightly) [resemble] vaguement -
15 stand back
2) ( be situated) [house] être en retrait ( from par rapport à) -
16 centrally
adverb centrally situated.) centralement -
17 come
1. past tense - came; verb1) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) venir, arriver2) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) approcher3) (to happen or be situated: The letter `d' comes between `c' and è' in the alphabet.) venir4) ((often with to) to happen (by accident): How did you come to break your leg?) se faire que5) (to arrive at (a certain state etc): What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.) aboutir6) ((with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to): The total comes to 51.) se monter à2. interjection(expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc: Come, come! That was very rude of you!) allons!- comer- coming - comeback - comedown - come about - come across - come along - come by - come down - come into one's own - come off - come on - come out - come round - come to - come to light - come upon - come up with - come what may - to come -
18 lie
I 1. noun(a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) mensonge2. verb(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) mentir- liarII present participle - lying; verb1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) (s')allonger2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) (se) trouver, résider3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) rester4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) résider (dans)•- lie back- lie down - lie in - lie in wait for - lie in wait - lie low - lie with - take lying down -
19 posterior
[pə'stiəriə](coming, or situated behind.) postérieur -
20 situation
[sitju'eiʃən]1) (circumstances; a state of affairs: an awkward situation.) situation2) (the place where anything stands or lies: The house has a beautiful situation beside a lake.) emplacement3) (a job: the situations-vacant columns of the newspaper.) emploi•- situated
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