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1 dispenser
dispenser [dispɑ̃se]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verbb. [+ bienfaits, lumière] to dispense ; [+ enseignement, formation, soins] to give2. reflexive verb* * *dispɑ̃se
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1) ( donner) to hand out [largesses] (à to); to bestow sout [honneurs, compliments] (à on)2) ( exempter)3) ( épargner)
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se dispenser verbe pronominal ( se passer de)* * *dispɑ̃se vt1) (= donner) to lavish2) (= exempter)* * *dispenser verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( donner) to give [cours, information, conseil, service, soin] (à to); to hand out [largesses] (à to); to bestow sout [honneurs, compliment, présent] (à on);3 Jur ( exempter) dispenser qn de qch/de faire to exempt sb from sth/from doing; dispensé de paiement/d'accomplir ses obligations exempt from payment/from performing one's duties;4 ( épargner) dispenser qn de qch/de faire to excuse sb from sth/doing; cela ne vous dispense pas d'étudier this does not make it any the less necessary for you to study; se faire dispenser d'un cours to be excused from a lesson; je vous dispense de (tout) commentaire I don't need any comment from you.B se dispenser vpr1 ( être donné) [cours, soins] to be given;2 ( se passer de) se dispenser de qch/de faire to spare oneself sth/the trouble of doing; j'ai décidé de me dispenser de vos services I've decided to dispense with your services.[dispɑ̃se] verbe transitif1. [exempter]je vous dispense de me rendre un rapport cette fois I'll excuse you from writing me a report this time————————se dispenser de verbe pronominal plus préposition[obligation] to get out of -
2 excuse
1. ik'skju:z verb1) (to forgive or pardon: Excuse me - can you tell me the time?; I'll excuse your carelessness this time.) perdonar, excusar2) (to free (someone) from a task, duty etc: May I be excused from writing this essay?) dispensar
2. ik'skju:s noun(a reason (given by oneself) for being excused, or a reason for excusing: He has no excuse for being so late.) excusaexcuse1 n excusawhat's your excuse for being late? ¿qué excusa tienes por llegar tarde?excuse2 vb1. disculpar / perdonarwill you excuse me for a moment? ¿me disculpas un momento?2. dispensar / permitir faltarexcuse me! ¡oiga! / ¡perdón!1 (apology) disculpa2 (pretext) excusa■ his excuse for being late was that he had missed the train su excusa por llegar tarde fue que había perdido el tren1 perdonar, disculpar2 (justify) justificar3 (exempt) dispensar, eximir; (military) rebajar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLexcuse me (when interrupting) perdone 2 (when leaving) disculpe, con permiso 3 (to get somebody's attention) oiga, por favor 4 (to apologize) perdón, perdone 6 (asking for repetition) ¿cómo?, ¿perdón?to make one's excuses pedir disculpasmay I be excused? ¿puedo salir un momento?1) pardon: disculpar, perdonarexcuse me: con permiso, perdóneme, perdón2) exempt: eximir, disculpar3) justify: excusar, justificarexcuse [ɪk'skju:s, ɛk-] n1) justification: excusa f, justificación f2) pretext: pretexto m3)to make one's excuses to someone : pedirle disculpas a alguienn.• disculpa s.f.• excusa s.f.• pretexto s.m.v.• disculpar v.• disimular v.• dispensar v.• excusar v.• perdonar v.
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1. ɪk'skjuːz1)a) ( forgive) \<\<mistake/misconduct\>\> disculpar, perdonarexcuse my interrupting o excuse me for interrupting, but... — perdóneme la interrupción, pero..., perdone que le interrumpa, pero...
excuse me! — ( attracting attention) perdón!, perdone (usted)! (frml); ( apologizing) perdón, perdóneme (or perdóname etc)
excuse me, please — (con) permiso, ¿me permite, por favor?
b) ( justify) \<\<conduct/rudeness\>\> excusar, justificar*2) ( release from obligation) disculparplease may I be excused? — (used by schoolchildren) señorita (or profesor etc) ¿puedo ir al baño or (Esp) al servicio?
to excuse somebody (FROM) something — dispensar or eximir a alguien de algo
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v refla) ( on leaving) excusarseb) ( offer excuse) excusarse, disculparse
II ɪk'skjuːsa) ( justification) excusa fb) ( pretext) excusa f, pretexto mto make excuses — poner* excusas
c) excuses pl excusas fpl1.[ɪks'kjuːs]N (=justification) excusa f, disculpa f ; (=pretext) pretexto mon the excuse that... — con el pretexto de que...
what's your excuse this time? — ¿qué excusa or disculpa me das esta vez?
