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  • 1 hand

    hand [hænd]
    main ⇒ 1 (a)-(c), 1 (g) aiguille ⇒ 1 (h) écriture ⇒ 1 (i) paume ⇒ 1 (j) ouvrier ⇒ 1 (k) passer ⇒ 2 donner ⇒ 2
    1 noun
    ∎ to hold sb's hand tenir la main de qn;
    ∎ I held her hand je lui ai tenu la main;
    ∎ figurative she's asked me to go along and hold her hand elle m'a demandé de l'accompagner pour lui donner du courage;
    ∎ to hold hands se tenir par la main;
    ∎ to take sb's hand, to take sb by the hand prendre qn par la main, prendre la main de qn;
    ∎ to lead sb by the hand conduire qn par la main;
    ∎ he writes with his left hand il écrit de la main gauche;
    ∎ to put one's hands over one's eyes se couvrir les yeux de ses mains;
    ∎ to be on one's hands and knees être à quatre pattes;
    ∎ figurative to go down on one's hands and knees se mettre à genoux ou à plat ventre;
    ∎ to be good with one's hands être adroit de ses mains;
    ∎ my hands are full j'ai les mains occupées ou prises;
    ∎ figurative to have one's hands full avoir beaucoup à faire, avoir du pain sur la planche;
    ∎ I've got my hands full trying to cope as it is j'ai déjà assez à faire comme ça;
    ∎ to lay one's hands on sth (find) mettre la main sur qch;
    ∎ to get or to lay one's hands on sth (obtain) dénicher qch;
    ∎ to lay hands on sb faire violence à qn;
    ∎ figurative just wait till I get or lay my hands on her! attends un peu que je l'attrape!;
    ∎ to lift or to raise a hand to sb lever la main sur qn;
    ∎ figurative he never lifts a hand to help il ne lève jamais le petit doigt pour aider;
    ∎ hands off! bas les pattes!, pas touche!;
    ∎ hands off the unions/education system! pas touche aux syndicats/au système éducatif!;
    ∎ he can't keep his hands to himself il a la main baladeuse;
    ∎ I only have one pair of hands! je n'ai que deux mains!;
    ∎ look - no hands! (cyclist) sans les mains!;
    ∎ take your hands off me! ne me touche pas!;
    ∎ (put your) hands up! les mains en l'air!, haut les mains!;
    ∎ School hands up anyone who knows the answer que ceux qui connaissent la réponse lèvent le doigt ou la main;
    ∎ hands up all those who agree que ceux qui sont d'accord lèvent la main;
    ∎ to tie sb's hands attacher les mains de qn;
    ∎ they tied my hands behind my back ils m'ont lié ou attaché les mains dans le dos;
    ∎ I could do it with one hand tied behind my back je pourrais le faire sans aucun effort ou les doigts dans le nez;
    ∎ figurative my hands are tied j'ai les mains liées;
    ∎ figurative to sit on one's hands (applaud half-heartedly) applaudir sans enthousiasme; (do nothing) ne rien faire;
    ∎ to ask for sb's hand in marriage demander la main de qn, demander qn en mariage;
    ∎ at hand, near or close at hand (about to happen) proche; (nearby) à proximité;
    ∎ the hour is at hand l'heure est proche;
    ∎ to suffer at the hands of sb souffrir aux mains ou dans les mains de qn;
    ∎ to pass sth from hand to hand faire passer qch de mains en mains;
    ∎ hand in hand la main dans la main;
    ∎ figurative to go hand in hand (with sth) aller de pair (avec qch);
    ∎ to be hand in glove with sb travailler en étroite collaboration avec qn;
    ∎ to make money hand over fist gagner un argent fou;
    ∎ British familiar she doesn't do a hand's turn elle n'en fiche pas une;
    ∎ to live from hand to mouth tirer le diable par la queue;
    ∎ figurative to win hands down gagner haut la main;
    ∎ to beat sb hands down battre qn à plates couture(s);
    ∎ proverb many hands make light work = à beaucoup d'ouvriers la tâche devient aisée;
    ∎ on the one hand... but on the other hand... (used in the same sentence) d'un côté... mais de l'autre...;
    ∎ to give sb a hand (with sth) donner un coup de main à qn;
    ∎ to lend a hand mettre la main à la pâte;
    ∎ do you need a hand (with that)? as-tu besoin d'un coup de main?
