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1 study
1. verb1) (to give time and attention to gaining knowledge of a subject: What subject is he studying?; He is studying French; He is studying for a degree in mathematics; She's studying to be a teacher.) étudier2) (to look at or examine carefully: He studied the railway timetable; Give yourself time to study the problem in detail.) examiner2. noun1) (the act of devoting time and attention to gaining knowledge: He spends all his evenings in study; She has made a study of the habits of bees.) étude2) (a musical or artistic composition: a book of studies for the piano; The picture was entitled `Study in Grey'.) étude3) (a room in a house etc, in which to study, read, write etc: The headmaster wants to speak to the senior pupils in his study.) bureau -
2 study
∎ she's studying medicine/history elle fait des études de médecine/d'histoire, elle est étudiante en médecine/histoire(b) (examine → plan, evidence, situation) étudier, examiner; (observe → expression, reactions) étudier, observer attentivement; (→ stars) observer∎ she's studying to be an architect elle fait des études pour devenir architecte ou des études d'architecture;∎ he's studying for a degree in history il étudie dans le but d'obtenir un diplôme d'histoire;∎ to study for an examination se préparer pour un examen, préparer un examen;∎ where's Brian? - he's upstairs studying où est Brian? - il travaille en haut;∎ to study for an exam préparer un examen;∎ I studied under her at university je suivais ses cours à l'université3 noun(a) (academic work, acquisition of knowledge) étude f;∎ she devotes most evenings to study elle passe la plupart de ses soirées à étudier;∎ he sets aside one day a week for study il consacre un jour par semaine à ses études∎ the plan is under study le projet est à l'étude f;∎ her thesis is a study of multi-racial communities sa thèse est une étude des communautés ou sur les communautés multiraciales;∎ I've made an extensive study of animal behaviour j'ai fait une étude approfondie du comportement animal;∎ scientific studies have shown that… des études ou des recherches scientifiques ont montré que…∎ a study in black une étude en noir;(hour, room) d'étudeSchool & University études fpl;∎ how are your studies going? comment vont vos études?;∎ the School of Oriental Studies l'Institut des Études orientales►► study group groupe m de travail ou d'étude;study period heure f de permanence ou d'étude;∎ we have a study period on Monday mornings nous avons une heure d'étude le lundi matin;study tour or study trip voyage m d'études -
3 language
language [ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ]1. nouna. ( = particular tongue) langue fb. ( = ability to talk) langage mc. ( = specialized terminology) langage m• scientific/legal language langage m scientifique/juridiqued. ( = individual's manner of expression) langage m• (watch your) language! (inf) surveille ton langage !2. compounds[degree, studies, textbooks] de langue ; [department] de langues ; [students] en langues ; [ability] à s'exprimer━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ The English word contains a u whereas the French word langage does not.* * *['læŋgwɪdʒ]formal/legal language — langage formel/juridique
bad ou strong ou foul language — langage grossier
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4 also
['o:lsəu](in addition or besides; too: He is studying German but he is also studying French; They know him and I know him also.) aussi -
5 student
['stju:dənt]1) (an undergraduate or graduate studying for a degree at a university etc: university students; a medical student; ( also adjective) She is a student nurse/teacher.) (d')étudiant/-ante2) ((especially American) a boy or girl at school.) élève3) (a person studying a particular thing: a student of politics.) étudiant/-ante -
6 long
long [lɒŋ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective• how long is the swimming pool? quelle est la longueur de la piscine ?• long time no see! (inf!) ça fait une paye ! (inf)• that was a long, long time ago il y a bien longtemps de cela• it'll be a long time before I do that again! je ne recommencerai pas de si tôt !• have you been studying English for a long time? il y a longtemps que vous étudiez l'anglais ?• it took a long time for the truth to be accepted les gens ont mis très longtemps à accepter la vérité2. adverba. ( = a long time) longtemps• it didn't take him long to realize that... il n'a pas mis longtemps à se rendre compte que...• are you going away for long? vous partez pour longtemps ?• will you be long? tu en as pour longtemps ?• have you been here/been waiting long? vous êtes ici/vous attendez depuis longtemps ?• long live the King! vive le roi !• so long! (inf) à bientôt !b. ( = through) all night long toute la nuit► how long? (in time)how long will you be? (doing job) ça va te demander combien de temps ?• how long did they stay? combien de temps sont-ils restés ?• how long is it since you saw him? cela fait combien de temps que tu ne l'as pas vu ?• how long are the holidays? les vacances durent combien de temps ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► In the following depuis + present/imperfect translates English perfect/pluperfect continuous.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how long have you been learning Greek? depuis combien de temps apprenez-vous le grec ?• how long had you been waiting? depuis combien de temps attendiez-vous ?• how long ago was it? il y a combien de temps de ça ?• he thought of friends long since dead il a pensé à des amis morts depuis longtemps► any/no/a little longer• you can borrow it as long as John doesn't mind vous pouvez l'emprunter à condition que John n'y voie pas d'inconvénient4. noun• the long and the short of it is that... le fin mot de l'histoire, c'est que...5. compounds• long-distance lorry driver (British) routier m adverb• to call sb long-distance appeler qn à longue distance ► long-drawn-out adjective interminable• to be longer-lasting durer plus longtemps ► long-legged adjective [person] aux jambes longues ; [animal] à longues pattes• long-range weather forecast prévisions fpl météorologiques à long terme ► long-running adjective [play] à l'affiche depuis longtemps ; [dispute] vieux ; [TV programme] diffusé depuis longtemps• long-running series (TV) série-fleuve f ► long-sighted adjective (British) hypermétrope ; (in old age) presbyte ; (figurative) [person] qui voit loin ; [decision] pris avec prévoyance ; [attitude] prévoyant* * *[lɒŋ], US [lɔːŋ] 1.1) (lengthy, protracted) [process, wait, journey, vowel] long/longue; [delay] important; [bath, sigh] grand (before n)to get longer — [days] s'allonger
2) ( in expressions of time)to take a long time — [person] être lent; [task] prendre longtemps
3) ( in measuring) [dress, hair, queue] long/longue; [grass] haut; [detour] grandto get long — [grass, hair] pousser; [list, queue] s'allonger
to make something longer — allonger [sleeve]; augmenter la longueur de [shelf]
don't fall, it's a long way down — ne tombe pas, c'est haut
a long way out — ( at sea) loin au large; ( in calculations) loin du compte
to go a long way — [person] ( be successful) aller loin
2.to have a long way to go — fig [worker, planner] avoir encore beaucoup d'efforts à faire
1) ( a long time) longtempsto be long — ( doing something) en avoir pour longtemps
it won't be long before... — dans peu de temps...
