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101 throw away
Games jeter une cartethrow [something] away, throw away [something]1) lit jeter; fig gâcher [chance, life]; gaspiller [money]2) ( utter casually) lancer [quelque chose] négligemment [remark, information] -
102 up
up [ʌp]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. preposition2. adverb3. noun4. adjective7. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When up is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg come up, throw up, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg this way up, close up, look up the other word.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. preposition• to be up a tree/up a ladder être dans un arbre/sur une échelle2. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When used with a preposition, up is often not translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• people up and down the country are saying... partout dans le pays les gens disent...• are you up for it? (inf) ( = willing) tu es partant ? (inf) ; ( = fit) tu te sens d'attaque (inf) ?► up to ( = as far as) jusqu'à• what page are you up to? à quelle page en êtes-vous ?► to be up to sth ( = capable of)• is he up to doing research? est-il capable de faire de la recherche ?• it isn't up to his usual standard ( = equal to) il peut faire bien mieux que cela► to feel or be up to sth ( = strong enough for)• he really isn't up to going back to work yet il n'est vraiment pas en état de reprendre le travail► to be up to sth (inf) ( = doing)what is he up to? qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique ? (inf)• what have you been up to? qu'est-ce que tu as fabriqué ? (inf)• shall I do it? -- it's up to you je le fais ? -- à vous de voir• if it were up to me... si ça ne tenait qu'à moi...3. noun4. adjective• get up! debout !• she was up all night because the baby was ill elle n'a pas fermé l'œil de la nuit parce que le bébé était maladeb. ( = raised) the blinds were up les stores n'étaient pas baissés• "this side up" (on parcel) « haut »• hands up, everyone who knows the answer levez le doigt si vous connaissez la réponse• hands up! (to gunman) haut les mains !c. ( = installed, built)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Whichever verb is implicit in English is usually made explicit in French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• we've got the curtains/pictures up at last nous avons enfin posé les rideaux/accroché les tableauxe. ( = finished) his leave is up sa permission est terminée• time's up! c'est l'heure !f. ( = wrong) (inf) what's up? qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ?• what's up with him? qu'est-ce qu'il a qui ne va pas ?• what's up with the car? qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec la voiture ?• what's up with your leg? qu'est-ce qui t'est arrivé à la jambe ? (inf)• he's been rather up and down recently il a eu des hauts et des bas récemment► up and running ( = functioning) opérationnel7. compounds* * *Note: up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs ( get up, pick up etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc)[ʌp] 1.1) ( out of bed)2) (higher in amount, level)sales/prices are up (by 10%) — les ventes/les prix ont augmenté (de 10%)
shares/numbers are up — les actions sont/le nombre est en hausse
production is up (by) 5% — la production a augmenté de 5%
his temperature is up 2 degrees — sa température a augmenté de 2°
sales are 10% up on last year — les ventes ont augmenté de 10% par rapport à l'an dernier
3) (colloq) ( wrong)4) (erected, affixed)5) ( open)6) ( finished)‘time's up!’ — ‘le temps est épuisé!’
it's all up (colloq) with him — il est fini (colloq)
7) ( facing upwards)‘this side up’ — (on parcel, box) ‘haut’
8) ( rising)her blood's up — fig la moutarde lui monte au nez
9) ( pinned up)10) ( cheerful)11) ( being repaired)12) ( in upward direction)13) ( on trial)2.1) ( high)up here/there — là-haut
up in the tree/the clouds — dans l'arbre/les nuages
up to/in London — à Londres
up to/in Scotland — en Écosse
all the way up — jusqu'en haut, jusqu'au sommet
2) ( ahead) d'avanceshe's 40-15 up — ( in tennis) elle mène 40-15
3) ( upwards)t-shirts from £2 up — des t-shirts à partir de deux livres
4) ( to high status)3.1) (at, to higher level)2) ( in direction)4.up above adverbial phrase, prepositional phrase gen au-dessus; Religion au ciel5.up against prepositional phrase6. 7.to be ou come up against opposition — rencontrer de l'opposition
up and down adverbial phrase, prepositional phrase1) ( to and fro)to walk ou pace up and down — aller et venir, faire les cent pas
2) ( throughout)8.up and running adjectival phrase, adverbial phraseto be up and running — [company, project] bien marcher; [system] bien fonctionner
9.to get something up and running — faire marcher or fonctionner quelque chose
up for prepositional phrase10.the subject up for discussion is... — le sujet qu'on aborde est...
