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1 clean
clean [kli:n]1. adjectivea. propre• as clean as a new pin or as a whistle propre comme un sou neufb. [joke, story, film] non vulgaired. [sheet of paper] viergee. [image, reputation] sans tachef. [smell, taste] pur ; [sound, edge, stroke, shape] netg. [operation, job] sans bavuresh. to be clean (inf) ( = innocent of wrongdoing) n'avoir rien à se reprocher ; ( = not in possession of drugs, weapon, stolen property) n'avoir rien sur soi ; ( = off drugs) être clean (inf)i. ( = total) to make a clean break tourner la page• to make a clean sweep of all the trophies/awards remporter tous les trophées/prix2. adverb3. noun( = do housework) faire le ménage6. compounds[+ drawer, box, cupboard, room] nettoyer à fond• she had to clean up after the children's visit elle a dû tout remettre en ordre après la visite des enfants[+ room, mess, person, the environment] nettoyer• to clean o.s. up se laver* * *[kliːn] 1. 2.1) ( not dirty) [clothes, dishes, floor] propre; [air, water] pur; [syringe] désinfectémy hands are clean — lit, fig j'ai les mains propres
2) ( with no pollution) [fuel] propre3) ( not obscene) [joke] anodin4) ( unsullied) [reputation] sans tache; [record, licence] vierge5) ( no longer addicted) désintoxiqué6) (colloq) ( without illicit property)7) Sport [tackle] sans faute; [hit] préciskeep it clean — ( in match) pas de bavures
8) ( neat) [lines, profile] pur; [edge] net/netteclean break — Medicine fracture f simple
3. 4.to make a clean break with the past — fig rompre définitivement avec le passé
transitive verb1) nettoyer [room, shoes, gun]; effacer [blackboard]to clean something from ou off — enlever quelque chose de [hands, car]
2) Culinary vider [fish]5.intransitive verb ( do housework) faire le ménage6.to clean itself — [animal] faire sa toilette
Phrasal Verbs:- clean up••to clean up one's act — [person] devenir plus sérieux
I'll have to come clean — (colloq) il va falloir que je dise la vérité
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2 clean up
1. transitive verb1) aufräumen [Zimmer, Schreibtisch]; beseitigen [Trümmer, Unordnung]2)3) (fig.) säubern [Stadt]; aufräumen mit [Korruption usw.]2. intransitive verb1) aufräumen* * ** * *◆ clean upI. vt1. (make clean)to \clean up up the kitchen/a room die Küche/ein Zimmer aufräumento \clean up up the mess aufräumen▪ to \clean up oneself up sich akk sauber machen; (wash) sich akk waschen; (freshen oneself) sich akk frisch machen2. (eradicate sex, crime)we need to \clean up up television das Fernsehen muss wieder sauber werden!to \clean up up the city die Stadt säubern▪ to \clean up up ⇆ sth etw absahnen slto \clean up up a fortune ein Vermögen machen fam4.II. vi▪ to \clean up up after sb jdm hinterherräumen* * *1. vt sep2) (fig)the new mayor cleaned up the city — der neue Bürgermeister hat für Sauberkeit in der Stadt gesorgt
to clean up television — den Bildschirm (von Gewalt, Sex etc) säubern
See:→ academic.ru/571/act">act2. vi2) (inf) abkassieren (inf), absahnen (inf)to clean up at the record stores/box office (CD/movie) — voll abräumen (inf)
* * *A v/t1. gründlich reinigen2. in Ordnung bringen, aufräumen3. fig eine Stadt etc säubern4. besonders US umg Profit einheimsenB v/i besonders US umg abkassieren* * *1. transitive verb1) aufräumen [Zimmer, Schreibtisch]; beseitigen [Trümmer, Unordnung]2)clean oneself up — sich sauber machen; (get washed) sich waschen
3) (fig.) säubern [Stadt]; aufräumen mit [Korruption usw.]2. intransitive verb1) aufräumen* * *(US) v.sich zurechtmachen v. v.aufputzen v.aufräumen v.
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