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A n the educated (+ v pl) ( having an education) les gens mpl instruits ; ( cultivated) les gens mpl cultivés.B adj [person] ( having an education) instruit ; ( cultivated) cultivé ; [mind, palate, taste, judgment] raffiné ; [language, style] dénotant un certain niveau d'instruction ; [accent] élégant ; to be very poorly educated ne pas avoir fait beaucoup d'études.to make an educated guess avancer une hypothèse. -
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educated [ˈedjʊkeɪtɪd]1. verb2. adjective* * *['edʒʊkeɪtɪd] 1.2.the educated — ( having education) les gens mpl instruits; ( cultivated) les gens mpl cultivés
adjective [person] ( having an education) instruit; ( cultivated) cultivé; [taste] raffiné; [accent] élégant; [classes] instruit•• -
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educated ['edʒʊkeɪtɪd]∎ to make an educated guess faire une supposition bien informée;∎ he was well educated in the ways of the locals il était bien renseigné sur le mode de vie des gens de la région -
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English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > educated
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5 educated guess
hypothèse ou conjecture plausible/raisonnable; supposition logique; Pol. hypothèse sensée/raisonnableEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > educated guess
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6 convent-educated
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10 self-educated
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11 well-educated
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12 to make an educated choice
Pol. faire un choix bien informé; se déterminer en toute connaissance de causeEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to make an educated choice
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13 self-educated person
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educate ['edjʊkeɪt]∎ he was educated in France/at Oxford il a fait ses études en France/à Oxford;∎ to have one's child educated faire faire des études à son enfant;∎ to be impossible to educate être inéducable(b) (train, develop) (person, someone's taste/mind) former;∎ the campaign aims to educate young people about the risks of drugs la campagne a pour objet de sensibiliser les jeunes aux dangers de la drogue;∎ she was educated always to think of others before herself on lui a enseigné à toujours penser aux autres avant elle-même -
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educate [ˈedjʊkeɪt][+ family, children] éduquer ; [+ the mind, one's tastes] former• a campaign to educate people about the dangers of smoking une campagne de sensibilisation du public aux dangers du tabac* * *['edʒʊkeɪt]transitive verb1) ( teach) instruire2) ( provide education for) assurer l'instruction de3) ( inform) informer [public, smokers, drivers] (about, in sur); éduquer [palate, tastes, mind] -
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badly [ˈbædlɪ]a. ( = poorly) mal• to do badly [athlete] faire une mauvaise performance ; [student, company, economy] avoir de mauvais résultats ; [political party] (in elections) obtenir de mauvais résultatsb. ( = unfavourably) to think badly of sb avoir une mauvaise opinion de qn• nobody will think badly of you if... personne ne t'en voudra si...c. [wound, injure, affect, disrupt] gravementd. ( = very much) to want sth badly avoir très envie de qch* * *['bædlɪ]1) ( not well) [begin, behave, sleep] mal; [educated, fed, made, worded] malto go badly — [exam, interview, meeting] mal se passer
to do badly — [candidate, company] obtenir de mauvais résultats
please don't think badly of me — s'il vous plaît, ne m'en veuillez pas
2) ( seriously) [suffer] beaucoup; [beat] brutalement; [disrupt, affect] sérieusement; [burnt, hurt, damaged] gravementbadly hit — fig durement touché
3) ( urgently)to want/need something badly — avoir très envie de/grand besoin de quelque chose
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19 better