up to prepositional phrase1) ( to particular level) jusqu'à2) ( as many as) jusqu'à, près dereductions of up to 50% — des réductions qui peuvent atteindre 50%
tax on profits of up to £150,000 — les impôts sur les bénéfices de moins de 150000 livres sterling
3) ( until) jusqu'àup to 10.30 pm — jusqu'à 22 h 30
4) ( good enough for)I'm not up to it — ( not capable) je n'en suis pas capable; ( not well enough) je n'en ai pas la force
this work wasn't up to your usual standard — ce travail n'est pas au niveau de ce que vous faites d'habitude
6) ( doing)what are those children up to? — qu'est-ce qu'ils fabriquent (colloq) ces enfants?
11. 12.they're up to something — ils mijotent (colloq) quelque chose
intransitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)••to be (well) up on — s'y connaître en [art, history etc]; être au courant de [news, developments]
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103 absolute
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104 ancillary
1 noun(of company) filiale f(a) (supplementary) auxiliaire;∎ local services are ancillary to the national programme les services locaux apportent leur aide ou contribution au programme national(b) (subsidiary) (cost, advantage) accessoireancillary rights droits m pl dérivés -
105 asset
∎ assets (of company) actif m; (personal) patrimoine m; (possessions) avoir m, capital m; LAW (of inheritance, company) masse f; (on liquidation after bankruptcy) masse active;∎ assets and liabilities actif et passif;∎ total assets total m de l'actif;∎ excess of assets over liabilities excédent m de l'actif sur le passifasset allocation répartition f des actifs;asset management gestion f de biens ou de capital; (of individual's wealth) gestion de patrimoine;asset stripper dépeceur m d'entreprise;asset stripping démantèlement m d'entreprise;asset swap swap m d'actifs;asset turnover rotation f des capitaux;asset utilization ratio taux m d'utilisation des actifs;asset valuation réserve f, provision f pour évaluation d'actif;ACCOUNTANCY asset value valeur f d'actif(b) (advantage) atout m;∎ she's a real asset to the company elle apporte beaucoup à l'entreprise -
106 bargaining
marchandage mbargaining chip monnaie f d'échange;∎ to use sb/sth as a bargaining chip utiliser qn/qch comme monnaie d'échange;bargaining position situation f permettant de négocier;∎ we are in a strong bargaining position nous sommes en position de force pour négocier;bargaining power pouvoir m de négociation;∎ they have considerable bargaining power ils ont beaucoup de poids dans les négociations;bargaining table table f des négociationsAs you might expect, larger companies have a distinct negotiating advantage, often using their leverage to qualify for high-volume discounts or get better deals. However, that doesn't mean that small- to medium-sized manufacturers can't beef up their bargaining power. For example, by joining or forming a purchasing cooperative, you can mass your company's orders with several other companies' orders, enabling all to receive a better price.
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107 benefit
1 noun∎ to be on benefit toucher l'aide sociale;∎ to pay out benefits verser des prestationsBenefits Agency caisse f des allocations socialesbenefits package avantages sociaux;MARKETING benefit segmentation segmentation f par avantages recherchés(person, country) profiter à; (trade) favoriser;∎ a steady exchange rate benefits trade un taux d'échange stable est avantageux au commerce ou favorise le commerce;∎ the change will benefit all employees tous les employés bénéficieront de ce changementto benefit from sth profiter de qch, tirer profit de qch;∎ to benefit from a rise in prices profiter de ou tirer profit d'une hausse de prix -
108 brain-drain
fuite f des cerveauxAn IT brain-drain could hit Tony Blair's plans for Britain to be a leading site for e-commerce, according to e-business consultant Steve Allan. Allan, who has moved to The Netherlands because of the new IR35 tax regulations, said that European businesses are taking advantage of the exodus of British contractors to catch up and overtake the UK.
