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1 load
load [ləʊd]1 noun∎ maximum load 5 tonnes (sign) charge maximum 5 tonnes;∎ she was carrying a load of books/washing elle portait des livres/du linge;∎ to be carrying a heavy load être lourdement chargé;∎ a load of gravel un chargement de gravier;∎ one horse can't pull such a heavy load un seul cheval ne peut pas tirer une charge aussi lourde;∎ we moved all the stuff in ten loads nous avons tout transporté en dix voyages∎ the reforms should lighten the load of classroom teachers les réformes devraient faciliter la tâche des enseignants;∎ hire somebody to share the load embauchez quelqu'un pour vous faciliter la tâche∎ that's a load off my mind! me voilà soulagé d'un poids!;∎ take a load off! détends-toi!(c) (batch of laundry) machine f;∎ I've two more loads to do j'ai encore deux machines à faire∎ safe load charge f de sécurité;∎ the machine is working at full load la machine fonctionne ou travaille à pleine charge;∎ under load en charge;∎ Electricity to shed the load délester(e) Stock Exchange frais mpl d'achat ou d'acquisition∎ vulgar to shoot one's load (ejaculate) décharger(a) (person, animal, vehicle) charger;∎ to load sth with sth charger qch sur qch;∎ load the bags into the car chargez ou mettez les sacs dans la voiture;∎ the ship is loading grain on est en train de charger le navire de céréales;∎ he was loaded with shopping il avait les bras chargés de courses;∎ loaded with cares accablé de soucis;∎ I'm going to load some more work onto you je vais vous confier encore un peu de travail;∎ I don't think it's fair to load all the work onto one person je trouve que ce n'est pas juste de donner tout le travail à une seule personne(b) (camera, gun, machine) charger;∎ load! take aim! fire! chargez! en joue! feu!;∎ to load a film/tape mettre une pellicule/une cassette;∎ load the cassette into the recorder introduisez la cassette dans le magnétophone∎ to load a program into the memory charger un programme en mémoire(d) (insurance premium) majorer, augmenter∎ to load the dice piper les dés;∎ figurative to load the dice against sb défavoriser qn;∎ the dice are loaded against us nous n'aurons pas la partie facile(a) (receive freight) faire le chargement;∎ the ship is loading le navire est en cours de chargement;∎ the tankers load off shore les pétroliers font le chargement en mer;∎ Cars no loading or unloading between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (sign) chargement ou déchargement interdits entre 9 h et 16 h(b) (camera, gun) se recharger∎ what a load of rubbish! c'est vraiment n'importe quoi!►► load bed (of truck) plateau m de chargement;load box (on vehicle) soute f;load carrying capacity charge f utile;load factor (of plane) coefficient m de remplissage; Electricity facteur m ou coefficient m de charge; Technology facteur m de charge;Nautical load line ligne f de charge;Computing load mode mode m chargement;Electricity load shedding délestage mcharger (lourdement);∎ he was loaded down with packages il avait des paquets plein les bras;∎ I'm loaded down with work je suis surchargé de travail;∎ to be loaded down with worry être accablé de soucis➲ load up(a) (truck, ship etc) charger;∎ load the wheelbarrow up with bricks remplissez la brouette de briquescharger -
2 work
work [wɜ:k]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun• work has begun on the new bridge ( = building it) on a commencé la construction du nouveau pont• good work! ( = well done) bravo !b. ( = employment, place of employment) travail m► at work ( = at place of work) au travail• an increase in the numbers out of work une augmentation du nombre des demandeurs d'emploi► off workc. ( = product) œuvre f━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For work + preposition/adverb combinations see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (gen) travailler• have you solved the problem? -- we're working on it avez-vous résolu le problème ? -- on y travaille• I've been working on him but haven't yet managed to persuade him j'ai bien essayé de le convaincre, mais je n'y suis pas encore parvenu► to work towards sth œuvrer pour qchb. ( = function) [machine, car, scheme] marcher ; [medicine] agira. ( = cause to work) [+ person, staff] faire travailler ; [+ lever, pump] actionner ; [+ machine] faire marcher► to work o.s.b. ( = bring about) to work wonders [person] faire des merveilles ; [drug, medicine] faire merveillec. ( = arrange for) (inf) can you work it so she can come too? pouvez-vous faire en sorte qu'elle vienne aussi ?d. ( = manoeuvre) he worked his hands free il est parvenu à libérer ses mains• rescuers are working their way towards the trapped men les sauveteurs se fraient un passage jusqu'aux hommes qui sont bloqués• he worked his way up from office boy to managing director il est devenu PDG après avoir commencé comme garçon de bureaue. ( = shape) [+ metal, wood, dough, clay] travailler4. compounds► work outa. [plan, arrangement] marcherb. [amount] it works out at $50 per child il faut compter 50 dollars par enfantc. ( = exercise) faire de la musculation• I can't work him out (inf) je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment il fonctionne► work through inseparable transitive verb( = resolve emotionally) assumer► work up• the book works up to a dramatic ending le roman s'achemine progressivement vers un dénouement spectaculaire• I thought he was working up to asking me for a divorce je croyais qu'il préparait le terrain pour demander le divorceb. ( = develop) [+ trade, business] développer• he worked this small firm up into a major company il a réussi à faire de cette petite société une grande entreprise• I worked up an appetite/thirst carrying all those boxes ça m'a mis en appétit/m'a donné soif de porter toutes ces caisses* * *[wɜːk] 1.1) ( physical or mental activity) travail m (on sur)to go ou set ou get to work — se mettre au travail
to put a lot of work into — travailler [essay, speech]; passer beaucoup de temps sur [meal, preparations]
to put ou set somebody to work — faire travailler quelqu'un
to make short ou light work of something — expédier quelque chose
it's hot/thirsty work — ça donne chaud/soif
2) ( occupation) travail mto be in work — avoir du travail or un emploi
place of work — lieu m de travail
to be off work — ( on vacation) être en congé
3) ( place of employment) ( office) bureau m; ( factory) usine f4) (building, construction) travaux mpl (on sur)5) ( papers)to take one's work home — lit emporter du travail chez soi; fig ramener ses soucis professionnels à la maison
6) (achievement, product) (essay, report) travail m; (artwork, novel, sculpture) œuvre f (by de); ( study) ouvrage m (by de; on sur)7) ( research) recherches fpl (on sur)8) ( effect)2.to go to work — [drug, detergent] agir
works plural noun1) ( factory) usine fworks canteen — cantine f de l'usine
2) ( building work) travaux mpl3) (colloq) ( everything)3. 4.the (full ou whole) works — toute la panoplie (colloq)
transitive verb1) ( drive)2) ( labour)to work days/nights — travailler de jour/de nuit
to work one's way through a book — lire péniblement un livre, venir à bout (colloq) d'un livre
3) ( operate) se servir de4) ( exploit commercially) exploiter5) ( have as one's territory) couvrir [region]6) ( consume)to work one's way through — ( use) utiliser [amount, quantity]
7) ( bring about)to work wonders — lit, fig faire des merveilles
8) ( use to one's advantage)I've worked things so that... — j'ai arrangé les choses de sorte que...
9) ( fashion) travailler [clay, metal]10) ( embroider) broder11) ( manœuvre)to work something into — introduire quelque chose dans [slot, hole]
12) ( exercise) faire travailler [muscles]13) ( move)to work one's way along — avancer le long de [ledge]
5.it worked its way ou itself loose — cela s'est desserré peu à peu
1) ( engage in activity) travailler ( doing à faire)to work in oils — [painter] travailler à l'huile
to work towards — se diriger vers [solution]; s'acheminer vers [compromise]; négocier [agreement]
3) ( function) fonctionnerto work on electricity — marcher or fonctionner à l'électricité
4) (act, operate)it doesn't ou things don't work like that — ça ne marche pas comme ça
to work in somebody's favour —
to work against somebody —
5) ( be successful) [treatment] avoir de l'effet; [detergent, drug] agir; [plan] réussir; [argument] tenir debout6) [face, features] se contracter6.1) ( labour)2)•Phrasal Verbs:- work in- work off- work on- work out- work to- work up••
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