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1 writings
noun plural (the collected books, poems, correspondence etc of a particular (usually famous) person: the writings of Plato.) écrits -
2 spurious writings
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > spurious writings
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3 subversive writings
Pol. écrits subversifs; pf. oeuvre sulfureuseEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > subversive writings
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4 writing
writing ['raɪtɪŋ]1 noun(a) (of books, letters) écriture f;∎ to take up writing (author) commencer à écrire;∎ to devote one's time to writing se consacrer à l'écriture;∎ writing as a career la carrière ou le métier d'écrivain;∎ it's a good piece of writing c'est bien écrit;∎ this is clear, concise writing c'est un style clair et concis, c'est écrit avec clarté et concision;∎ the report was four years in the writing il a fallu quatre ans pour rédiger le rapport;∎ at the time of writing au moment où j'écris/il écrit/ etc; Press à l'heure où nous mettons sous presse(b) (handwriting) écriture f;∎ I can't read your writing je ne peux pas déchiffrer votre écriture ou ce que vous avez écrit∎ there was writing all over the board il n'y avait plus de place pour écrire quoi que ce soit sur le tableau noir;∎ figurative the writing's on the wall l'issue est inéluctable;∎ the writing was on the wall for the Roman Empire la fin de l'empire romain était imminente;∎ I could see the writing on the wall je savais ce qui allait arriver∎ to learn reading and writing apprendre à lire et à écrire, apprendre la lecture et l'écriture(written works) œuvre f, écrits mpl;∎ the writings of Karl Marx les écrits mpl ou l'œuvre m de Karl Marx;∎ selected writings morceaux mpl choisispar écrit;∎ to put sth in writing mettre qch par écrit;∎ can we have that in writing? pouvons-nous avoir cela par écrit?;∎ you need her agreement in writing il vous faut son accord écrit;∎ I won't be satisfied until I see it in writing je ne serai pas satisfait tant que ce ne sera pas écrit noir sur blanc►► writing block bloc m de papier à lettres;writing case nécessaire m de correspondance;writing desk secrétaire m (meuble);writing materials matériel m nécessaire pour écrire;writing pad bloc-notes m;writing paper papier m à lettres;writing table secrétaire m (meuble) -
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A n1 ¢ ( activity) writing is her life écrire, c'est sa vie ;4 ( literature) littérature f ; modern/American writing littérature moderne/américaine ; the writings of Colette l'œuvre f de Colette ; selected writings of Oscar Wilde morceaux mpl choisis d'Oscar Wilde ; it was an excellent piece of writing c'était très bien écrit.the writing is on the wall la catastrophe est imminente ; the writing is on the wall for the regime la fin du régime est imminente. -
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bulk [bʌlk]1. noun• the bulk of the work is done le plus gros du travail est fait► in bulk ( = in large quantities) en gros ; (not prepacked) en vrac2. compounds* * *[bʌlk] 1.1) ( large size) (of package, correspondence, writings) volume m; (of building, vehicle) masse f2) ( large body) corps m massif3) ( large quantity)in bulk — [buy, sell] en gros; [transport] en vrac
4) ( majority)the bulk of — la majeure partie de [imports, research, applications]; le plus gros de [army, workforce]; la plupart des [workers, voters]
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7 critical
critical [ˈkrɪtɪkəl]1. adjectiveb. ( = decisive) critiquec. [patient] dans un état critiqued. ( = censorious) critique (of sb/sth à l'égard de qn/qch)e. [study, writings, edition] critique2. compounds* * *['krɪtɪkl]adjective [point, condition, remark] critique; [stage] crucial; [moment] décisif/-ive; [acclaim] de la critiqueto be critical of somebody/something — critiquer quelqu'un/quelque chose
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8 literature
literature [ˈlɪtərɪt∫ər]a. ( = literary works) littérature fb. ( = documentation) documentation f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ The French word littérature has a double t.* * *['lɪtrətʃə(r)], US [-tʃʊər] 1.1) ( literary writings) littérature f2) (pamphlets, brochures etc) documentation f2. -
9 through