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109 comparative
MARKETING comparative advantage avantage m comparatif;comparative advertising publicité f comparative;comparative test essai m comparatif;comparative testing essais m pl comparatifs -
110 competitive
(product) concurrentiel(elle); (company, price) compétitif(ive);∎ to offer competitive terms proposer des prix très compétitifs;∎ industry must become more competitive l'industrie doit devenir plus compétitivecompetitive advantage avantage m concurrentiel;competitive advertising publicité f concurrentielle;competitive analysis analyse f des concurrents;competitive awareness sensibilité f compétitive;competitive bidding appel m d'offres;competitive edge avance f concurrentielle;competitive marketplace marché m de concurrence;competitive position position f concurrentielle;competitive positioning positionnement m concurrentiel;competitive pricing fixation f des prix compétitifs;competitive scope domaine m concurrentiel, champ m concurrentiel;competitive strategy stratégie f concurrentielleThe new, new thing is really serious. The impact of publicity on the Internet is fast and global - instantaneously everywhere. I first noticed it in action three years ago when a client called to complain that its competitor was getting tons of publicity and the client wasn't. I was stunned, because we had just done a competitive analysis showing our client had dramatically more publicity.
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111 drawdown
FINANCE tirage mUntil now, anyone wanting to take advantage of drawdown had first to make the costly transfer into a personal pension plan. The new rules aim to make this unnecessary by extending drawdown to occupational money purchase schemes... small, self-administered schemes... executive pension plans... additional voluntary contributions... and individual or free-standing AVCs.
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112 folio
1 nounpaginer à livre ouvert(letter) faire suivre d'une seconde lettre; (person) relancer; (advantage) poursuivre; (inquiry, order) donner suite à; (opportunity) saisir; (success) exploiter;∎ follow up your initial phone call with a letter confirmez votre coup de téléphone par écrit(in selling) faire de la relance -
113 inelastic
(demand) fixeThe telcos have one basic advantage over their suffering dot-com cousins: While many Internet firms were built on demand that has yet to materialize (people will love buying groceries over the Internet -- right?), the telecom sector is blessed with what economists call inelastic demand. In other words, people will always want to make phone calls and transmit data, regardless of how low the market sinks.
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114 laddered portfolio
A laddered portfolio of individual bonds has an additional advantage: If you need to sell some of them to raise cash at a time when the bond market is slumping, you can select the more profitable ones for sale and hold the others to maturity. When redeeming bond fund shares, you may be forced to swallow a capital loss if the market is against you.
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115 mystery
mystery shopper client(e) m, f mystère;mystery shopping pseudo-achat mMystery shopping looks at your operation from the customer's perspective with the advantage of knowing the company's criteria and standards. Researchers, who score your establishment according to a checklist created specifically for your company and tailored to your customer-service goals, make monthly visits. That method can give you great insight into how your business is operating when the manager is not around and whether employees are serving your customers the way you intend.
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116 perception
(of product, brand) perception fEditorial will target women with health and beauty themes harmonised with the Advantage proposition of "treating yourself". The aim is to shift perception of the Boots brand from something worthy to something inspirational.
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117 perquisite
(from job) avantage m en nature; (advantage) avantage -
118 advantageous
[ædvən'tei‹əs]adjective (having or giving an advantage: Because of his experience he was in an advantageous position for promotion) avantageux -
119 asset
['æset](anything useful or valuable; an advantage: He is a great asset to the school.) atout- assets -
120 be one up on (a person)
(to have an advantage over (someone): We brought out a book on this before our rivals so we're one up on them.) marquer un point sur (qqn)
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