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1 overwhelm
overwhelm [‚əʊvəˈwelm]a. [emotions, misfortunes] accabler ; [shame, praise, kindness] rendre confusb. [earth, lava, avalanche] ensevelir ; [+ one's enemy, opponent] écraser* * *[ˌəʊvə'welm], US [-hwelm] 1.transitive verb1) lit [wave, avalanche] submerger; [enemy] écraser2) fig [shame] accabler; [grandeur] impressionner2.overwhelmed past participle adjective (with letters, offers, phone calls, kindness) submergé (with, by de); (with shame, unhappiness, work) accablé (with, by de); (by sight, experience) ébloui (by par)to be quite overwhelmed — ( with emotion) être très ému
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2 overwhelm
overwhelm, US [transcription][-hwelm]A vtr2 fig [emotion, letters, offers, phone calls] submerger ; [feeling] envahir ; [shame, unhappiness, work] accabler ; [favours, kindness] combler ; the performance overwhelmed me la représentation m'a ébloui.B overwhelmed pp adj (with letters, offers, phone calls, kindness) submergé (with, by de) ; (with shame, unhappiness, work) accablé (with, by de) ; (by sight, experience) ébloui (by par). -
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overwhelm [‚əʊvə'welm]∎ overwhelmed with grief accablé de chagrin;∎ grief overwhelmed us le chagrin nous a terrassés;∎ your generosity overwhelms me votre générosité me bouleverse ou me va droit au cœur∎ our switchboard has been overwhelmed by the number of calls notre standard a été submergé par les appels;∎ I'm completely overwhelmed with work je suis débordé de travail∎ the England team was finally overwhelmed l'équipe d'Angleterre a finalement été écrasée;∎ we fought back but our attackers overwhelmed us nous nous sommes débattus mais nos agresseurs ont eu le dessus -
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[əuvə'welm](to defeat or overcome: He was overwhelmed with work/grief.) écraser -
5 consume
consume [kənˈsju:m]* * *[kən'sjuːm], US [-'suːm-]transitive verb1) manger [food]; boire [drink]2) ( use up) consommer [fuel, food, drink]; absorber [time]3) ( destroy) [flames] consumer4) ( overwhelm)to be consumed by ou with — être dévoré par [envy]; brûler de [desire]; être rongé par [guilt]
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6 crush
crush [krʌ∫]1. nouna. ( = crowd) cohue fa. ( = compress) écraser ; [+ ice] pilerb. [+ clothes] froissera. se serrerb. [clothes] se froisser* * *[krʌʃ] 1.1) ( crowd) bousculade f2) GB ( drink)2.orange/lemon crush — boisson f à l'orange/au citron
transitive verb1) fig écraser [enemy, uprising]; étouffer [protest]; anéantir [hopes]; ( by ridicule) anéantir [person]to be crushed by — être accablé par [sorrow, defeat]
to be crushed to death — ( by vehicle) se faire écraser; ( by masonry) être écrasé sous les décombres
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7 do
I.do1 [du:]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━4. noun5. plural noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► There is no equivalent in French to the use of do in questions, negative statements and negative commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• do you understand? (est-ce que) vous comprenez ?• didn't you like it? tu n'as pas aimé ça ?• don't worry! ne t'en fais pas !• you know him, don't you? vous le connaissez, n'est-ce pas ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The tag is sometimes not translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he didn't go, did he? il n'y est pas allé(, n'est-ce pas) ?• (so) you know him, do you? alors comme ça vous le connaissez ?• she said that, did she? ah oui ? elle a dit ça ?c. (in tag responses) they speak French -- oh, do they? ils parlent français -- ah oui ?• he wanted £1,000 for it -- did he really? il en demandait 1 000 livres -- vraiment ?• who broke the mirror? -- I did qui a cassé la glace ? -- moi• may I come in? -- please do! puis-je entrer ? -- je t'en prie !• shall I ring her again? -- no, don't! est-ce que je la rappelle ? -- surtout pas !• I'll tell him -- don't! je vais le lui dire -- surtout pas !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• do you see them often? -- yes, I do vous les voyez souvent ? -- oui• did you see him? -- no I didn't est-ce que tu l'as vu ? -- nond. (substitute for another verb) he's always saying he'll stop smoking, but he never does il dit toujours qu'il va s'arrêter de fumer mais il ne le fait pas• I like this colour, don't you? j'aime bien cette couleur, pas toi ?e. (encouraging) DO come! venez donc !• DO tell him that... dites-lui bien que...• but I DO like pasta! mais si j'aime bien les pâtes !• I am sure he never said that -- he DID say it je suis sûr qu'il n'a jamais dit ça -- je t'assure que si !