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1 none
none [nʌn]• I want none of your excuses! vos excuses ne m'intéressent pas !• we tried all the keys but none of them fitted nous avons essayé toutes les clés mais aucune n'allait• "distinguishing marks: none" « signes particuliers: néant »• he asked me for money but I had none on me il m'a demandé de l'argent mais je n'en avais pas sur moi• none of that! pas de ça !• there was no evidence, none at all il n'y avait aucune preuve, absolument aucune• is there any bread left? -- none at all y a-t-il encore du pain ? -- plus du tout► none of them/you/us aucun d'entre eux/vous/nous• their guest was none other than the president himself leur invité n'était autre que le président en personne► none the...• the house would be none the worse for a coat of paint une couche de peinture ne ferait pas de mal à cette maison► none too...• and none too soon either! et ce n'est pas trop tôt !* * *[nəʊn] 1.1) ( not any) aucun/-e m/f‘have you any pens?’ - ‘none at all’ — ‘as-tu des stylos?’ - ‘pas un seul’
he saw three dogs, none of which had a tail — il a vu trois chiens, dont aucun n'avait de queue
none of the wine/milk — pas une goutte de vin/lait
‘is there any money left?’ - ‘none at all’ — ‘est-ce qu'il reste de l'argent?’ - ‘pas du tout’
‘did you have any difficulty?’ - ‘none whatsoever ou at all’ — ‘as-tu eu des difficultés?’ - ‘aucune’
2) (nobody, not one person) personne3) (on form, questionnaire) néant m2.adverb (not, not at all)the play is long, but none the worse for that — la pièce est longue mais ce n'est pas un défaut
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2 wise
wise [waɪz]1. adjectivea. ( = prudent) [person, decision] sage ; [choice, investment] judicieux• I'm none the wiser ( = don't understand) ça ne m'avance pas beaucoup• nobody will be any the wiser ( = won't find out) personne n'en saura rien• to be or get wise to sb voir clair dans le jeu de qn• get wise! réveille-toi !2. compounds* * *[waɪz] 1.sout (dated) noun façon f2.1) ( prudent) gen sage; [choice] judicieux/-ieuse2) ( learned) pertinentto be none the wiser — ( understand no better) ne pas être plus avancé; ( not realize) ne s'apercevoir de rien
3) (colloq) ( aware)to get wise to — prendre le coup de [situation]
3.to get wise to somebody — saisir (colloq) à qui on a affaire
- wise combining form1) ( direction) dans le sens de2) ( with regard to)••a word to the wise:... — en tout cas un conseil:...
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3 wise
B adj1 ( prudent) [person] sage, prudent ; [action, advice, decision, precaution] sage ; [choice] judicieux/-ieuse ; it is wise of sb to do il est prudent de la part de qn de faire ; you would be wise to do tu ferais bien de faire ; I think it wise that you should do je pense qu'il serait sage de ta part de faire ; to be wise enough to do avoir le bon sens de faire ; the wisest thing (to do) would be to le plus sage serait de ; was that wise? était-ce bien raisonnable? ;2 ( learned) [academic, book, speech] pertinent ; to be wise after the event être sage après coup ; to be none the wiser ( understand no better) ne pas être plus avancé ; ( not realize) ne s'apercevoir de rien ; to be sadder and wiser tirer la leçon de la triste expérience ;3 ○ ( aware) to be wise to être au courant de [facts] ; to get wise to prendre le coup de [situation] ; to get wise to sb saisir à qui on a affaire ; to put sb wise to mettre qn au courant de, affranchir ○ qn de [facts].C - wise (dans composés)1 ( direction) dans le sens de ; length-/width-wise dans le sens de la longueur/de la largeur ;2 ( with regard to) pour ce qui est de ; time-/work-wise pour ce qui est du temps/du travail.a word to the wise:… en tout cas un conseil:…■ wise up ○ se mettre au courant (to de).
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