    (c) (control, management)
    ∎ to need a firm hand avoir besoin d'être sérieusement pris en main;
    ∎ to rule with a firm hand diriger avec de la poigne;
    ∎ to take sb/sth in hand prendre qn/qch en main;
    ∎ to be out of hand (dog, child) ne rien écouter;
    ∎ to get out of hand (dog, child) devenir indocile; (meeting, situation) échapper à tout contrôle;
    ∎ the garden is getting out of hand le jardin à l'air d'une vraie jungle;
    ∎ to change hands (company, restaurant etc) changer de propriétaire;
    ∎ it's out of my hands cela ne m'appartient plus, ce n'est plus ma responsabilité ou de mon ressort;
    ∎ the matter is in the hands of the headmaster la question relève maintenant ou est maintenant du ressort du principal;
    ∎ I have put the matter in the hands of a lawyer j'ai confié l'affaire à un avocat;
    ∎ the answer lies in your own hands la solution est entre tes mains;
    ∎ to have too much time on one's hands avoir trop de temps à soi;
    ∎ to have sb/sth on one's hands avoir qn/qch sur les bras;
    ∎ now that that's off my hands à présent que je suis débarrassé de cela;
    ∎ it's out of my hands je ne peux (plus) rien y faire;
    ∎ to fall into the hands of the enemy tomber entre les mains de l'ennemi;
    ∎ to fall into the wrong hands (information, secret etc) tomber en de mauvaises mains;
    ∎ in the wrong hands this knowledge could be very dangerous si elles tombaient aux mains de personnes malintentionnées, ces connaissances pourraient être très dangereuses;
    ∎ in the right hands en de bonnes mains;
    ∎ to be in good or safe hands être en de bonnes mains;
    ∎ can I leave this in your hands? puis-je te demander de t'en occuper?;
    ∎ it leaves too much power in the hands of the police cela laisse trop de pouvoir à la police;
    ∎ to give sb a free hand donner carte blanche à qn;
    ∎ to take matters into one's own hands prendre les choses en main
    ∎ to give sb a (big) hand applaudir qn (bien fort)
    (e) (influence, involvement)
    ∎ to have a hand in sth avoir quelque chose à voir dans qch, être impliqué dans qch;
    ∎ I had no hand in it je n'avais rien à voir là-dedans, je n'y étais pour rien;
    ∎ I see or detect your hand in this j'y vois ta marque
    (f) (skill, ability)
    ∎ to have a light hand with pastry réussir une pâte légère;
    ∎ she can turn her hand to anything elle peut tout faire;
    ∎ to keep one's hand in garder la main;
    ∎ I was never much of a hand at it je n'ai jamais été très doué pour cela;
    ∎ to try one's hand at sth s'essayer à qch
    (g) (in cards → cards held) main f, jeu m; (→ round, game) partie f; (→ player) joueur(euse) m,f;
    ∎ to have a good hand avoir du jeu;
    ∎ first/fourth hand (player) premie(ère) m,f/dernier(ère) m,f en cartes;
    ∎ figurative to show or to reveal one's hand dévoiler son jeu;
    ∎ figurative to throw in one's hand jeter l'éponge
    (h) (of clock, watch) aiguille f; (of signpost, barometer) indicateur m;
    ∎ the little hand is pointing to three la petite aiguille est sur le trois
    (i) (handwriting) écriture f;
    ∎ to have a good hand avoir une belle écriture
    ∎ a horse fifteen hands high un cheval de quinze paumes
    (k) (worker) ouvrier(ère) m,f; (on ship) homme m, membre m de l'équipage;
    ∎ the ship was lost with all hands le navire a sombré corps et biens;
    ∎ old hand expert m, vieux m de la vieille;
    ∎ to be an old hand at sth avoir une vaste expérience de qch;
    ∎ also figurative all hands to the pump tout le monde à la rescousse
    (l) (of bananas) régime m;
    ∎ hand of pork jambonneau m
    passer, donner;
    ∎ to hand sth to sb, to hand sb sth passer ou donner qch à qn;
    ∎ to hand sb a letter/telegram remettre une lettre/un télégramme à qn;
    ∎ figurative to hand sth to sb on a plate apporter à qn qch sur un plateau;
    ∎ figurative you have to hand it to her, she IS a good mother c'est une bonne mère, il faut lui accorder cela
    (written) à la main; (made, knitted, sewn) (à la) main;
    ∎ to wash sth by hand laver qch à la main;
    ∎ to send sth by hand faire porter qch;
    ∎ to rear an animal by hand élever un animal au biberon
    (a) (available → money) disponible; (→ time) devant soi;
    ∎ British do we have any time in hand? avons-nous du temps devant nous?
