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personal ['pɜ:sənəl](a) (individual → experience, belief etc) personnel;∎ she tries to give her work a personal touch elle essaie de donner une touche personnelle à son travail;∎ my personal opinion is that he drowned personnellement, je crois qu'il s'est noyé;∎ you get more personal attention in small shops on s'occupe mieux de vous dans les petits magasins;∎ will you do me a personal favour? pourriez-vous m'accorder une faveur?(b) (in person) personnel;∎ under the personal supervision of the author supervisé personnellement par l'auteur;∎ the boss made a personal visit to the scene le patron est venu lui-même ou en personne sur les lieux;∎ we were expecting a personal appearance by the Prime Minister nous pensions que le Premier ministre ferait une apparition en personne;∎ personal callers welcome (sign) vente en gros et au détail(c) (private → message, letter) personnel;∎ personal and private (on letter) strictement confidentiel(d) (for one's own use) personnel;∎ to be careless about one's personal appearance négliger sa tenue;∎ this is for my personal use ceci est destiné à mon usage personnel(e) (intimate → feelings, reasons, life) personnel;∎ for personal reasons pour des raisons personnelles;∎ I'd like to see her on a personal matter je voudrais la voir pour des raisons personnelles;∎ just a few personal friends rien que quelques amis intimes(f) (offensive) désobligeant;∎ personal remark remarque f désobligeante;∎ there's no need to be so personal! ce n'est pas la peine de t'en prendre à moi!;∎ nothing personal! ne le prenez pas pour vous!, n'y voyez rien de personnel!;∎ it's nothing personal but… ça n'a rien de personnel mais…;∎ the discussion was getting rather personal la discussion prenait un tour un peu trop personnel∎ personal pronoun pronom m personnel2 noun►► personal accident insurance assurance f contre les accidents corporels;personal account Banking compte m personnel; Stock Exchange compte m de tiers; Accountancy compte m propre;familiar personal ad petite annonce□ f (pour rencontres);Finance personal allowance abattement m (sur l'impôt sur le revenu);Banking personal assets patrimoine m;Banking personal assets profile profil m patrimonial;personal assistant (of executive) assistant(e) m,f; (with secretarial duties) secrétaire mf de direction;personal belongings objets mpl personnels, affaires fpl;Sport personal best record m personnel;∎ he ran a personal best in the 200 m il a battu son propre record or record personnel sur 200 m;Telecommunications personal call appel m personnel ou privé;∎ is this a personal call? c'est personnel?;personal column petites annonces fpl (pour rencontres);∎ to put an ad in the personal column passer une petite annonce;Computing personal computer ordinateur m individuel ou personnel, PC m;personal computing informatique f individuelle;personal credit crédit m personnel;Computing personal digital assistant agenda m électronique de poche, assistant m numérique de poche;personal effects effets mpl personnels;personal estate biens mpl mobiliers personnels;personal foul (in basketball) faute f personnelle;Computing personal home page page f personnelle, page f perso;personal hygiene hygiène f corporelle;∎ he has a personal hygiene problem il ne doit pas se laver bien souvent;Banking personal identification number code m confidentiel (d'une carte bancaire);British Finance Personal Investment Authority = organisme chargé de surveiller les activités des conseillers financiers indépendants et de protéger les petits investisseurs;personal loan prêt m personnel, prêt m personnalisé;personal maid femme f de chambre;Marketing personal observation observation f en situation;personal organizer organiseur m; (electronic) agenda m électronique, organiseur m;Finance personal pension plan retraite f personnelle;personal possessions objets mpl personnels, affaires fpl;personal property biens mpl mobiliers personnels;Marketing personal selling ventes fpl personnelles;personal shopper acheteur(euse) m,f personnel(elle);personal stereo Walkman ® m, officially recommended term baladeur m;personal trainer entraîneur(euse) m,f personnel(elle);American personal watercraft scooter m des mers, jet-ski m;Banking personal withdrawal levée f de compte -
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wipe [waɪp](a) (with cloth) essuyer;∎ he wiped the plate dry il a bien essuyé l'assiette;∎ go and wipe your hands va t'essuyer les mains;∎ to wipe one's feet s'essuyer les pieds;∎ to wipe one's nose se moucher;∎ to wipe one's bottom s'essuyer;∎ she wiped the sweat from his brow elle essuya la sueur de son front;∎ she wiped her knife clean elle nettoya son couteau (d'un coup de torchon);∎ familiar to wipe the floor with sb réduire qn en miettes;∎ he wiped the floor with me il m'a complètement démoli;∎ to wipe the slate clean passer l'éponge, tout effacer;(b) (delete → from written record, magnetic tape) effacer;∎ the remark was wiped from the minutes l'observation fut retirée du compte-rendu;∎ the tape has been wiped la bande a été effacéeessuyer;∎ she wiped round the sink with a wet cloth elle a essuyé l'évier avec un chiffon humide3 noun∎ give the table a wipe donne un coup d'éponge sur la table;∎ he gave the plate a quick wipe il essuya rapidement l'assiette d'un coup de torchon(b) (moist tissue) lingette f;∎ antistatic wipe chiffon m antistatique(blood, tears) essuyer; (dirt, dust) enlever;∎ he wiped the mud away with a cloth il enleva ou il ôta la boue avec un chiffon(paintwork, walls) lessiver➲ wipe off∎ familiar wipe that smile or that grin off your face! enlève-moi ce sourire idiot!;∎ familiar that'll wipe the smile off his face ça n'a rien de drôle∎ Radio & Television he wiped off half the programme by accident il a effacé la moitié de l'émission par mégarde∎ several millions of pounds were wiped off the value of shares la valeur des actions a baissé de plusieurs millions de livres(stain) s'enlever∎ his gambling debts wiped out his entire fortune ses dettes de jeu ont eu raison de toute sa fortune;∎ many small traders were wiped out in the recession de nombreux petits commerçants ont été balayés par la récession∎ whole families were wiped out by the disease des familles entières ont été exterminées par la maladie;∎ the fire wiped out the whole district l'incendie a détruit tout le quartier∎ that match really wiped me out le match m'a complètement crevé➲ wipe upéponger, essuyerBritish essuyer (la vaisselle)
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