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1 lady
1 noun∎ Ladies and Gentlemen Mesdames et Messieurs;∎ the lady of the house la maîtresse de maison;∎ old-fashioned a lady doctor une femme médecin;∎ ask the young lady over there (in shop) demandez à la demoiselle que vous voyez là-bas;∎ well, young lady, what have you got to say for yourself? eh bien, ma fille, qu'avez-vous à répondre?;∎ the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street = surnom donné à la Banque d'Angleterre(b) (refined woman) dame f;∎ she's a real lady c'est une vraie dame;∎ she's no lady elle n'a aucune classe∎ my Lady Madame∎ Lady Browne Lady Browne (titre de noblesse féminin);∎ to act like Lady Muck jouer à la grande dame∎ hey lady! eh, ma petite dame!∎ how's your good lady? comment va votre dame?;∎ this is my lady wife voici mon épouse;∎ my young lady (fiancée) ma fiancée, ma future∎ Our Lady Notre-Dame f∎ lady doctor femme f médecin;∎ lady novelist romancière f;∎ lady teacher institutrice f►► pejorative or humorous lady bountiful généreuse bienfaitrice f;Lady Chapel chapelle f de la Sainte Vierge;Lady Day (fête f de) l'Annonciation f;Lady Godiva = au XIème siècle, dame de haut rang qui aurait parcouru la ville de Coventry nue et à cheval pour forcer son mari à réduire les impôts locaux;the Lady of the Lake la Dame du lac;the Lady with the Lamp la Dame à la Lampe (Florence Nightingale, célèbre infirmière anglaise);Lady Luck la chance;lady's maid femme f de chambre;lady's man don Juan m, homme m à femmes;British Lady Mayoress femme f du maire;Botany lady's slipper sabot-de-Vénus m;Botany lady's smock cardamine f des prés;Botany (autumn) lady's tresses spiranthe f spiralée, spiranthe f d'automne -
2 lady
['leidi]1) (a more polite form of woman: Tell that child to stand up and let that lady sit down; The lady in the flower shop said that roses are expensive just now; Ladies' shoes are upstairs in this shop; ( also adjective) a lady doctor.) dame; femme2) (a woman of good manners and refined behaviour: Be quiet! Ladies do not shout in public.) dame3) (in the United Kingdom, used as the title of, or a name for, a woman of noble rank: Sir James and Lady Brown; lords and ladies.) lady•- ladylike- Ladyship - ladybird -
3 fine
A n gen amende f ; ( for traffic offence) contravention f (for pour) ; to get/be given a fine recevoir/attraper une amende ; to impose a fine of £50/the maximum fine on sb condamner qn à 50 livres sterling d'amende/à l'amende la plus lourde ; ‘no smoking-maximum fine £50’ ‘défense de fumer sous peine d'amende pouvant s'élever à 50 livres sterling’.B adj1 ( very good) [performance, writer, example, specimen, quality, standard] excellent ; to be in fine form être en pleine forme ; a fine figure of a woman † ou hum une superbe créature† ;2 ( satisfactory) [holiday, meal, arrangement] bien ; that's fine très bien ; to be/feel fine aller/se sentir très bien ; ‘fine, thanks’ ‘très bien, merci’ ; ‘we'll go now, OK?’-‘fine’ ‘on y va maintenant?’-‘d'accord’ ; that's fine by ou with me je n'y vois pas d'inconvénient ;3 ○ iron a fine friend you are! en voilà un ami! ; you picked a fine time to tell me! tu as bien choisi le moment pour me le dire! ; you're/she's etc a fine one to talk! c'est bien à toi/elle etc de dire ça! ; that's all very fine, but… c'est bien beau tout ça, mais… ;4 ( nice) [weather, morning, day] beau/belle ; it's ou the weather's fine il fait beau ; to keep ou stay fine continuer à faire beau ; one fine day, one of these fine days fig un beau jour ;5 (very thin, delicate) [hair, thread, line, feature, comb, fabric, spray, mist, layer] fin ; [sieve, net, mesh] à mailles fines ;6 ( small-grained) [powder, soil, particles] fin ;7 ( subtle) [adjustment, detail, distinction, judgment] subtil ;8 ( delicate and high quality) [china, crystal, lace, linen, wine] fin ;9 (refined, grand) [lady, gentleman, clothes, manners] beau/belle ; sb's finer feelings la délicatesse de qn ;11 ( pure) [gold, silver] pur.C adv1 [get along, come along, do] très bien ; you're doing fine tu te débrouilles ○ très bien ; that suits me fine ça me va très bien ;2 [cut, chop, slice] controv fin.D vtr gen condamner [qn] à une amende [offender] (for pour ; for doing pour avoir fait) ; ( for traffic offence) donner une contravention à [offender] ; to fine sb £50 condamner qn à 50 livres sterling d'amende.not to put too fine a point on it bref, à franchement parler ; a chance would be a fine thing ○ ! ça serait trop beau ○ ! ; to cut it a bit fine faire trop juste, être un peu juste ; there is a fine line between X and Y il y a une distinction subtile entre X et Y ; to tread a fine line jouer serré.
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