    ∎ the matter is in hand on s'occupe de l'affaire;
    ∎ I have the situation well in hand j'ai la situation bien en main;
    ∎ to return to the matter in hand revenir à ses moutons;
    ∎ keep your mind on the job in hand concentre-toi sur l'affaire en cours
    (person) disponible
    (immediately) sur-le-champ
    (letter, information etc) sous la main;
    ∎ use what comes to hand prends ce que tu as sous la main;
    ∎ he took the first one that came to hand il a pris le premier qui lui est tombé sous la main;
    ∎ the first excuse to hand le premier prétexte venu
    ►► hand baggage (UNCOUNT) bagages mpl à main;
    hand controls commandes fpl manuelles;
    hand cream crème f pour les mains;
    Military hand grenade grenade f à main;
    hand lotion lotion f pour les mains;
    hand luggage (UNCOUNT) bagages mpl à main;
    hand microphone micro m portatif;
    Theatre hand puppet marionnette f;
    hand signal signal m de la main;
    ∎ hand signals only (on vehicle) = indique que les clignotants d'un véhicule ne fonctionnent pas;
    hand towel serviette f, essuie-mains m inv
    (distribute) distribuer
    (return) rapporter, rendre;
    ∎ she handed me back the bottle elle m'a repassé la bouteille;
    ∎ Radio & Television I now hand you back to the studio/Jon Snow je rends maintenant l'antenne au studio/à Jon Snow
    (a) (pass, give from high place) passer, donner;
    ∎ hand me down the hammer passe-moi ou donne-moi le marteau (qui est là-haut)
    (b) (heirloom, story) transmettre;
    ∎ the necklace/property has been handed down from mother to daughter for six generations le collier est transmis/la propriété est transmise de mère en fille depuis six générations;
    ∎ all her clothes had been handed down from her older sisters tous ses vêtements venaient de ses sœurs aînées
    (c) Law (decision, sentence) annoncer; (judgment) rendre;
    ∎ American to hand down the budget annoncer le budget
    (return, surrender → book) rendre; (→ ticket) remettre; (→ exam paper) rendre, remettre; (something found → to authorities, police etc) déposer, remettre;
    ∎ to hand in one's resignation donner ou remettre sa démission, demissioner
    Sport (in rugby) raffûter
    ∎ to hand sth on to sb passer qch à qn
    (b) = hand down (b)
    (distribute) distribuer;
    ∎ we hand out 200 free meals a day nous servons 200 repas gratuits par jour;
    ∎ he's very good at handing out advice il est très fort pour ce qui est de distribuer des conseils;
    ∎ he's fond of handing it out, but can't take it (criticism) il se permet de critiquer les autres mais il déteste qu'on le critique;
    ∎ the French boxer handed out a lot of punishment le boxeur français a frappé à coups redoublés
    (a) (pass, give → object) passer, donner;
    ∎ Radio & Television we now hand you over to the weather man/Bill Smith in Moscow nous passons maintenant l'antenne à notre météorologue/Bill Smith à Moscou;
    ∎ Telecommunications I'm handing him over now je te le passe tout de suite
    (b) (surrender → weapons, hostage) remettre; (→ criminal) livrer; (→ power, authority) transmettre; Law (→ property) céder;
    ∎ he was handed over to the French police il a été livré à la ou aux mains de la police française;
    ∎ hand it over! donne!