2. [ɪks'kjuːz]VT1) (=forgive) disculpar, perdonarexcuse me! — (asking a favour) por favor, perdón; (interrupting sb) perdóneme; (when passing) perdón, con permiso; (=sorry) ¡perdón!; (on leaving table) ¡con permiso!
excuse me? — (US) ¿perdone?, ¿mande? (Mex)
now, if you will excuse me... — con permiso...
may I be excused for a moment? — ¿puedo salir un momento?
2) (=justify) justificarto excuse o.s. (for sth/for doing sth) — pedir disculpas (por algo/por haber hecho algo)
3) (=exempt)to excuse sb (from sth/from doing sth) — dispensar or eximir a algn (de algo/de hacer algo)
to excuse o.s. (from sth/from doing sth) — dispensarse (de algo/de hacer algo)
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1. [ɪk'skjuːz]1)a) ( forgive) \<\<mistake/misconduct\>\> disculpar, perdonarexcuse my interrupting o excuse me for interrupting, but... — perdóneme la interrupción, pero..., perdone que le interrumpa, pero...
excuse me! — ( attracting attention) perdón!, perdone (usted)! (frml); ( apologizing) perdón, perdóneme (or perdóname etc)
excuse me, please — (con) permiso, ¿me permite, por favor?
b) ( justify) \<\<conduct/rudeness\>\> excusar, justificar*2) ( release from obligation) disculparplease may I be excused? — (used by schoolchildren) señorita (or profesor etc) ¿puedo ir al baño or (Esp) al servicio?
to excuse somebody (FROM) something — dispensar or eximir a alguien de algo
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v refla) ( on leaving) excusarseb) ( offer excuse) excusarse, disculparse
II [ɪk'skjuːs]a) ( justification) excusa fb) ( pretext) excusa f, pretexto mto make excuses — poner* excusas
c) excuses pl excusas fpl -
3 esonerare
exempt (da from)* * *esonerare v.tr. to exonerate; ( liberare) to free, to relieve; ( esentare) to exempt; to excuse; ( licenziare) to dismiss; ( congedare) to discharge: esonerare qlcu. da una responsabilità, to exonerate s.o. from a responsibility; è stato esonerato dal servizio militare, he has been exempted from military service; esonerare qlcu. dalle tasse scolastiche, to exempt s.o. from school fees; l'allenatore è stato esonerato, the coach has been relieved of his responsibilities (o dismissed); posso farmi esonerare dalla lezione di ginnastica, oggi?, can I be excused from today's gym lesson?* * *[ezone'rare]esonerare qcn. dal fare — to let sb. off doing, to exempt sb. from doing
* * *esonerare/ezone'rare/ [1]to dispense, to exempt, to excuse, to free [ persona]; esonerare qcn. dal fare to let sb. off doing, to exempt sb. from doing; farsi esonerare da un corso to be excused from a course. -
4 ♦ excuse
♦ excuse /ɪkˈskju:s/n. [cu]1 scusa; pretesto: to find an excuse, trovare una scusa; to invent an excuse, inventare una scusa; a flimsy (o feeble) excuse, una scusa debole; a lame excuse, una scusa che non regge; a plausible excuse, una scusa accettabile; The rain gave me an excuse to stay, la pioggia mi diede un pretesto per restare2 giustificazione; scusante; scuse (pl.): by way of excuse, per giustificarsi; come scusante; to have no excuse, non avere scusanti; That's no excuse!, non è una scusa valida!; to make one's excuses, fare le proprie scuse; without excuse, senza giustificazione; inescusabile; in excuse of, a giustificazione di● (fam.) excuse for a, misero esemplare di: that pathetic excuse for a tenor, quel tenore penoso; quel, si fa per dire, tenore.♦ (to) excuse /ɪkˈskju:z/v. t.1 scusare; perdonare: Do excuse the mess!, scusa il disordine!; DIALOGO → - Greetings and other useful phrases- Excuse me!, scusa(mi)!; mi scusi!; ( anche, per passare) (con) permesso!; (dopo aver urtato q., USA) scusa!, scusi!, pardon!; Excuse me for not answering before, scusami per non averti risposto prima; DIALOGO → - On the Tube- Excuse me, does this train go to High Street Kensington?, mi scusi, questo treno va a High Street Kensington?2 scusare; giustificare: His youth excuses his mistake, la sua giovinezza giustifica il suo errore; to excuse an absence, giustificare un'assenza3 dispensare; esimere; esentare; esonerare; condonare: I cannot excuse you from the gym lessons, non posso esonerarti dalle lezioni di ginnastica; His position doesn't excuse him from being civil, la sua posizione non lo esime dall'essere educato; They will excuse him the fee, gli condoneranno il pagamento della tassa4 dare a (q.) il permesso di andarsene; scusare: If you'll excuse me…, col suo permesso… (o chiedo scusa, ma…; se mi vuole scusare…) ( devo andare); ( a un insegnante) May I be excused?, posso uscire? ( per andare al gabinetto)● to excuse oneself, scusarsi, chiedere scusa: I excused myself and left the room, mi sono scusato con lui e sono uscito dalla stanza; chiedere (e ottenere) di essere dispensato (da qc.); scusarsi (di non poter fare qc.); mandare le proprie scuse: I excused myself from singing, scusandomi declinai di cantare; She excused herself from the meeting at the last minute, all'ultimo momento ha mandato le proprie scuse non potendo partecipare all'incontro; allontanarsi chiedendo scusa □ (fam., iron.) Excuse me ( for living)!, scusami tanto!; chiedo umilmente scusa! NOTA D'USO: - I'm sorry o excuse me?-. -
