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1 than
than [ðæn, ðən]a. que• you'd be better going by car than by bus tu ferais mieux d'y aller en voiture plutôt qu'en autobus• more/less than 20 plus/moins de 20* * *Note: When than is used as a preposition in expressions of comparison, it is translated by que (or qu' before a vowel or mute ‘h’): he's taller than me = il est plus grand que moi; London is bigger than Oxford = Londres est plus grand qu'OxfordFor expressions with numbers, temperatures etc see the entry belowWhen than is used as a conjunction, it is translated by que and the verb following it is preceded by ne: it was farther than I thought = c'était plus loin que je ne pensais. However, French speakers often try to phrase the comparison differently: it was more difficult than we expected = c'était plus difficile que prévu. For other uses see the entry below[ðæn, ðən] 1.1) ( in comparisons) que2) (expressing quantity, degree, value) de2.more/less than 100 — plus/moins de 100
1) ( in comparisons) que2) ( expressing preferences)I'd sooner ou rather do X than do Y — je préférerais faire X que (de) faire Y
3) ( when)hardly ou no sooner had he left than the phone rang — à peine était-il parti que le téléphone a sonné
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2 head
head [hed]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. tête f• to keep one's head down (inf) ( = avoid trouble) garder un profil bas ; ( = work hard) travailler dur• to keep one's head above water ( = avoid failure) se maintenir à flot• on your own head be it! à vos risques et périls !► from head to foot or toe de la tête aux pieds• he was dressed in black from head to foot or toe il était habillé en noir de la tête aux pieds• he stands head and shoulders above everybody else (in height) il dépasse tout le monde d'une tête ; (in quality) il surpasse tout le monde► head over heelsb. ( = mind, intellect) tête f• it didn't enter his head that ça ne lui est pas venu à l'idée que...• what put that idea into his head? qu'est-ce qui lui a mis cette idée-là en tête ?d. (specific part) [of flower, pin] tête f ; [of arrow] pointe f ; [of spear] fer m ; (on beer) mousse f ; (on tape recorder) tête f (de lecture, d'enregistrement)e. ► to come to a head [problem] devenir critique• it all came to a head yesterday les choses ont atteint un point critique hier► to bring things to a head précipiter les chosesf. ( = top end) [of staircase] haut m• at the head of (lake, valley) à l'extrémité de ; (table) au bout de ; (procession) en tête de ; ( = in charge of) à la tête deh. ( = leader) [of family] chef m• heads or tails? pile ou face ?a. ( = lead) être à la tête de ; [+ procession, list, poll] être en tête de• headed by... dirigé par...b. ( = direct) he got in the car and headed it towards town il est monté dans la voiture et s'est dirigé vers la villec. ( = put at head of) [+ chapter] intituler( = go) to head for or towards [person, vehicle] se diriger vers ; [ship] mettre le cap sur4. compounds[buyer, assistant] principal• to have a head start être avantagé dès le départ (over or on sb par rapport à qn) ► head teacher noun (British) directeur m (or directrice f ) d'école► head off[+ organization, team] diriger* * *[hed] 1.1) tête fto keep one's head down — lit garder la tête baissée; fig ( be inconspicuous) ne pas se faire remarquer; ( work hard) avoir le nez sur son travail
from head to foot ou toe — de la tête aux pieds
heads turned at the sight of... — tout le monde s'est retourné en voyant...
to hold a gun to somebody's head — lit presser un pistolet contre la tête de quelqu'un; fig tenir le couteau sous la gorge de quelqu'un
to have a bad head — (colloq) avoir mal à la tête
to win by a (short) head — [horse] gagner d'une (courte) tête
£10 a head ou per head — 10 livres sterling par personne
50 head of cattle — Agriculture 50 têtes de bétail
2) ( mind) tête fto be over somebody's head — ( too difficult) passer par-dessus la tête de quelqu'un
use your head! — (colloq) sers-toi de tes méninges! (colloq)
3) ( leader) (of family, church, agency) chef m; (of social service, organization) responsable mf, directeur/-trice m/fhead of government/State — chef de gouvernement/d'État
head of department — Administration chef de service; School professeur principal
head of personnel — Commerce chef du personnel
4) (of pin, nail, hammer, golf club) tête f; (of axe, spear, arrow) fer m; ( of tennis racquet) tamis m; ( of stick) pommeau m; (of cabbage, lettuce) pomme f; ( of garlic) tête f5) ( of tape recorder) also Computing tête f6) ( top end) ( of bed) tête f; ( of table) (haut) bout m; ( of procession) tête f; (of pier, river, valley) extrémité fat the head of the stairs/list — en haut de l'escalier/de la liste
7) Medicine (on boil, spot) tête fto come to a head — lit, Medicine mûrir; fig [crisis] arriver au point critique
to bring something to a head — Medicine faire mûrir; fig précipiter [crisis]; amener [quelque chose] au point critique [situation]
8) ( on beer) mousse f2.heads plural noun ( tossing coin) face f‘heads or tails?’ — ‘pile ou face?’
3.heads I win/we go — face je gagne/on y va
noun modifier1) [ injury] à la tête4.transitive verb1) être en tête de [list, queue]; être à la tête de [firm, team]; mener [expedition, inquiry]2) ( entitle) intituler [chapter]headed writing paper — papier m à lettres à en-tête
3) ( steer) diriger [vehicle]; naviguer [boat]4) Sport5.where was the train headed ou heading? — où allait le train?
to head south/north — Nautical mettre le cap au sud/au nord
6.he's heading this way! — il se dirige par ici!; head for
- headed combining formPhrasal Verbs:- head for- head off••to go off one's head — (colloq) perdre la boule (colloq)
to keep/lose one's head — garder/perdre son sang-froid
to be soft ou weak in the head — (colloq) être faible d'esprit
he's not right in the head — (colloq) il a un grain (colloq)
to laugh one's head off — (colloq) rire aux éclats
to shout one's head off — (colloq) crier à tue-tête
to talk one's head off — (colloq) ne pas arrêter de parler
off the top of one's head — [say, answer] sans réfléchir
to give a horse its/somebody their head — lâcher la bride à un cheval/à quelqu'un
to be able to do something standing on one's head — faire quelque chose les doigts dans le nez (colloq)
I can't make head (n)or tail of it — je n'y comprends rien, ça n'a ni queue ni tête
two heads are better than one — Prov deux avis valent mieux qu'un
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3 by
1. preposition1) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) (au)près de2) (past: going by the house.) (en passant) devant3) (through; along; across: We came by the main road.) par4) (used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action: struck by a stone.) par5) (using: He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.) par, en6) (from; through the means of: I met her by chance; by post.) par7) ((of time) not later than: by 6 o'clock.) (...) au plus tard8) (during the time of.) de9) (to the extent of: taller by ten centimetres.) de10) (used to give measurements etc: 4 metres by 2 metres.) sur11) (in quantities of: fruit sold by the kilo.) au/à la/aux12) (in respect of: a teacher by profession.) de2. adverb1) (near: They stood by and watched.) près, à proximité2) (past: A dog ran by.) par là3) (aside; away: money put by for an emergency.) de côté•- bypass 3. verb(to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.) contourner- bystander - by and by - by and large - by oneself - by the way
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