    ∎ to hand over to (government minister, chairman etc) passer le pouvoir à; (in meeting) donner la parole à; Telecommunications passer ou donner le combiné à
    (distribute) distribuer
    (pass, give from low place) passer, donner;
    ∎ hand me up the hammer passe-moi ou donne-moi le marteau (qui est là en bas)

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  • 2 stick

    1. I
    1) the machine (the door, the lift, the lock, the lid, etc.) sticks машину и т.д. заедает /заклинивает/; the wheels have stuck колеса увязли; the drawer sticks ящик не выдвигается; I got up to the fourth form (through some ten lines, etc.) and there stuck я дошел до четвертого класса и т.д. и на этом застрял; here I am and here I stick с этого места я никуда не уйду /не сдвинусь/; the nickname will stick это прозвище пристанет /прилипнет/
    2) the envelope will not stick конверт не заклеивается; this stamp won't stick эта марка не приклеивается; these stamps (these pages, etc.) have stuck эти марки и т.д. слиплись; the tar sticks смола липкая
    2. II
    1) stick somewhere stick here (there, indoors, right where you are, etc.) coll. оставаться здесь и т.д., не уходить отсюда и т.д.; are you going to stick in all day? вы собираетесь проторчать /просидеть/ дома весь день?
    2) stick in some manner stick together слипаться, прилипать; these pages stuck together эти странички слиплись; the envelope sticks fast конверт хорошо /крепко/ заклеивается; let's stick together давайте будем держаться вместе /друг друга/; stick somewhere her zipper stuck halfway up у нее молния застряла /молнию заело/ на середине
    3. III
    1) stick smth. stick bills (pictures, notices, advertisements, etc.) расклеивать афиши и т.д.
    2) stick smb. stick pigs резать /колоть/ свиней; the pin is sticking me булавка колется; stick butterflies (bugs) накалывать бабочек (жуков) (для коллекции)
    3) stick smb., smth. coll. usually in the negative and interrogative I can't stick this man (his children, etc.) терпеть не могу /не выношу/ этого человека и т.д.; she can't stick his manner она не выносит того, как он себя держит; he won't stick this work он не выдержит этой работы
    4. IV
    1) stick smth. in some manner stick broken pieces (things, two sheets of paper, etc.) together склеивать сломанные куска и т.д.
    2) stick smth. somewhere stick some photographs in вклеить фотографии; stick in a few commas вставить несколько запятых; stick the spurs in пришпорить коня
    3) stick smb., smth. for some time usually in the negative and interrogative I can't stick this man another minute я больше ни одной минуты не могу терпеть /не выдержу/ этого человека; I can't stick this climate long мне в этом климате долго не выдержать; he couldn't stick the job more than three days на этой работе его хватило всего на три дня
    5. VI
    || stick smth. full of smth. заполнить что-л. чем-л.; stick a pincushion full of pins утыкать подушечку /игольник/ булавками; stick shelves full of knicknacks уставить полку безделушками
    6. XI
    1) be stuck if you're stuck, I'll help you a) если ты застрял, я тебе помогу; б) если у тебя дело не ладится, я тебе помогу; get (be) stuck in (on, for) smth. the cars (the buses, the carriages. etc.) got stuck in the mud (in the bog, on a sandbank, etc.) машины и т.д. застряли /увязли/ в грязи и т.д.; the ball was stuck on the roof (on the tree) мяч залетел на крышу (застрял на дереве); here I am stuck in hospital for six weeks меня упрятали в больницу на шесть недель; I'm stuck on this problem я никак не могу решить эту проблему; I was stuck on the first chapter я застрял на первой главе; I was stuck for an answer я замешкался с ответом; be stuck by smth. he was stuck by the very first problem on the test первая же задача в контрольной поставила его в тупик, он застрял /сел/ на первой же задаче в контрольной; our work was stuck by the breakdown of the machinery поломка механизма застопорила работу; be stuck with smb., smth. I was stuck with him all morning я все утро с ним провозился; 1 was stuck, with the job of cleaning up вся уборка свалилась на меня; now we are stuck with his debts теперь нам платить его долги