5 excuse
(a) (explanation, justification) excuse f;∎ a feeble excuse une mauvaise excuse;∎ her excuse for not coming (in the past) son excuse pour n'être pas venue; (in the future) son excuse pour ne pas venir;∎ to give sth as one's excuse donner qch comme excuse;∎ that's no excuse ce n'est pas une excuse ou une raison;∎ that's no excuse for being rude ce n'est pas une raison ou une excuse pour être grossier;∎ there's no excuse for that kind of behaviour ce genre de comportement est sans excuse ou inexcusable;∎ there's no excuse for it c'est sans excuse, c'est inexcusable;∎ he has no excuse for not finishing the job on time il n'a pas d'excuse pour ne pas avoir terminé le travail à temps;∎ I don't want (to hear) any excuses! je ne veux pas d'excuse!;∎ well, what's your excuse this time? alors, quelle excuse as-tu trouvé cette fois?;∎ you'd better have a good excuse! tu as intérêt à avoir une bonne excuse!;∎ excuses, excuses! des excuses, toujours des excuses!;∎ he's always finding excuses for them/for their behaviour il est tout le temps en train de leur trouver des excuses/d'excuser leur comportement;∎ stop making excuses for him arrête de lui trouver des excuses;∎ I'm not making excuses for them je ne les excuse pas;∎ to make one's excuses s'excuser, présenter ses excuses;∎ make my excuses to them présente-leur mes excuses;∎ ignorance of the law is no excuse nul n'est censé ignorer la loi;∎ you've all been issued with a copy of the regulations, so from now on ignorance is no excuse vous disposez tous d'un exemplaire du règlement, vous êtes donc censés le connaître à partir de maintenant;∎ by way of (an) excuse en guise d'excuse∎ a poor excuse for a father un père lamentable;∎ this is a poor excuse for a bus service ce service d'autobus est lamentable∎ an excuse to do or for doing sth une excuse ou un prétexte pour faire qch;∎ it's only an excuse ce n'est qu'un prétexte;∎ any excuse will do n'importe quelle excuse ou n'importe quel prétexte fera l'affaire;∎ the government keeps finding excuses for not introducing reforms le gouvernement n'arrête pas de trouver des excuses pour retarder l'introduction de réformes;∎ he's looking for an excuse not to go to the party il cherche une excuse pour ne pas aller à la soirée;∎ to look for an excuse to celebrate chercher un prétexte pour faire la fête;∎ any excuse for a drink! toutes les excuses sont bonnes pour boire un verre!(a) (justify → bad behaviour) excuser;∎ his youth excuses him sa jeunesse l'excuse ou peut lui servir d'excuse;∎ he tried to excuse himself by saying that… il a essayé de se justifier en disant que…(b) (forgive → bad behaviour, person) excuser, pardonner;∎ you can excuse that in someone of his age c'est pardonnable chez quelqu'un de son âge;∎ I'll excuse your lateness (just) this once je te pardonne ton retard pour cette fois;∎ to excuse sb's absence excuser l'absence de qn;∎ he is unable to attend the meeting and asks to be excused il lui est impossible d'assister à la réunion et vous prie de bien vouloir l'en excuser;∎ now, if you will excuse me maintenant, si vous voulez bien m'excuser;∎ one could be excused for thinking that he was much younger on dirait ou croirait qu'il est beaucoup plus jeune;∎ excuse my interrupting, but… excusez-moi ou pardon de vous interrompre, mais…;∎ excuse me (to get past) pardon; (as interruption, to attract someone's attention) pardon, excusez-moi; American (as apology) pardon, excusez-moi;∎ excuse me, (but) aren't you…? excusez-moi, vous ne seriez pas…?;∎ ironic excuse me for asking! oh, ça va, je ne faisais que demander!, ce n'était qu'une question!;∎ ironic well, excuse me for mentioning it! oh, ça va, je n'en parlerai plus!;∎ to excuse oneself s'excuser;∎ if you'll excuse the expression si vous voulez me pardonner l'expression∎ to excuse sb from sth/doing sth dispenser qn de qch/de faire qch;∎ he is excused gym il est dispensé de gymnastique(d) (allow to go) excuser;∎ please may I be excused? (to go to lavatory) puis-je sortir, s'il vous plaît?; (from table) puis-je sortir de table, s'il vous plaît? -
6 get
