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1 grandmother
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2 grandmother
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs apprendre à un vieux singe à faire la grimace. -
3 grandmother
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4 grandmother clock
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5 grandmother
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6 great grandmother
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7 great-great grandmother
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8 great-grandmother
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9 great-great-grandmother
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11 teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
(to try to show someone more experienced than oneself how to do something.) ce n'est pas aux vieux singes qu'on apprend à faire des grimacesEnglish-French dictionary > teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
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12 alternately
alternately [ɒlˈtɜ:nɪtlɪ]• I lived alternately with my mother and my grandmother je vivais tantôt avec ma mère, tantôt avec ma grand-mère• beat the eggs and flour alternately into the mixture incorporez alternativement les œufs et la farine* * *[ɔːl'tɜːnətlɪ]adverb [move, bring, ask] alternativementthey criticize and praise him alternately — tantôt ils le critiquent, tantôt ils le félicitent
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13 ever
ever [ˈevər]a. ( = at any time) jamais• have you ever seen her? l'avez-vous déjà vue ?• do you ever see her? est-ce qu'il vous arrive de la voir ?• faster/more beautiful than ever plus vite/plus beau que jamaisb. ( = at all times) they lived happily ever after ils vécurent heureux• as if I ever would! moi, faire ça !• why ever not? mais enfin, pourquoi pas ?• ever since then they have been very careful depuis ils sont très prudents► ever so (inf) (British)• if ever you meet him... si jamais tu le rencontres...* * *['evə(r)] 1.1) ( at any time)rarely, if ever — rarement sinon jamais
hardly ever — rarement, presque jamais
she's a liar if ever I saw one ou if ever there was one! — c'est une menteuse ou je ne m'y connais pas!
2) ( when making comparisons)more beautiful than ever — plus beau/belle que jamais
there are more working women than ever before — les femmes n'ont jamais été aussi nombreuses à travailler
3) (at all times, always) toujoursyours ever — ( in letter) bien à toi or à vous
4) (expressing anger, irritation)have you ever heard/seen anything like it? — as-tu jamais entendu/vu rien de pareil?
5) ( expressing surprise)why ever not? — GB pourquoi pas?
6) GB ( very)ever so — si
ever so glad — si heureux/-euse
7) (colloq) ( in exclamations)2.do I ever! — ( emphatic yes) et comment!
ever- combining form3.ever-growing ou -increasing — toujours croissant
as ever adverbial phrase comme toujours4.ever more adverbial phrase de plus en plus5.ever since adverbial phrase, conjunctional phrase depuis -
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(colloq) ['grænɪ] noun1) ( grandmother) mémé (colloq) f2) pej (fusspot, gossip) vieille mémère (colloq) -
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great [greɪt]1. adjectivea. (in size, importance) grand• the greatest names in football/poetry les plus grands noms du football/de la poésie• you were great! tu as été sensationnel ! (inf)• he's the greatest! il est formidable !• that's great! c'est super ! (inf)c. ( = enthusiastic) he's a great angler il est passionné de pêche2. adverba. ( = excellently) super bien (inf)3. exclamation4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED KINGDOMDans l'usage courant, il est fréquent d'employer les mots Britain ou England pour désigner l'ensemble du Royaume-Uni, mais cet usage est impropre.La Grande-Bretagne, Great Britain ou Britain en anglais, est, strictement parlant, un terme géographique. Il désigne la plus grande des îles Britanniques et englobe donc l'Écosse et le pays de Galles. Avec l'Irlande, l'île de Man et les îles Anglo-Normandes, la Grande-Bretagne constitue les îles Britanniques ou British Isles, qui sont également une notion géographique puisqu'elles comprennent deux pays: le Royaume-Uni (capitale: Londres) et la République d'Irlande (capitale: Dublin).Le Royaume-Uni (de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord), en anglais United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) ou UK, est la désignation officielle d'une entité politique. Ses citoyens sont des Britanniques.* * *[greɪt] 1.2.the great — (+ v pl) les grands mpl
1) ( large) [height, speed, majority, object, danger, improvement] grand (before n); [number] grand (before n), important; [increase] fort (before n), important2) ( as intensifier) [excitement, surprise, relief, success, tragedy] grand (before n); [heat] fort (before n)a great many people — beaucoup de personnes, un grand nombre de personnes
you're a great help! — iron tu m'aides vraiment beaucoup!
3) ( remarkable) [person, name, painting, discovery] grand (before n)4) (colloq) ( excellent) [book, party, weather] génial (colloq), formidable (colloq); [opportunity] formidable (colloq)you look great! — ( healthy) tu as l'air en pleine forme!; ( attractive) tu es superbe!
that dress looks great on you — cette robe est géniale (colloq) sur toi
X is the greatest! — X est génial! (colloq)
5) (colloq) ( talented) génial (colloq), formidable (colloq)to be great at — être un as (colloq) à [tennis, football]
to be great with — être génial (colloq) avec [children, animals]
to be great on — être imbattable (colloq) sur [history, architecture]
6) (colloq) ( inveterate) [worrier, organizer] de première (colloq); [admirer, fan] grand (before n)3.(colloq) adverb•• -
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18 behave
[bi'heiv]1) (to act in a suitable way, to conduct oneself (well): If you come, you must behave (yourself); The child always behaves (himself) at his grandmother's.) (se) conduire bien2) (to act or react: He always behaves like a gentleman; Metals behave in different ways when heated.) (se) comporter•- well- - badly- behaved -
19 compensate
['kompənseit]1) (to give money to (someone) or to do something else to make up for loss or wrong they have experienced: This payment will compensate (her) for the loss of her job.) dédommager2) (to undo the effect of a disadvantage etc: The love the child received from his grandmother compensated for the cruelty of his parents.) compenser•- compensation -
20 consign
(to put into or deliver to; to transfer: The little boy was consigned to his grandmother's care.) confier
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