through [θru:]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When through is an element in a phrasal verb, eg break through, fall through, sleep through, look up the verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverb2. prepositiona. à traversb. ( = throughout) pendantd. ( = by means of) par3. adjective[carriage, train, ticket] direct• "through traffic" ≈ « toutes directions »4. compounds* * *[θruː] 1.1) ( from one side to the other) à travers2) (via, by way of)to look through — regarder avec [binoculars, telescope]; regarder par [hole, window]
3) ( past)to go through — brûler [red light]
to get ou go through — passer à travers [barricade]; passer [customs]
4) ( among)6) ( because of)7) ( until the end of)all ou right through the day — toute la journée
8) ( up to and including) jusqu'à2.open April through September — US ouvert d'avril à fin septembre
1) (colloq) ( finished) finiwe're through — ( of a couple) c'est fini entre nous
2) ( direct) [train, ticket, route] direct; [freight] à forfait‘no through road’ — ‘voie sans issue’
‘through traffic’ — ( on roadsign) ‘autres directions’
3) ( successful)4) GB3.2) ( from beginning to end)4.to read/play something right through — lire/jouer quelque chose jusqu'au bout
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10 writing
writing [ˈraɪtɪŋ]1. nouna. ( = handwriting, sth written) écriture f• there is in his writing evidence of a desire to... on trouve dans ses écrits la manifestation d'un désir de...2. compounds* * *['raɪtɪŋ]1) [U] ( activity)writing is her life — écrire, c'est sa vie
2) ( handwriting) écriture fhis writing is poor/good — il écrit mal/bien
3) ( words and letters) écriture f4) ( literature) littérature fthe writings of Colette — l'œuvre m de Colette
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11 Bible
1) ((with the) the sacred writings of the Christian Church, consisting of the Old and New Testaments.) Bible2) (the Jewish Scriptures (the Old Testament).) Bible•- biblical -
12 canon
['kænən]1) (a rule (especially of the church).) canon2) (a clergyman belonging to a cathedral.) chanoine3) (a list of saints.) canon4) (a musical composition in which one part enters after another in imitation.) canon5) (all the writings of an author that are accepted as genuine: the Shakespeare canon.)•- canonize - canonise - canonization - canonisation -
13 scripture
['skrip ə]1) (the sacred writings of a religion: Buddhist and Hindu scriptures.) écriture(s)2) (the Bible.) Ecriture sainte• -
14 write
past tense - wrote; verb1) (to draw (letters or other forms of script) on a surface, especially with a pen or pencil on paper: They wrote their names on a sheet of paper; The child has learned to read and write; Please write in ink.) écrire2) (to compose the text of (a book, poem etc): She wrote a book on prehistoric monsters.) écrire3) (to compose a letter (and send it): He has written a letter to me about this matter; I'll write you a long letter about my holiday; I wrote to you last week.) écrire•- writer- writing - writings - written - writing-paper - write down - write out -
15 bulk
A n2 ( large body) corps m massif ;4 ( majority) the bulk of la majeure partie de [imports, research, fortune, applications] ; le plus gros de [forces, army, workforce] ; la plupart des [nationals, workers, voters] ;5 ( dietary fibre) fibre f.B modif2 Naut [cargo, shipment, transport] en vrac. -
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17 holy
holy adj [writings, place, community, person] saint ; [well, water] bénit ; holy picture image f pieuse ; to lead a holy life mener une vie sainte ; on holy ground en lieu saint ; holy cow ○ !, holy smoke ○ !, holy mackerel ○ !, holy shit ◑ ! zut alors ○ ! -
18 literature
A n1 ( literary writings) littérature f ; 20th century French literature la littérature française du XXe siècle ; a work of literature une œuvre littéraire ;2 ( pamphlets) documentation f ; sales literature brochures fpl publicitaires ; campaign literature tracts mpl ; described in the literature as décrit dans tous les ouvrages consacrés à ce sujet comme. -
19 through
A prep1 ( from one side to the other) à travers ; to see through the curtain/mist voir à travers le rideau/la brume ; to feel the stones through one's shoes sentir les cailloux à travers ses chaussures ; to cut through the fields couper à travers champs ; the nail went right through the wall le clou a traversé le mur ; to drive through the forest/desert traverser la forêt/le désert (en voiture) ; to stick one's finger through the slit passer son doigt dans la fente ; to poke sth through a hole enfoncer qch dans un trou ; to drill through a cable toucher un fil électrique avec une perceuse ; he was shot through the head on lui a tiré une balle dans la tête ; it has a crack running through it il est fêlé ;2 (via, by way of) to go through a tunnel passer par un tunnel ; to go through London/the town centre passer par Londres/le centre-ville ; to travel through Germany to Poland aller en Pologne en passant par l'Allemagne ; the path goes through the woods le chemin passe par le bois ; to come in through the hole/door entrer par le trou/la porte ; go straight through that door passez cette porte ; to jump through the window sauter par la fenêtre ; to look through regarder avec [binoculars, telescope] ; regarder par [hole, window, keyhole] ; to hear sth through the wall entendre qch à travers le mur ; you have to go through her secretary il faut passer par sa secrétaire ;3 ( past) to go through brûler [red light] ; to get ou go through passer à travers [barricade] ; passer [customs] ; to push one's way through se frayer un chemin à travers [crowd, undergrowth] ; the water poured through the roof l'eau passait à travers le toit ;4 ( among) to fly through the clouds voler au milieu des nuages ; to leap through the trees sauter de branche en branche ; to fly through the air [acrobat] voler dans les airs ; [arrow, bullet] fendre l'air ; ⇒ go, search, sort ;5 ( expressing source or agency) I heard through a friend j'ai appris par un ami ; I met my husband through her c'est par elle que j'ai rencontré mon mari ; it was through her that I got this job c'est par son intermédiaire que j'ai eu ce travail ; to speak through an interpreter parler par l'intermédiaire d'un interprète ; to send sth through the post envoyer qch par la poste ; to book sth through a travel agent réserver qch dans une agence de voyage ; to order sth through a mail order firm commander qch à une société de vente par correspondance ; I only know her through her writings je ne la connais qu'à travers ses écrits ;6 ( because of) through carelessness/inexperience par négligence/manque d'expérience ; through illness pour cause de maladie ; through no fault of mine, we were late ce n'était pas à cause de moi que nous étions en retard ;7 ( until the end of) to work through the night travailler toute la nuit ; all ou right through the day toute la journée ; he talked right through the film il a parlé pendant tout le film ; to stay through until Sunday rester jusqu'à dimanche ; to work through the lunch-hour travailler pendant l'heure du déjeuner ; ⇒ live, see, sleep ;8 ( up to and including) jusqu'à ; from Friday through to Sunday de vendredi jusqu'à dimanche ; 1939 through 1945 US de 1939 jusqu'à 1945 ; open April through September US ouvert d'avril à fin septembre.B adj1 ○ ( finished) fini ; I'm through j'ai fini ; I'm not through with you yet! je n'en ai pas encore fini avec toi! ; are you through with the paper? as-tu fini de lire le journal? ; I'm through with men! les hommes-c'est fini! ; we're through ( of a couple) c'est fini entre nous ; Claire and I are through c'est fini entre Claire et moi ;2 ( direct) [train, ticket] direct ; [freight] à forfait ; [bill of lading] direct ; a through route to the station un chemin direct pour aller à la gare ; ‘no through road’ ‘voie sans issue’ ; ‘through traffic’ ( on roadsign) ‘autres directions’ ; through traffic uses the bypass pour contourner la ville on prend la rocade ;3 ( successful) to be through to the next round être sélectionné pour le deuxième tour ; ⇒ get, go ;C adv1 ( from one side to the other) the water went right through l'eau est passée à travers ; to let sb through laisser passer qn ; can you fit ou squeeze ou get through? est-ce que tu peux passer? ; ⇒ pass ;2 ( completely) wet ou soaked through [coat, cloth] trempé ; [person] trempé jusqu'aux os ; mouldy right through complètement pourri ; cooked right through bien cuit ;3 ( from beginning to end) to read/play sth right through lire/jouer qch jusqu'au bout ; I'm halfway through the article j'ai lu la moitié de l'article ; ⇒ carry, get, go, run, see ;4 Telecom you're through je vous passe votre correspondant ; you're through to Ms Wilkins je vous passe Madame Wilkins ; ⇒ get, go, put.D through and through adv phr to know sth through and through connaître qch comme sa poche [area, city] ; I know him through and through je le connais comme si je l'avais fait ○ ; rotten through and through pourri jusqu'à l'os ; English through and through anglais jusqu'au bout des ongles ; selfish through and through d'un égoïsme foncier.to have been through a lot en avoir vu des vertes et des pas mûres ○ ; you really put her through it tu lui en as vraiment fait voir de toutes les couleurs ○ ; ⇒ hell. -
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