get [get]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = have, receive, obtain) avoir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Some get + noun combinations may take a more specific French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• first I need to get a better idea of the situation je dois d'abord me faire une meilleure idée de la situation► have/has got• how many have you got? combien en avez-vous ?• I've got it! ( = have safely) (ça y est) je l'ai !• you're okay, I've got you! ne t'en fais pas, je te tiens !b. ( = find) trouver• it's difficult to get a hotel room in August c'est difficile de trouver une chambre d'hôtel en août• you get different kinds of... on trouve plusieurs sortes de...c. ( = buy) acheter• where do they get their raw materials? où est-ce qu'ils achètent leurs matières premières ?d. ( = fetch, pick up) aller chercher• can you get my coat from the cleaners? est-ce que tu peux aller chercher mon manteau au pressing ?• can I get you a drink? est-ce que je peux vous offrir quelque chose ?e. ( = take) prendref. ( = call in) appelerg. ( = prepare) préparerh. ( = catch) [+ disease, fugitive] attraper ; [+ name, details] comprendre• we'll get them yet! on leur revaudra ça !• he'll get you for that! qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre ! (inf)• you've got it in one! (inf) tu as tout compris !• let me get this right, you're saying that... alors, si je comprends bien, tu dis que...j. ( = answer) can you get the phone? est-ce que tu peux répondre ?• I'll get it! j'y vais !► to get + adjective━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► This construction is often translated by a verb alone. Look up the relevant adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• when do you think you'll get it finished? ( = when will you finish it) quand penses-tu avoir fini ?• you can't get anything done round here ( = do anything) il est impossible de travailler ici► to get sb/sth to do sth━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to get sth going [+ machine] faire marcher qch► to get sb/sth somewhere• how can we get it home? comment faire pour l'apporter à la maison ?• to get sth upstairs monter qch► to get sb/sth + preposition• to get o.s. into a difficult position se mettre dans une situation délicate• how do you get there? comment fait-on pour y aller ?• can you get there from London by bus? est-ce qu'on peut y aller de Londres en bus ?• what time do you get to Sheffield? à quelle heure arrivez-vous à Sheffield ?► to get + adverb/preposition• how did that box get here? comment cette boîte est-elle arrivée ici ?• what's got into him? qu'est-ce qui lui prend ?• now we're getting somewhere! (inf) enfin du progrès !• how's your thesis going? -- I'm getting there où en es-tu avec ta thèse ? -- ça avance• where did you get to? où étais-tu donc passé ?• where can he have got to? où est-il passé ?• where have you got to? (in book, work) où en êtes-vous ?► to get + adjective━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► This construction is often translated by a verb alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• how stupid can you get? il faut vraiment être stupide !• to get used to sth/to doing s'habituer à qch/à faire► to get + past participle (passive)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Reflexive verbs are used when the sense is not passive.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► to get to + infinitive• students only get to use the library between 2pm and 8pm les étudiants ne peuvent utiliser la bibliothèque qu'entre 14 heures et 20 heures► have got to + infinitive ( = must)• have you got to go and see her? est-ce que vous êtes obligé d'aller la voir ?• you've got to be joking! tu plaisantes !► to get + -ing ( = begin)• I got to thinking that... (inf) je me suis dit que...3. compounds• he's got lots of get-up-and-go il est très dynamique ► get-well card noun carte f de vœux (pour un prompt rétablissement)a. ( = move about) se déplacer• he gets about with a stick/on crutches il marche avec une canne/des béquilles• she gets about quite well despite her handicap elle arrive assez bien à se déplacer malgré son handicapb. ( = travel) voyagerc. [news] circuler• the story had got about that... des rumeurs circulaient selon lesquelles...• it has got about that... le bruit court que...• I don't want it to get about je ne veux pas que ça s'ébruite► get above inseparable transitive verb• to get above o.s. avoir la grosse tête (inf)• you're getting above yourself! pour qui te prends-tu ?