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1 adoption
adoption [adɔpsjɔ̃]feminine nouna. [d'enfant] adoptionb. [de loi, motion] passing* * *adɔpsjɔ̃nom féminin gén, Droit adoption; ( de loi) passing* * *adɔpsjɔ̃ nf1) [enfant] adoption2) [mesure, amendement] adoption, [loi] passing3) [attitude, stratégie, méthode] adoption* * *adoption nf1 Jur adoption;2 ( par choix) adoption; pays/famille d'adoption adopted country/family; Anglais d'adoption English by adoption;3 ( de loi) passing; (de proposition, politique, réforme, texte) adoption.[adɔpsjɔ̃] nom féminin1. [d'un enfant] adoption————————d'adoption locution adjectivale[pays] adoptedc'est un Parisien d'adoption he's Parisian by adoption, he's adopted Paris as his home town -
2 chance
chance [∫ɑ̃s]feminine nouna. ( = bonne fortune, hasard) luck• c'est une chance que... it's lucky that...• quelle chance ! wasn't that lucky!• pas de chance ! hard luck!• ce n'est pas mon jour de chance ! it's not my day!• courir or tenter sa chance to try one's luck• la chance a tourné his (or her etc) luck has changedb. ( = possibilité de succès) chance• donner sa chance or ses chances à qn to give sb his chance• quelles sont ses chances ? what are his chances?• c'est la chance de ma/sa vie it's the opportunity of a lifetime► avoir + chance(s)• il n'a aucune chance he hasn't got or doesn't stand a chance• il y a une chance sur cent que... there's a one-in-a-hundred chance that...• il y a toutes les chances que... there's every chance that...* * *ʃɑ̃s1) ( sort favorable) (good) luckc'est bien ma chance! — iron just my luck!
pas de chance, tu as perdu! — hard luck, you've lost!
la chance a voulu que je le croise — as luck would have it, I bumped into him
avoir une chance du tonnerre — (colloq) to have the luck of the devil
par chance — luckily, fortunately
2) ( possibilité) chance‘il va pleuvoir?’ - ‘il y a des chances’ — ‘is it going to rain?’ - ‘probably’
3) ( fortune) luck4) ( occasion favorable) chance, opportunityla chance de ma vie — the chance ou opportunity of a lifetime
* * *ʃɑ̃s1. nf1) (= heureux hasard)Tu as de la chance de partir au soleil! — You're lucky, going off to the sun!
je n'ai pas de chance (cette fois) — I'm out of luck, (en général) I never have any luck
C'est une chance, on a un train dans cinq minutes. — That's a bit of luck, there's a train in five minutes.
encore une chance que...; Encore une chance qu'il ne se soit pas plaint! — It's lucky that he didn't complain!
une chance sur deux — a fifty-fifty chance, a one-in-two chance
avoir une chance de faire qch; On a une chance de s'en tirer sans amende. — There's a chance that we'll get away without having to pay a fine.
Il n'a aucune chance. — He's got no chance.
3) (= occasion de réussir)Rends-toi, Joe, c'est ta dernière chance! — Give yourself up Joe, it's your last chance!
de la dernière chance (conférence, négociations, réunion, épreuve, opération, manifestation) — last-ditch
2. chances nfpl(= probabilités) chancesIl a des chances de réussir. — He's got a good chance of passing.
Il a des chances de gagner. — He has a good chance of winning.
Il y a de fortes chances pour que Paul soit malade. — It's highly likely that Paul is ill.