• so you DO know them! alors comme ça tu les connais !a. faire• what are you doing in the bathroom? qu'est-ce que tu fais dans la salle de bains ?• what do you do for a living? que faites-vous dans la vie ?• the car was doing 100mph la voiture faisait du 160 km/h• now you've done it! c'est malin !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Some do + noun combinations require a more specific French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = finish) to get done with sth en finir avec qchc. ( = cook) faire ; ( = peel) éplucher• how do you like your steak done? comment voulez-vous votre bifteck ?e. ( = suffice) aller à• will a kilo do you? un kilo, ça ira ?► to do + preposition• what are we going to do for money? comment allons-nous faire pour trouver de l'argent ?• what can I do for you? qu'est-ce que je peux faire pour vous ?• could you do something for me? est-ce que tu peux me rendre un service ?• what are you doing to that poor cat? qu'est-ce que tu es en train de faire à ce pauvre chat ?• what have you done with my gloves? qu'as-tu fait de mes gants ?• what am I going to do with you? qu'est-ce que je vais bien pouvoir faire de toi ?a. ( = act) faire• could you lend me £50? -- nothing doing! (inf) tu pourrais me prêter 50 livres ? -- pas question !• how are you doing? comment ça va ?• how's he doing? comment va-t-il ?• how do you do? (on being introduced) enchanté (de faire votre connaissance)c. ( = finish) terminer• have you done? vous avez terminé ?• have you done with that book? vous n'avez plus besoin de ce livre ?d. ( = suit) aller• that will never do! il n'en est pas question !• it doesn't do to tell him what you think of him ce n'est pas une bonne idée de lui dire ce qu'on pense de luie. ( = be sufficient) suffire• can you lend me some money? -- will £10 do? peux-tu me prêter de l'argent ? -- dix livres, ça ira ?• that will do! ça ira !f. ► to have to do with ( = be connected with)what has that got to do with it? qu'est-ce que ça a à voir ?• they say crime has nothing to do with unemployment ils prétendent que la criminalité n'a rien à voir avec le chômage• that has nothing to do with it! cela n'a aucun rapport !• that's got a lot to do with it! ça y est pour beaucoup !• that has nothing to do with you! ça ne vous regarde pas !4. noun• they had a big do for their twenty-fifth anniversary ils ont fait une grande fête pour leur vingt-cinquième anniversaire de mariage5. plural nouna. ( = get rid of) [+ law, controls] abolir ; [+ nuclear weapons] démanteler ; [+ subsidies] supprimer ; [+ building] démolir• this will do away with the need for a UN presence cela rendra la présence des Nations unies superflue• she's always doing herself down il faut toujours qu'elle se rabaisse► do for (inf) inseparable transitive verba. ( = kill) buter (inf !)c. ( = exhaust) épuiser• the door was open: they had done the place over la porte était ouverte: ils avaient mis la maison sens dessus dessous[dress, jacket] se fermerb. ( = parcel together) emballerb. ( = tolerate) supporter• I can't be doing with whining children je ne supporte pas les enfants qui pleurnichent► do without• I could have done without that! je m'en serais bien passé !• I can do without your advice! je vous dispense de vos conseils !II.do2 [dəʊ]* * *I 1. [duː, də]1) ( be busy) faire [washing up, ironing etc]2) ( make smart)3) ( complete) faire [military service, period of time]4) ( finish)have you done (colloq) complaining? — tu as fini de te plaindre?
tell him now and have done with it — dis-le lui maintenant, ce sera fait
that's done it — ( task successfully completed) ça y est; ( expressing dismay) il ne manquait plus que ça
5) ( complete through study) faire [subject, degree, homework]6) ( write) faire [translation, critique]7) ( effect change) faire8) ( hurt) faire9) (colloq) ( deal with)10) ( cook) faire [sausages, spaghetti etc]well done — [meat] bien cuit
11) ( prepare) préparer [vegetables]12) ( produce) monter [play]; faire [film, programme] (on sur)13) ( imitate) imiter [celebrity, mannerism]14) ( travel at) faire15) ( cover distance of) faire [30 km etc]16) (colloq) ( satisfy needs of)17) (colloq) ( cheat)to do somebody out of £5 — refaire (colloq) quelqu'un de 5 livres sterling
18) (colloq) ( rob)to do a bank — faire un casse (colloq) dans une banque
19) (colloq) (arrest, convict)2.to get done for — se faire prendre pour [illegal parking etc]
1) ( behave) fairedo as you're told — ( by me) fais ce que je te dis; ( by others) fais ce qu'on te dit
2) ( serve purpose)3) ( be acceptable)this really won't do! — ( as reprimand) ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça!
