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Ⅰ.must1 [məs, məst, stressed mʌst](a) (expressing necessity, obligation) devoir;∎ you must lock the door vous devez fermer ou il faut que vous fermiez la porte à clé;∎ you must hurry up il faut vous dépêcher;∎ I must go now il faut que je parte (maintenant);∎ the system must change il faut que le système change;∎ I must admit the idea intrigues me je dois avouer que l'idée m'intrigue;∎ he is stupid, I must say il est stupide, je dois l'avouer;∎ ironic very clever, I must say! je dois dire que c'est très astucieux!;∎ I must say I thought it was rather good je dois dire que c'était très bien;∎ if I/you/ etc must s'il le faut;∎ I can't! - you must! je ne peux pas! - mais il le faut!;∎ if you must know, he's asked me out to dinner si tu veux tout savoir, il m'a invitée à dîner;∎ this I must see! il faut que je voie ça!;∎ you really must see his latest film il faut vraiment que tu voies son dernier film;∎ must you be so rude? es-tu obligé d'être aussi grossier?;∎ they told us we must leave ils nous ont dit qu'il fallait que nous partions, ils nous ont dit que nous devions partir;∎ you mustn't smoke il est interdit de fumer;∎ you mustn't tell anyone vous ne devez le dire à personne, il ne faut le dire à personne;∎ I mustn't say any more je n'ai pas le droit d'en dire plus;∎ we mustn't be late il ne faut pas que nous soyons en retard;∎ they told us we mustn't come before 10 o'clock ils nous ont dit de ne pas arriver avant 10 heures;∎ you mustn't forget to press this button n'oubliez (surtout) pas d'appuyer sur ce bouton;∎ if you must drink so much, what do you expect? si tu t'entêtes à boire autant, il ne faut pas t'étonner!(b) (suggesting, inviting)∎ you must meet my wife il faut que vous rencontriez ou fassiez la connaissance de ma femme;∎ you must come and see us il faut (absolument) que vous veniez nous voir(c) (expressing likelihood) devoir;∎ you must be Alison vous devez être Alison;∎ you must be famished vous devez être morts de faim;∎ it must be very hard for you ça doit être très dur pour toi;∎ there must be thousands of them! il doit y en avoir des milliers!;∎ you must be joking! tu plaisantes!;∎ if he says so it must be true s'il le dit, c'est que c'est vrai(d) (with "have" + past participle) (making assumptions, stating requirements) she must have forgotten elle a dû oublier, elle a sans doute oublié;∎ has she forgotten? - she must have elle a oublié? - sans doute ou certainement;∎ you must have known! vous le saviez sûrement!;∎ was it her? - it must have been est-ce que c'était elle? - oui, je pense;∎ there must have been at least a thousand people il devait y avoir au moins un millier de personnes;∎ I saw that he must have suspected something j'ai bien vu qu'il avait dû se douter de quelque chose;∎ before applying candidates must have successfully completed all their exams les candidats doivent avoir obtenu tous leurs examens avant de se présenter2 noun∎ familiar sunglasses are a must les lunettes de soleil sont absolument indispensables□ ;∎ this film/his new album is a must il faut absolument avoir vu ce film/acheter son dernier album□ ;∎ fake fur is a must this year la fausse fourrure est un must cette annéeⅡ.must2 [mʌst](b) (for wine) moût m
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