* * *chance nf1 ( sort favorable) (good) luck; quelle chance! what (a piece of) luck!; c'est bien ma chance! iron just my luck!; pas de chance, tu as perdu! bad luck, you've lost!; coup de chance stroke of luck; chance inespérée unexpected stroke of luck; la chance a voulu que je le croise as luck would have it, I bumped into him; la chance aidant, il a réussi he was lucky, he succeeded; la chance aidant, il réussira with a bit of luck, he'll succeed; il y a une belle part de chance dans sa réussite luck played quite a part in his/her success; la chance leur a souri fortune smiled on them; avoir de la chance to be lucky; ne pas avoir de chance to be unlucky; il n'a pas eu de chance ( à un examen) he was unlucky; ( ces derniers temps) he hasn't had much luck; avoir une chance du tonnerre○ or de cocu○ to have the luck of the devil; avoir la chance de faire to have the good luck to do; courir or tenter sa chance to try one's luck; avoir la chance de trouver une maison to be lucky enough to find a house; c'est une chance de pouvoir partir or que nous puissions partir we're lucky to be able to leave; par chance luckily, fortunately;2 ( possibilité) chance (de qch of sth; de faire of doing); il y a (encore) une chance de paix there's (still) a chance of peace; mes recherches ont peu de chances d'aboutir my research is unlikely to come to anything; il y a de fortes chances (pour) qu'elle vienne there's every chance that she will come; il a ses chances he stands a good chance; il n'a aucune chance he doesn't stand a chance; mettre toutes les chances de son côté to take no chances; avoir une chance sur dix de gagner to have a one in ten chance of winning; il a une chance sur deux he has a fifty-fifty chance; garder or conserver toutes ses chances still to have a chance (de faire of doing, to do); ‘il va pleuvoir?’-‘il y a des chances’ ‘is it going to rain?’-‘probably’;3 ( fortune) luck; leur chance a tourné their luck has turned; tenter or courir sa chance to try one's luck; ⇒ bonheur;4 ( occasion favorable) chance, opportunity; c'est la chance de ma vie it's the chance ou opportunity of a lifetime; donner or laisser une chance à qn to give sb a chance; la CEE est une chance pour leur pays the EC represents an opportunity for their country; saisir sa chance to seize the opportunity; c'est la réunion de la dernière chance the meeting is the last hope.[ʃɑ̃s] nom féminin1. [aléa, hasard] luck2. [hasard favorable] (good) luckavoir de la/ne pas avoir de chance to be lucky/unluckydonner ou laisser sa chance à quelqu'un to give somebody his chance4. [éventualité, probabilité] chanceson projet a de fortes ou grandes chances d'être adopté his plan stands a good chance of being adoptedn'hésite pas, tu as tes chances don't hesitate, you've got ou you stand a chance————————par chance locution adverbiale -
3 enfant
enfant [ɑ̃fɑ̃]1. masculine noun, feminine nounb. ( = originaire) c'est un enfant du pays/de la ville he's a native of these parts/of the town• bonne nouvelle, les enfants ! good news, folks! (inf)2. compounds* * *ɑ̃fɑ̃1) ( jeune être humain) child; ( très jeune) infantc'est une enfant terrible — lit she's an unruly child
elle est restée très enfant — she is still very childlike; vérité
2) (fils, fille) childfaire un enfant — (colloq) ( avoir) to have a child
faire un enfant à quelqu'un — (colloq) to make somebody pregnant
ce roman, c'est son enfant — that novel is his/her baby
3) ( terme d'affection)4) ( marquant l'origine) child•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɑ̃fɑ̃ nmfbon enfant — good-natured, easy-going
* * *enfant nmf1 ( jeune être humain) child; ( très jeune) Admin, Transp infant; c'est une enfant terrible lit she's an unruly child; l'enfant terrible du cinéma français the enfant terrible of French cinema; lorsque j'étais enfant when I was a child; tout enfant, je me suis rendu compte… while still a child, I realized…; c'est un grand enfant he's such a child; faire l'enfant to act like a child; un sourire d'enfant lit a child's smile; fig a childlike smile; mes rêves d'enfant my childhood dreams; elle est restée très enfant she is still very childlike; ce n'est pas une enfant de Marie she's no angel; il n'y a plus d'enfants! fig they grow up fast nowadays!; ⇒ vérité;2 (fils, fille) child; enfant adoptif/légitime/illégitime adopted/legitimate/illegitimate child; être enfant unique to be an only child; couple sans enfant childless couple; c'est un couple sans enfant they have no children; faire un enfant○ ( avoir) to have a child; faire un enfant à qn○ to make sb pregnant; ce roman, c'est son enfant that novel is her baby;4 ( marquant l'origine) child; un enfant de l'aristocatie/du peuple/de la guerre froide a child of the aristocracy/of the people/of the Cold War; c'est une enfant de Nice/de la campagne she was born and bred in Nice/in the country.enfant de l'amour love child; enfant bleu blue baby; enfant de chœur altar boy; ce n'est pas un enfant de chœur fig he's no angel; enfant naturel natural child; enfant prodige child prodigy; enfant trouvé foundling.[ɑ̃fɑ̃] adjectif1. [jeune]2. [naïf] childlike————————[ɑ̃fɑ̃] nom masculin et fémininun enfant à naître an unborn child ou babyne fais pas l'enfant! act your age!, don't be such a baby!, grow up!enfant naturel/légitime illegitimate/legitimate childenfant sauvage [vivant à l'état sauvage] wolf childgrand enfant overgrown child, big kidpetit enfant infant, little child, small child2. [descendant] childavoir de jeunes enfants/de grands enfants to have a young family/grown-up childrenun enfant de la crise/des années 80 a child of the depression/of the 80sa. [théâtre] I was born into the theatreb. [cirque] I was born under the big topa. [homme] son of the soilb. [femme] daughter of the soil3. [en appellatif] childbelle enfant dear girl ou childbon enfant locution adjectivale invariable————————d'enfant locution adjectivale[des enfants - dessin, imagination] child's
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