    2) be (get) stuck to smth. be (get) stuck to a paper (to a wall, to one's hands, etc.) пристать /прилипнуть/ к бумаге и т.д.; the mud was stuck to my shoes к ботинкам пристала грязь; а notice was stuck to the door к двери было приклеено объявление; be stuck with smth. be stuck with labels (with pictures, with newspaper ads, etc.) быть обклеенным этикетками и т.д.; а coat stuck with medals пиджак, увешанный медалями
    3) be stuck in smth. the arrow was stuck in the tree стрела вонзилась в дерево; the nail was stuck in the tire гвоздь проколол шину [и застрял в ней] || the cushion was stuck full of pins подушечка была вся утыкана булавками
    7. XVI
    1) stick in smth. stick in the mud (in a lock, in a bog, etc.) застревать в грязи и т.д.; stick fast in a bog (in the mud, in the sand, in the snow, etc.) [основательно] увязнуть в болоте и т.д.; а bone stuck in my throat у меня застряла косточка в горле; stick in the mind (in smb.'s memory) запомниться, засесть в мозгу (надолго сохраниться в памяти); the words stuck in my throat слова застряли у меня в горле, lies seemed to stick in his throat он, казалось, никак не мог выдавить из себя /произнести/ эти лживые слова; his proposal sticks in my throat мне претят его предложение; stick in the middle of one's speech (in the middle of one's recitation, in the middle of the play, etc.) остановиться в середине речи и т.д. || stick at home торчать дома
    2) stick to (in, at, etc.) smth. stick to smb.'s clothes (to feathers, to paper, to the envelope, etc) приставать /прилипать/ к одежде и т.д.; the glue (the paper, this stuff, etc.) sticks to his fingers клей и т.д. пристает /липнет/ к его пальцам /к рукам/; the vegetables have stuck stick to the pan овощи пристали к сковородке; his shirt stuck to his back рубашка прилипла к его спине; my tongue stuck to my throat у меня язык [во рту] не поворачивался /язык прилип к гортани/; stick to /at/ one's work (to business, at a task, to a job until it is finished, etc.) не отрываться от работы и т.д.; he sticks at his table [for] six hours a day он не отрываясь сидит за столом по шесть часов в день; he sticks to his room (in the house, etc.) он никуда не выходит из комнаты и т.д.; stick to smb. the name (the nickname) stuck to him за ним так и осталось /закрепилось/ это имя (прозвище)
    3) stick to /by/ smb., smth. stick close to one's friends (to one's chief, by me, by one's husband, by one another, etc.) быть /оставаться/ верным своем друзьям и т.д., не оставлять /не бросать, не покидать/ своих друзей и т.д.; the boy stuck to his mother's heels мальчик ходил за матерью по пятам; stick to one's word (to one's opinion, to one's resolve, to one's duty, to one's decision, to one's resolution, to the programme), to the theory, to the original, etc.) не отступать от своего слова и т.д.; stick firm to one's principles стоять за свои убеждения; stick to one's story /to what one said/ упорно повторять одно и то же, не сбиваться; stick to the point не отклоняться (от темы разговора), держаться ближе к делу
    4) stick with smth. stick with a needle проколоть /проткнуть/ иглой; stick in smth. the needle stuck in smb.'s finger игла вонзилась /впилась/ кому-л. в палец; the knife stuck in the ground and we couldn't pull it out нож глубоко вошел в землю, и мы не могли его вытащить
    5) stick out of (in) smth. stick out of the window (out of the bag, out of your pocket, etc.) торчать /высовываться/ из окна и т.д.; а dagger was sticking in the corpse в трупе торчал кинжал
    6) stick at smth. usually in the negative (not to) stick at trifles (at a difficulty, etc.) (не) останавливаться перед мелочами и т.д.; stick at nothing to get one's own way /to gain one's ends/ не останавливаться ни перед чем /не гнушаться никакими средствами/, чтобы добиться своего /своей цели/
    8. XVII
    stick at doing smth. usually in the negative not to stick at lying (at betraying one's friends, at killing a man, etc.) не останавливаться перед ложью и т.д.