4) ( be sufficient) [amount of money] suffire5) ( finish) finir6) ( get on) [person] s'en sortir; [business] marcher7) ( in health)3.1) (with questions, negatives)own up, did you or didn't you take my pen? — avoue, est-ce que c'est toi qui as pris mon stylo ou pas?
2) ( for emphasis)4) (in requests, imperatives)do sit down — asseyez-vous, je vous en prie
he lives in France, doesn't he? — il habite en France, n'est-ce pas?
‘who wrote it?’ - ‘I did’ — ‘qui l'a écrit?’ - ‘moi’
‘shall I tell him?’ - ‘no don't’ — ‘est-ce que je le lui dis?’ - ‘non surtout pas’
‘he knows the President’ - ‘does he?’ — ‘il connaît le Président’ - ‘vraiment?’
4.so/neither does he — lui aussi/non plus
(colloq) noun GB fête fhis leaving do — son pot (colloq) de départ
Phrasal Verbs:- do in- do out- do up- do with••it's a poor do (colloq) if — c'est vraiment grave si
it was all I could do not to... — je me suis retenu pour ne pas...
nothing doing! — ( no way) pas question!
II [dəʊ]all the dos and don'ts — tout ce qu'il faut/fallait faire et ne pas faire
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8 knock out
knock [somebody/something] out, knock out [somebody/something]1) ( dislodge) casser [tooth]; arracher [nail, support]; [person, blow] vider [contents]2) ( make unconscious) [person, blow] assommer; [drug] endormir; [boxer] mettre [quelqu'un] au tapis [opponent]3) ( destroy) faire sauter [tank]; mettre [quelque chose] hors service [factory]5) ( straighten) redresser [dent, metal]6) (colloq) ( overwhelm) émerveiller [person]knock oneself out s'assommer -
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10 prostrate
1. adjectivea. to prostrate o.s. se prosternerb. ( = overwhelm) accabler━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque prostrate est un adjectif, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈprɒstreɪt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la deuxième: prɒsˈtreɪt.* * *1. ['prɒstreɪt]1) ( on stomach) allongé à plat ventre2) fig ( incapacitated) prostré2. [prɒ'streɪt], US ['prɒstreɪt]transitive verb3. [prɒ'streɪt], US ['prɒstreɪt]to prostrate oneself — se prosterner ( before devant)
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11 take hold
take hold [disease, epidemic] s'installer; [idea, ideology] se répandre; [influence] s'accroîtreto take hold of — ( grasp) prendre [object, hand]; fig ( overwhelm) [feeling, anger] envahir; [idea] prendre
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12 be too much for
(to overwhelm; to be too difficult etc for: Is the job too much for you?) dépasser -
13 besiege
[bi'si:‹]1) (to surround (eg a town) with an army.) assiéger2) ((with with) to overwhelm with: The reporters besieged me with questions about the plane crash.) assaillir -
14 deluge
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15 devastate
['devəsteit]1) (to leave in ruins: The fire devastated the countryside.) dévaster2) (to overwhelm (a person) with grief: She was devastated by the terrible news.) terrasser• -
16 prostrate
1. ['prostreit] adjective1) (lying flat, especially face downwards.) couché à plat ventre2) (completely exhausted or overwhelmed: prostrate with grief.) accablé (de, par)2. [prə'streit] verb1) (to throw (oneself) flat on the floor, especially in respect or reverence: They prostrated themselves before the emperor.) se prosterner2) (to exhaust or overwhelm: prostrated by the long journey.) accabler• -
17 smother
1) (to kill or die from lack of air, caused especially by a thick covering over the mouth and nose; to suffocate: He smothered his victim by holding a pillow over her face.) étouffer2) (to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly: He threw sand on the fire to smother it.) étouffer3) (to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm: When he got home his children smothered him with kisses.) couvrir de -
18 superior
[su'piəriə] 1. adjective1) ((often with to) higher in rank, better, or greater, than: Is a captain superior to a commander in the navy?; With his superior strength he managed to overwhelm his opponent.) supérieur (à)2) (high, or above the average, in quality: superior workmanship.) supérieur3) ((of a person or his attitude) contemptuous or disdainful: a superior smile.) supérieur2. noun(a person who is better than, or higher in rank than, another or others: The servant was dismissed for being rude to her superiors.) supérieur/-eure -
19 blind
