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litter [ˈlɪtər]1. noun• "litter" (on bin) « papiers »b. ( = animal's offspring) portée f3. compounds* * *['lɪtə(r)] 1.1) ( rubbish) détritus mpl; ( more substantial) ordures fpl; ( paper) papiers mpl‘no litter’ — ‘défense de déposer des ordures’
2) ( random collection) fouillis m (of de)4) ( for casualty) brancard m; ( for dignitary) litière f5) ( for pet tray) litière f2.transitive verb [leaves, books] joncher [ground]to litter the house with something — [person] semer quelque chose dans toute la maison
to be littered with corpses — [ground] être jonché de cadavres
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A n1 ( young people) the young (+ v pl) les jeunes mpl, la jeunesse f ; for young and old (alike) pour les jeunes comme les vieux, pour jeunes et vieux ;B adj ( not very old) [person, tree, animal, plant] jeune (before n) ; [nation, organization] jeune (before n) ; young at heart jeune de cœur ; he's young for his age il est jeune pour son âge ; she is ten years younger than him elle a dix ans de moins que lui ; I feel ten years younger j'ai l'impression d'avoir rajeuni de dix ans ; in my younger days quand j'étais jeune ; you're only young once! on n'est jeune qu'une fois ; children as young as five years old des enfants dont certains n'avaient que cinq ans ; to marry/die young se marier/mourir jeune ; the young moon la lune nouvelle ; the night is young la nuit ne fait que commencer ; Mr Brown the younger ou the younger Mr Brown M. Brown le jeune ; ( Mr Brown's son) M. Brown fils ; young Jones le jeune Jones ; they are aiming at a young audience ils visent un public jeune ; to have a young outlook être jeune d'esprit ; young fashion mode f jeunes ; young lady jeune femme f ; what did you say, young lady? ( patronizingly) qu'est-ce que vous avez dit, mademoiselle? ; young man jeune homme m ; her young man† son (petit) ami ; young people jeunes gens mpl ; young person jeune m ; the younger generation la jeune génération ; her younger brother son frère cadet ; her younger sister sa sœur cadette ; the two younger children les deux cadets ; I'm not as young as I used to be je n'ai plus 20 ans ; we're not getting any younger nous ne rajeunissons pas. -
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young [jʌŋ]1. adjective2. plural noun* * *[jʌŋ] 1.1) ( young people)the young — les jeunes mpl, la jeunesse f
2) ( animal's offspring) petits mpl2.adjective jeunechildren as young as five years old worked — des enfants dont certains n'avaient que cinq ans travaillaient
Mr Brown the younger — M. Brown le jeune; ( Mr Brown's son) M. Brown fils
young people — jeunes gens mpl
young person — jeune m
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