    9. XIX1
    stick like smth. stick like glue (like a leech, like a bur, like pitch, etc.) липнуть как клей и т.д., приставать как банный лист и т.д.
    10. XXI1
    1) stick smth. on (in, against, etc.) smth. stick a stamp on a letter (a stamp on an envelope, a label on smb.'s luggage, a notice on the wall, etc.) приклеить марку на письмо и т.д.; stick the picture in your book вклеить картинку в вашу книгу; stick a torch against the wall прикрепить /приладить/ факел к стене; stick a hat on one's head надеть /нацепить, нахлобучить/ шляпу [на голову]; stick smth. with smth. stick a placard with glue приклеить плакат клеем
    2) stick some time in some place stick a whole summer in town (a whole day in the house, a whole month in bed, etc.) coll. околачиваться /торчать/ все лето в городе и т.д.
    3) stick smth. in (to) (on, through, etc.) smth., smb. stick a knife into smb.'s back (a spear into the deer, a bayonet into the enemy, etc.) вонзать нож кому-л. в спину и т.д.; stick a fork in (to) a potato (a skewer into meat, a needle into the cushion, a candle in a bottle, a stick into the hole, a spade into the ground, a pin into a piece of paper, etc.) воткнуть вилку в картошку и т.д.; stick a needle into a blister проколоть волдырь иголкой; stick a feather in one's cap воткнуть перо в шляпу; stick a flower into one's buttonhole всунуть /воткнуть, вдеть/ цветок в петлицу; stick a gun in one's belt заткнуть револьвер за пояс; stick one's hands in one's pockets засунуть руки в карманы; stick a finger in one's ear заткнуть ухо пальцем; stick a badge on smb.'s coat приколоть значок к пиджаку; don't stick your nose into other people's business не суйте нос не в свое дело; stick a bayonet through smb.'s breast (a spear through a man's body, a knife right through the partition, etc.) проткнуть кому-л. грудь штыком и т.д.; stick smb., smth. with (on) smth. stick smb. with a bayonet проткнуть кого-л. штыком; stick one's finger with a needle уколоть палец иголкой; stick a potato on a fork (an apple with a stick, etc.) подцепить картошку вилкой и т.д.
    4) stick smth. on (in, out of, round, behind, etc.) smth. stick the book on the shelf запихнуть книгу на полку; stick the chair in the corner задвинуть стул в угол; stick it on the table бросьте это на стол; stick one's head out of the window высовываться из окна; stick one's head round the door просунуть голову в дверь, высунуть голову из-за двери; stick а реп (а cigarette) behind one's ear заложить /засунуть/ ручку (сигарету) за ухо
    5) stick smb. with smth. coll. stick smb. with a car (with a counterfeit coin, with fund collection, etc.) навязать /всучить/ кому-л. машину и т.д.; stick smb. for smth. stick smb. for the drinks (for money, for the cost of the fare, etc.) выставлять кого-л. на выпивку и т.д.