► get across[person crossing] traverser ; [meaning, message] passer• the message is getting across that people must... les gens commencent à comprendre qu'il faut...b. ( = manage) se débrouiller• to get along without sth/sb se débrouiller sans qch/qnc. ( = progress) [work] avancer ; [student, invalid] faire des progrèsd. ( = be on good terms) (bien) s'entendre→ get about→ get rounda. [+ object, person, place] atteindreb. [+ facts, truth] découvrirc. ( = suggest) what are you getting at? où voulez-vous en venir ?d. (British) ( = attack) s'en prendre àa. ( = leave) partir• we are not going to be able to get away this year nous n'allons pas pouvoir partir en vacances cette année• get away (with you)! (inf) à d'autres !b. ( = escape) s'échapper• she moved here to get away from the stress of city life elle est venue s'installer ici pour échapper au stress de la vie citadine• he went to the Bahamas to get away from it all il est allé aux Bahamas pour laisser tous ses problèmes derrière lui( = suffer no consequences)• you'll never get away with that! on ne te laissera pas passer ça ! (inf)a. ( = return) revenir• let's get back to why you didn't come yesterday revenons à la question de savoir pourquoi vous n'êtes pas venu hier• can I get back to you on that? (inf) puis-je vous recontacter à ce sujet ? ; (on phone) puis-je vous rappeler à ce sujet ?b. ( = move backwards) reculer• get back! reculez !a. ( = recover) [+ sth lent, sth lost, stolen] récupérer ; [+ strength] reprendre ; [+ one's husband, partner] faire revenirb. ( = return) rendre• I'll get it back to you as soon as I can je vous le rendrai dès que possible► get back at (inf) inseparable transitive verb( = retaliate against) prendre sa revanche sura. ( = pass) passerb. ( = manage) arriver à s'en sortir (inf)• may I get down? (at table) est-ce que je peux sortir de table ?• get down! ( = climb down) descends ! ; ( = lie down) couche-toi !c. ( = make note of) noterd. ( = depress) déprimer• when you get down to it there's not much difference between them en y regardant de plus près il n'y a pas grande différence entre euxa. [person] ( = enter) entrer ; ( = be admitted to university, school) être admis• do you think we'll get in? tu crois qu'on réussira à entrer ?b. ( = arrive) [train, bus, plane] arriverc. ( = be elected) [member] être élu ; [party] accéder au pouvoira. [+ harvest] rentrer• did you get your essay in on time? as-tu rendu ta dissertation à temps ?b. ( = buy) acheterc. ( = fit in) glisser• he managed to get in a game of golf il a réussi à trouver le temps de faire une partie de golf► get into inseparable transitive verba. ( = enter) [+ house, park] entrer dans ; [+ car, train] monter dans• to get into the way of doing sth ( = make a habit of) prendre l'habitude de faire qchb. [+ clothes] mettre• I can't get into these jeans any more je ne peux plus rentrer dans ce jean► get in with inseparable transitive verba. ( = gain favour of) (réussir à) se faire bien voir deb. ( = become friendly with) se mettre à fréquenter• he got in with local drug dealers il s'est mis à fréquenter les trafiquants de drogue du quartier► get off• to get off to a good start [project, discussion] bien partirc. ( = escape) s'en tirerd. ( = leave work) finir ; ( = take time off) se libérera. [+ bus, train] descendre deb. [+ clothes, shoes] enleverc. ( = dispatch) I'll phone you once I've got the children off to school je t'appellerai une fois que les enfants seront partis à l'écoled. ( = save from punishment) faire acquittera. to get off a bus/a bike descendre d'un bus/de vélo• get off the floor! levez-vous !b. ( = be excused) (inf) to get off gym se faire dispenser des cours de gym► get off with (inf) inseparable transitive verb► get onb. ( = advance, make progress) avancer• how are you getting on? comment ça marche ? (inf)• how did you get on? comment ça s'est passé ?c. ( = succeed) réussir• if you want to get on, you must... si tu veux réussir, tu dois...d. ( = agree) s'entendre( = put on) [+ clothes, shoes] mettrea. ( = get in touch with) se mettre en rapport avec ; ( = speak to) parler à ; ( = ring up) téléphoner àb. ( = start talking about) aborder• we got on to (the subject of) money nous avons abordé la question de l'argent► get on with inseparable transitive verba. ( = continue) continuer• while they talked she got on with her work pendant qu'ils parlaient, elle a continué à travaillerb. ( = start on) se mettre à• I'd better get on with the job! il faut que je m'y mette !► get out• get out! sortez !