A n1 the blind (+ v pl) les aveugles mpl voir note ; school for the blind école pour aveugles or non-voyants mpl ;2 ( at window) store m ;B adj1 lit [person] aveugle voir note ; a blind man/woman un/-e aveugle ; to go blind perdre la vue ; to be blind in one eye être borgne ; are you blind ○ ? tu es aveugle ou quoi ○ ? ;2 ( unaware) [person, panic, rage, acceptance, obedience] aveugle ; to be blind to être aveugle à [fault, defect] ; être insensible à [quality, virtue] ; être inconscient de [risk, danger] ;3 ( from which one can't see) [corner, brow of hill] sans visibilité ; on my blind side dans mon angle mort ; blind entrance entrée dérobée ;4 ( without looking) [tasting] en aveugle ;5 ( blank) [wall, facade] aveugle ;6 Aviat [landing] sans visibilité ;7 ○ ( slightest) he doesn't know a blind thing about it il n'y connaît strictement rien.C advD vtr1 lit [injury, accident] rendre aveugle [person] ; to be blinded in an accident perdre la vue dans un accident ; to be blinded in one eye perdre un œil ;love is blind l'amour est aveugle ; it's a case of the blind leading the blind ils n'en savent pas plus long l'un que l'autre ; to turn a blind eye fermer les yeux (to sur) ; ⇒ batCe mot peut être perçu comme injurieux dans cette acception. Lui préférer visually handicapped ou visually impaired. -
20 consume
1 manger [food] ; boire [drink] ; [animal] dévorer [prey] ;2 ( use up) consommer [fuel, food, drink] ; absorber [time] ; this testing consumes a major share of the resources une majeure partie des ressources est consacrée à ces tests ;4 ( overwhelm) to be consumed by ou with être dévoré par [envy] ; brûler de [desire] ; être rongé par [guilt].
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overwhelm — [v1] flood, beat physically bury, conquer, crush, defeat, deluge, destroy, drown, drub*, engulf, inundate, massacre, overcome, overflow, overpower, overrun, overthrow, rout, smother, submerge, swamp, thrash, total*, whip*, win*; concepts 86,95… … New thesaurus
Overwhelm — O ver*whelm , n. The act of overwhelming. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Overwhelm — O ver*whelm , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overwhelmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overwhelming}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overwhelm — I verb astonish, beat, besiege, bewilder, bury, confound, confuse, conquer, daze, defeat, deluge, demergere, destroy, discomfit, immerse, impress, inundate, master, obruere, opprimere, overcome, overpower, overrun, overthrow, quash, quell, shock … Law dictionary
overwhelm — (v.) early 14c., to turn upside down, to overthrow, from OVER (Cf. over) + M.E. whelmen to turn upside down (see WHELM (Cf. whelm)). Meaning to submerge completely is mid 15c. Perhaps the connecting notion is a boat, etc., washed over, and… … Etymology dictionary
overwhelm — ► VERB 1) submerge beneath a huge mass. 2) defeat completely; overpower. 3) have a strong emotional effect on. DERIVATIVES overwhelming adjective. ORIGIN from archaic whelm engulf or submerge , from Old English … English terms dictionary
overwhelm — [ō΄vər hwelm′, ō΄vərwelm′] vt. [ME oferwhelmen: see OVER & WHELM] 1. to pour down upon and cover over or bury beneath 2. to make helpless, as with greater force or deep emotion; overcome; crush; overpower 3. Obs. to overthrow or overturn… … English World dictionary
overwhelm — verb ADVERB ▪ absolutely, completely, totally ▪ quite, rather ▪ almost, nearly ▪ suddenly … Collocations dictionary
overwhelm — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)(h)we̱lm[/t]] overwhelms, overwhelming, overwhelmed 1) VERB If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. [be V ed] He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past … English dictionary
overwhelm */ — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈwelm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈwelm] / US [ˌoʊvərˈhwelm] verb [transitive] Word forms overwhelm : present tense I/you/we/they overwhelm he/she/it overwhelms present participle overwhelming past tense overwhelmed past participle overwhelmed 1) a) … English dictionary
overwhelm — /oh veuhr hwelm , welm /, v.t. 1. to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse. 2. to overpower or overcome, esp. with superior forces; destroy; crush: Roman troops were overwhelmed by barbarians. 3. to cover or bury beneath… … Universalium