it's not that long since... — il ne s'est pas passé tellement de temps depuis...
it wasn't long before... — il n'a pas fallu longtemps pour que...
just long enough to... — juste le temps de...
before long — ( in past) peu après; ( in future) dans peu de temps
5 minutes, no longer! — 5 minutes, pas plus!
2) ( for a long time) (avant pp) depuis longtemps3) ( throughout) (après n)3.as long as, so long as conjunctional phrase1) ( in time) aussi longtemps que2) ( provided that) du moment que (+ indic), pourvu que (+ subj)4.to long for something/somebody — avoir très envie de quelque chose/de voir quelqu'un
to long to do — ( be impatient) être très impatient de faire; ( desire something elusive) rêver de faire
••long time no see! — (colloq) hum ça fait une paye (colloq) qu'on ne s'est pas vus!
so long! — (colloq) salut!
to have a long memory — être rancunier/-ière
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7 midwifery
midwifery [ˈmɪdwɪfərɪ]( = profession) profession f de sage-femme* * *['mɪdwɪfərɪ], US [-waɪf-]noun profession f de sage-femme -
8 study
study [ˈstʌdɪ]1. nouna. étude fb. ( = room) bureau m4. compounds* * *['stʌdɪ] 1. 2.studies plural noun études fpl3.social studies — sciences fpl humaines
4.study tour ou trip — voyage m d'études
transitive verb ( all contexts) étudier5.intransitive verb ( revise) réviser; ( be educated) faire ses études ( under somebody avec quelqu'un)•• -
9 accountancy
noun (the work of an accountant: He is studying accountancy.) comptabilité -
10 agriculture
((the science of) the cultivation of land: He is studying agriculture.) agriculture -
11 alternate
1. ['o:ltəneit] verb(to use, do etc by turns, repeatedly, one after the other: John alternates between teaching and studying; He tried to alternate red and yellow tulips along the path as he planted them.) (faire) alterner2. [o:l'tə:nət] adjective1) (coming, happening etc in turns, one after the other: The water came in alternate bursts of hot and cold.) alterné2) (every second (day, week etc): My friend and I take the children to school on alternate days.) tous les deux•- alternation -
12 architecture
[- ə]noun (the art of designing buildings: He's studying architecture; modern architecture.) architecture -
13 art
1) (painting and sculpture: I'm studying art at school; Do you like modern art?; ( also adjective) an art gallery, an art college.) art(s), beaux-arts2) (any of various creative forms of expression: painting, music, dancing, writing and the other arts.) art3) (an ability or skill; the (best) way of doing something: the art of conversation/war.) art•- artful- artfully - artfulness - arts -
14 astronomy
[ə'stronəmi](the study of the stars and their movements: He is studying astronomy.) astronomie- astronomical - astronomic -
15 biochemistry
(the chemistry of living things: He is studying the biochemistry of the blood; ( also adjective) a biochemistry lecture.) biochimie- biochemist -
16 classical
['klæsikəl] 1. adjective1) ((especially of literature, art etc) of ancient Greece and Rome: classical studies.) classique2) ((of music) having the traditional, established harmony and/or form: He prefers classical music to popular music.) classique3) ((of literature) considered to be of the highest class.) classique•- classic2. noun1) (an established work of literature of high quality: I have read all the classics.) classique2) ((in plural) the language and literature of Greece and Rome: He is studying classics.) humanités -
17 crib
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18 economics
[i:kə'nomiks]noun singular (the study of production and distribution of money and goods: He is studying economics.) économie politique -
19 engineering
noun (the art or profession of an engineer: He is studying engineering at university.) ingénierie -
20 geography
[‹i'oɡrəfi](the science that describes the surface of the Earth and its inhabitants: He is studying geography.) géographie- geographical - geographic - geographically
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