• let's get out of here! sortons d'ici !b. ( = escape) s'échapper (of de)• you'll have to do it, you can't get out of it il faut que tu le fasses, tu ne peux pas y échapper• some people will do anything to get out of paying taxes certaines personnes feraient n'importe quoi pour éviter de payer des impôts• he's trying to get out of going to the funeral il essaie de trouver une excuse pour ne pas aller à l'enterrementc. [news] se répandre ; [secret] être éventé• wait till the news gets out! attends que la nouvelle soit ébruitée !a. ( = bring out) [+ object] sortirb. ( = remove) [+ nail, tooth] arracher ; [+ stain] enleverc. ( = free) [+ person] faire sortirb. ( = recover from) to get over an illness se remettre d'une maladie• I can't get over the fact that... je n'en reviens pas que... + subja. [+ person, animal, vehicle] faire passerb. ( = communicate) faire comprendre ; [+ ideas] communiquer► get over with separable transitive verb( = have done with) en finir• I was glad to get the injections over with j'étais content d'en avoir fini avec ces piqûres► get round= get abouta. [+ obstacle, difficulty, law] contourner• I don't think I'll get round to it before next week je ne pense pas trouver le temps de m'en occuper avant la semaine prochaine► get throughb. ( = be accepted, pass) [candidate] être reçu ; [motion, bill] passer• I phoned you several times but couldn't get through je t'ai appelé plusieurs fois mais je n'ai pas pu t'avoird. ( = communicate with) to get through to sb communiquer avec qna. [+ hole, window] passer par ; [+ hedge] passer à travers ; [+ crowd] se frayer un chemin à traversb. ( = do) [+ work] faire ; [+ book] lire (en entier)• we get through £150 per week nous dépensons 150 livres par semained. ( = survive) how are they going to get through the winter? comment vont-ils passer l'hiver ?• we couldn't get through a day without arguing pas un jour ne se passait sans que nous ne nous disputionsa. [+ person, object] faire passer• to get the message through to sb that... faire comprendre à qn que...• this is the only place where villagers can get together c'est le seul endroit où les gens du village peuvent se réunir[+ people, ideas, money] rassembler ; [+ group] former( = pass underneath) passer par-dessous• to get under a fence/a rope passer sous une barrière/une corde► get up• what time did you get up? à quelle heure t'es-tu levé ?b. (on a chair, on stage) montera. we eventually got the truck up the hill on a finalement réussi à faire monter le camion jusqu'en haut de la côtea. ( = catch up with) rattraperb. ( = reach) arriver à• where did we get up to last week? où en sommes-nous arrivés la semaine dernière ?• do you realize what they've been getting up to? tu sais ce qu'ils ont trouvé le moyen de faire ?• what have you been getting up to lately? qu'est-ce que tu deviens ?* * *Note: This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeunerget is used in many idiomatic expressions ( to get something off one's chest etc) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc). This is also true of offensive comments ( get lost etc) where the appropriate entry would be lostRemember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else ( to get a room painted etc) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive ( faire repeindre une pièce etc)When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc) as a single verb often suffices ( s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc)For examples and further uses of get see the entry below[get] 1.1) ( receive) recevoir [letter, grant]; recevoir, percevoir [salary, pension]; Television, Radio capter [channel]2) ( inherit)to get something from somebody — lit hériter quelque chose de quelqu'un [article, money]; fig tenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [trait, feature]
3) ( obtain) ( by applying) obtenir [permission, divorce, licence]; trouver [job]; ( by contacting) trouver [plumber]; appeler [taxi]; ( by buying) acheter [item] ( from chez); avoir [ticket]to get something for nothing/at a discount — avoir quelque chose gratuitement/avec une réduction
to get somebody something —
to get something for somebody — ( by buying) acheter quelque chose à quelqu'un
4) ( subscribe to) acheter [newspaper]5) ( acquire) se faire [reputation]6) ( achieve) obtenir [grade, mark, answer]he got it right — ( of calculation) il a obtenu le bon résultat; ( of answer) il a répondu juste
7) ( fetch) chercher [object, person, help]to get somebody something —
8) (manoeuvre, move)to get somebody/something upstairs/downstairs — faire monter/descendre quelqu'un/quelque chose
can you get between the truck and the wall? — est-ce que tu peux te glisser entre le camion et le mur?