better [ˈbetər]1. adjective• he is much better now [invalid] il va bien mieux maintenant• how are you? -- much better comment allez-vous ? -- bien mieux• that's better! voilà qui est mieux !• it's getting better and better! ça va de mieux en mieux !► to be better to do sth• wouldn't it be better to refuse? ne vaudrait-il pas mieux refuser ?2. adverb• write to her, or better still go and see her écris-lui, ou mieux encore va la voir• they are better off than we are ( = richer) ils ont plus d'argent que nous ; ( = more fortunate) ils sont dans une meilleure position que nous3. noun[+ sb's achievements] dépasser ; [+ record, score] améliorer• to better o.s. améliorer sa condition* * *Note: When better is used as an adjective it is translated by meilleur or mieux depending on the context (see below, and note that meilleur is the comparative form of bon, mieux the comparative form of bien). The translation of the construction to be better than varies depending on whether bon or bien works originally with the noun collocate: their wine is better than our wine = leur vin est meilleur que le nôtre; her new apartment is better than her old one = son nouvel appartement est mieux que l'ancien; his new film is better than his last one = son nouveau film est mieux or meilleur que le précédent (both bon and bien work with the collocate in this last example). Other constructions may be translated as follows: this is a better bag/car = ce sac/cette voiture est mieux; it is better to do = il vaut mieux faire or il est mieux de faireAs an adverb, better can almost always be translated by mieux. For more examples and particular usages, see the entry below['betə(r)] 1.1)the better of the two — le/la meilleur/-e or le/la mieux des deux
to deserve/hope for better — mériter/espérer mieux
so much the better, all the better — tant mieux
3) ( superior person)2.to get better — gen s'améliorer; [ill person] aller mieux
the weather is no better — le temps n'est pas meilleur or ne s'est pas amélioré
to taste better — être meilleur, avoir un meilleur goût
to be better — [patient, cold, headache] aller mieux
to feel all the better for — se sentir mieux après [rest, meal]
if it makes you feel any better — ( less worried) si ça peut te rassurer; ( less sad) si ça peut te consoler
to feel better about doing — ( less nervous) se sentir à même de faire; (less worried, guilty) avoir moins de scrupules à faire
to be better at — être meilleur en [subject, sport]
3.the bigger/sooner the better — le plus grand/vite possible
to fit/behave better than — aller/se comporter mieux que
better made/organized than — mieux fait/organisé que
better behaved/educated — plus sage/cultivé
to do better — (in career, life) réussir mieux; (in exam, essay) faire mieux; ( in health) aller mieux
the better to see/hear — pour mieux voir/entendre
the money would be better spent on a holiday — il vaudrait mieux garder cet argent pour les vacances
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you'd better do — ( advising) tu ferais mieux de faire; ( warning) tu as intérêt à faire
‘will she come?’ - ‘she'd better!’ — (colloq) ‘est-ce qu'elle viendra?’ - ‘elle a intérêt!’
4.better still,... — ou mieux,...
transitive verb améliorer [one's performance, achievement]; faire mieux que [rival's performance, achievement]••for better (or) for worse — gen advienne que pourra; ( in wedding vow) pour le meilleur et pour le pire
to get the better of — [person] triompher de [enemy, problem]
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20 guess
guess [ges]1. noun• three guesses! essaie de deviner !• that was a good guess! tu as deviné juste !• that was a good guess but... c'est une bonne idée, mais...• how did you know? -- it was just a lucky guess comment as-tu deviné ? -- j'ai dit ça au hasard• my guess is that he refused d'après moi, il a refusé• will he come tomorrow? -- it's anyone's guess (inf) viendra-t-il demain ? -- qui sait ?• at a guess I would say there were 200 à vue de nez, il y en avait 200• your guess is as good as mine! (inf) je n'en sais pas plus que toi !• you've guessed it! tu as deviné !• can you guess what it means? devine ce que ça veut dire• guess what! (inf) tu sais quoi ?• guess who! (inf) devine qui c'est !• you'll never guess who's coming to see us! tu ne devineras jamais qui va venir nous voir !b. ( = think) supposer• guess! essaie de deviner ! devine un peu !• you'll never guess! tu ne devineras jamais !4. compounds* * *[ges] 1.noun supposition f, conjecture fto have ou make a guess — essayer de deviner
to have ou make a guess at something — essayer de deviner quelque chose
2.at a (rough) guess I would say that... — au hasard je dirais que...
transitive verb1) ( intuit) devinerto guess somebody's age — ( correctly) deviner l'âge de quelqu'un; ( make estimate) donner un âge à quelqu'un
guess what! I've won a prize! — tu sais quoi (colloq)! j'ai gagné un prix!
3.‘he's right, you know’ - ‘I guess so’ — ‘il a raison, tu sais’ - ‘oui, je suppose’
intransitive verb devinerto guess at — faire des suppositions or des conjectures quant à [plans, outcome]
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