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  • 3 kind

    A n
    1 (sort, type) sorte f, genre m, type m ; this kind of book/film ce genre or type de livre/film ; this kind of dog/person ce genre de chien/personne ; all kinds of people/cars/music/activities, people/cars/music/activities of all kinds toutes sortes de gens/de voitures/de musiques/d'activités ; various kinds of cheese/car, cheeses/cars of various kinds diverses sortes de fromages/de voitures ; what kind of dog/car is it? qu'est-ce que c'est comme chien/voiture? ; what kind of person is she? comment est-elle? ; what kind of person does he think I am? pour qui me prend-il? ; what kind of (a) person would do a thing like that? qui pourrait faire une chose pareille? ; what kind of a question/an answer is that? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette question/cette réponse? ; what kind of talk is that? en voilà des façons de parler! ; I won't do anything of the kind je n'en ferai rien ; I don't believe anything of the kind je n'en crois rien ; ideas of a dangerous/subversive kind des idées dangereuses/subversives ; decisions of a difficult/momentous kind des décisions difficiles/capitales ; a criminal/racist of the worst kind un criminel/un raciste de la pire espèce ; they could find no information/food of any kind, they could not find any kind of information/food ils n'ont pas trouvé la moindre information/nourriture ; this sculpture is the oldest (example) of its kind c'est la plus vieille sculpture du genre ; this is the only one of its kind, this is one of a kind c'est unique en son genre ; he must be some kind of idiot/sadist ça doit être un imbécile/un sadique ; a picture of some kind un quelconque tableau ; they needed some kind of success/progress ils avaient besoin d'avoir du succès/de faire des progrès ; I think it's some kind of detective story/cleaning device ce doit être une histoire policière/un système de nettoyage ; ‘what do you need?’-‘books, toys, that kind of thing’ ‘de quoi avez-vous besoin?’-‘de livres, de jouets, ce genre de choses’ ; I like tennis, squash, that kind of thing j'aime le tennis, le squash, ce genre de sport ; what kind of thing(s) does he like/do? qu'est-ce qu'il aime/fait? ; that's my kind of film/man! c'est le genre de film/d'homme que j'aime! ; that's the kind of person I am/she is je suis/elle est comme ça ; I'm not/he's not that kind of person ce n'est pas mon/son genre ; she's not the kind of person who tells lies ou to tell lies ce n'est pas son genre de mentir ; they found a solution of a kind ils ont trouvé une solution qui n'était pas merveilleuse ; it's wine/butter of a kind c'est du vin/du beurre de mauvaise qualité ;
    2 ( expressing vague classification) a kind of une sorte de ; a kind of handbag/toy/soup une sorte de sac à main/de jouet/de soupe ; a kind of anarchist/genius/servant une sorte d'anarchiste/de génie/de serviteur ; a kind of depression/intuition une sorte de dépression/d'intuition ; I heard a kind of rattling noise j'ai entendu comme un cliquetis ; I felt a kind of apprehension j'ai ressenti une certaine appréhension ;
    3 ( classified type) espèce f, genre m ; I know your/his kind je connais les gens de votre/son espèce ; they stick with their own kind ils ne fréquentent que les gens de leur espèce.
    1 ( in goods) en nature ; to pay in kind payer en nature ;
    2 ( in same way) to repay sb in kind ( good deed) rendre la pareille à qn ; ( bad deed) rendre la monnaie de sa pièce à qn ;
    3 ( in essence) they are/are not different in kind ils sont/ils ne sont pas très différents.
    C ○ kind of adv phr he's kind of cute/forgetful/clever il est plutôt mignon/distrait/intelligent ; they were kind of frightened/happy en fait, ils avaient un peu peur/ça leur faisait plutôt plaisir ; I kind of like him en fait, je l'aime bien ; we kind of thought/heard that… nous pensions/avons entendu dire que… ; ‘is it interesting/dangerous?’-‘kind of’ ‘est-ce que c'est intéressant/dangereux?’-‘plutôt, oui’ ; ‘did you have a good time?’-‘kind of’ ‘est-ce que vous vous êtes bien amusés?’-‘oui, c'était pas mal’.
    D adj (caring, helpful) [person] gentil/-ille ; [act] bon/bonne ; [remark, gesture, words] gentil/-ille ; [thought] délicat ; to be kind to sb être gentil avec qn ; ‘Sudso is kind to your hands/skin’ ‘Sudso respecte vos mains/votre peau’ ; to be kind to animals bien traiter les animaux ; the critics were not kind to the play les critiques n'ont pas épargné la pièce ; life has been kind to me j'ai eu de la chance dans la vie ; life has not been kind to him la vie ne l'a pas épargné ; time has been kind to him il ne fait pas son âge ; that's very kind of you c'est très gentil/aimable de votre part ; it's very kind of you/him to give us a lift/lend me some money c'est très gentil de ta/sa part de nous ramener/de me prêter de l'argent ; ( in polite formulas) would you be kind enough ou so kind as to pass me the salt? auriez-vous l'amabilité de me passer le sel ; she was kind enough to give me a lift home/offer me a drink elle a eu la gentillesse de me ramener/de m'offrir un verre ; ‘you're too kind!’ ‘vous êtes trop aimable!’

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