9) ( help progress)10) ( contact)11) ( deal with)I'll get it — ( of phone) je réponds; ( of doorbell) j'y vais
12) ( prepare) préparer [breakfast, lunch etc]13) ( take hold of) attraper [person] (by par)I've got you, don't worry — je te tiens, ne t'inquiète pas
to get something from ou off — prendre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]
to get something from ou out of — prendre quelque chose dans [drawer, cupboard]
14) (colloq) ( oblige to give)to get something from ou out of somebody — faire sortir quelque chose à quelqu'un [money]; fig obtenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [truth]
15) (colloq) ( catch) gen arrêter [escapee]got you! — gen je t'ai eu!; ( caught in act) vu!
16) Medicine attraper [disease]17) ( use as transport) prendre [bus, train]18) ( have)to have got — avoir [object, money, friend etc]
19) ( start to have)to get (hold of) the idea ou impression that — se mettre dans la tête que
20) ( suffer)21) ( be given as punishment) prendre [five years etc]; avoir [fine]22) ( hit)to get somebody/something with — toucher quelqu'un/quelque chose avec [stone, arrow]
23) (understand, hear) comprendrenow let me get this right... — alors si je comprends bien...
‘where did you hear that?’ - ‘I got it from Paul’ — ‘où est-ce que tu as entendu ça?’ - ‘c'est Paul qui me l'a dit’
24) (colloq) (annoy, affect)what gets me is... — ce qui m'agace c'est que...
25) (learn, learn of)to get to do — (colloq) finir par faire
how did you get to know ou hear of our organization? — comment avez-vous entendu parler de notre organisation?
26) ( have opportunity)to get to do — avoir l'occasion de faire, pouvoir faire
27) ( start)to get to doing — (colloq) commencer à faire
then I got to thinking that... — puis je me suis dit que...
28) ( must)to have got to do — devoir faire [homework, chore]
you've got to realize that... — il faut que tu te rendes compte que...
29) ( persuade)30) ( have somebody do)31) ( cause)2.1) ( become) devenir [suspicious, old]how lucky/stupid can you get! — il y en a qui ont de la chance/qui sont vraiment stupides!
2) ( forming passive)3) ( become involved in)to get into — (colloq) ( as hobby) se mettre à; ( as job) commencer dans; fig
4) ( arrive)how did you get here? — ( by what miracle) comment est-ce que tu es arrivé là?; ( by what means) comment est-ce que tu es venu?
5) ( progress)6) (colloq) ( put on)to get into — mettre, enfiler (colloq) [pyjamas, overalls]
•Phrasal Verbs:- get at- get away- get back- get by- get down- get in- get into- get off- get on- get onto- get out- get over- get up••get along with you! — (colloq) ne sois pas ridicule!
get away with you! — (colloq) arrête de raconter n'importe quoi! (colloq)
I'll get you (colloq) for that — je vais te le faire payer (colloq)
he's got it bad — (colloq) il est vraiment mordu
to get it together — (colloq) se ressaisir
to get with it — (colloq) se mettre dans le coup (colloq)
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