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1 follow in someone's footsteps
(to do the same as someone has done before one: When he joined the police force he was following in his father's footsteps.) marcher sur les traces de -
2 follow
follow ['fɒləʊ]∎ follow me suivez-moi;∎ he left, followed by his brother il est parti, suivi de son frère;∎ the dog follows her (about or around) everywhere le chien la suit partout ou est toujours sur ses talons;∎ to follow sb in/out entrer/sortir à la suite de qn;∎ he followed me into the house il m'a suivi dans la maison;∎ his eyes followed her everywhere il la suivait partout du regard ou des yeux;∎ she always follows the crowd elle suit toujours la foule ou le mouvement;∎ his talk will be followed by a discussion son exposé sera suivi d'une discussion;∎ she followed this remark with a rather feeble joke elle agrémenta cette remarque d'une plaisanterie un peu facile;∎ in the days that followed the accident dans les jours qui suivirent l'accident;∎ as sure as day follows night aussi sûr que deux et deux font quatre;∎ he followed his father into politics il est entré en politique sur les traces de son père;∎ George IV was followed by William IV Guillaume IV a succédé à George IV;∎ familiar she'll be a hard act to follow il sera difficile de lui succéder□ ;∎ to follow suit (in cards) fournir;∎ figurative she sat down and I followed suit elle s'est assise, et j'en ai fait autant ou j'ai fait de même;∎ he followed them to Rome il les a suivis ou il a suivi leurs traces jusqu'à Rome;∎ she had her husband followed elle a fait filer son mari;∎ follow that car! suivez cette voiture!;∎ I'm being followed on me suit;∎ we're continuing to follow this line of enquiry nous continuons l'enquête dans la même direction(c) (go along) suivre, longer;∎ follow the path suivez le chemin;∎ follow the arrows suivez les flèches;∎ the border follows the river la frontière suit ou longe le fleuve;∎ the streets follow an irregular pattern les rues suivent un schéma irrégulier(d) (conform to → diet, instructions, rules) suivre; (→ orders) exécuter; (→ fashion) suivre, se conformer à; (→ someone's advice, example) suivre(e) (understand) suivre, comprendre;∎ do you follow me? vous me suivez?;∎ I don't quite follow you je ne vous suis pas vraiment;∎ I didn't follow why they killed him je n'ai pas compris pourquoi ils l'ont tué∎ Music to follow a score suivre une partition(g) (take an interest in) suivre, se tenir au courant de;∎ she followed the murder case in the papers elle a suivi l'affaire de meurtre dans les journaux;∎ have you been following that nature series on TV? avez-vous suivi ces émissions sur la nature à la télé?(h) (accept → ideas) suivre; (→ leader) appuyer, être partisan de; (→ cause, party) être partisan de, être pour;∎ to follow a football team être supporter d'une équipe de foot(i) (practise → profession) exercer, suivre; (→ career) poursuivre; (→ religion) pratiquer; (→ method) employer, suivre∎ my husband is following later mon mari viendra plus tard;∎ in the years that followed dans les années qui suivirent;∎ he answered as follows il a répondu comme suit;∎ my theory is as follows ma théorie est la suivante;∎ a long silence followed un long silence s'ensuivit;∎ his sister followed hard on his heels sa sœur le suivait de près ou était sur ses talons;∎ revolution followed hard on the heels of the elections la révolution suivit de très près ou immédiatement les élections;∎ also figurative to follow in sb's footsteps suivre les traces de qn;∎ following in her father's footsteps, she became a writer elle a suivi les traces de son père et est devenue écrivain;∎ roast beef with strawberries to follow du rosbif suivi par des fraises∎ it doesn't necessarily follow that he'll die cela ne veut pas forcément dire qu'il va mourir;∎ from what he says, it follows that he'll be standing for Parliament de ce qu'il a dit, il ressort qu'il sera candidat au Parlement;∎ it follows from this that… il en résulte que…;∎ that doesn't follow ce n'est pas forcément ou nécessairement vrai;∎ a disturbing conclusion follows from this une conclusion inquiétante en découle(c) (understand) suivre, comprendre∎ Paris sets the trend and the world follows Paris donne le ton et le reste du monde suit(a) (come after) suivre;∎ you go ahead, we'll follow on partez en avant, nous vous suivons;∎ she said she would follow on later elle a dit qu'elle nous rejoindrait plus tard∎ it follows on from this that… il en résulte que…(c) (in cricket) = reprendre la garde du guichet au début de la seconde partie faute d'avoir marqué le nombre de points requis(idea, plan) poursuivre jusqu'au bout ou jusqu'à sa conclusion;∎ he didn't follow our proposal through il n'a pas donné suite à notre propositionSport accompagner son coup ou sa balle; (in billiards) faire ou jouer un coulé(a) (pursue → advantage, success) exploiter, tirer parti de; (→ offer) donner suite à; (tip-off) suivre;∎ to follow up a clue suivre une piste(c) (continue, supplement) faire suivre, compléter;∎ follow up your initial phone call with a letter confirmez votre coup de téléphone par écrit;∎ I followed up your suggestion for a research project j'ai repris votre suggestion pour un projet de rechercheexploiter un avantage, tirer parti d'un avantage;∎ he followed up with a right to the jaw il a continué avec un droit à la mâchoire -
3 foot
[fut]plural - feet; noun1) (the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks: My feet are very sore from walking so far.) pied2) (the lower part of anything: at the foot of the hill.) pied3) ((plural often foot; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm): He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.) pied•- footing- football - foothill - foothold - footlight - footman - footmark - footnote - footpath - footprint - footsore - footstep - footwear - follow in someone's footsteps - foot the bill - on foot - put one's foot down - put one's foot in it
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