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1 livelihood
livelihood [ˈlaɪvlɪhʊd]• his livelihood depends on... son gagne-pain dépend de...* * *['laɪvlɪhʊd]noun gagne-pain m -
2 livelihood
livelihood ['laɪvlɪhʊd](UNCOUNT) moyens mpl d'existence, gagne-pain m inv;∎ to earn or gain one's livelihood gagner sa vie ou son pain;∎ tourism is our livelihood le tourisme est notre gagne-pain;∎ to lose one's livelihood perdre son gagne-pain;∎ writing isn't a hobby, it's my livelihood écrire n'est pas un passe-temps, c'est mon gagne-pain ou mon métier -
3 bread
bread [bred]pain mto be on the bread line vivre en-dessous du seuil de pauvreté ► bread sauce noun sauce f à la mie de pain* * *[bred] 1.1) Culinary pain ma loaf/slice of bread — une miche/tranche de pain
2) (colloq) ( money) fric (colloq) m, argent m3) ( livelihood)2. 3.transitive verb Culinary paner•• -
4 keep
keep [ki:p]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp kept━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = retain) garder• keep the change! gardez la monnaie !• to keep sth for o.s. garder qch pour soib. ( = put aside) garderc. ( = have ready) avoird. ( = stock) fairee. ( = store) ranger• where do you keep the sugar? où est-ce que vous rangez le sucre ?f. ( = detain) retenir• what kept you? qu'est-ce qui vous a retenu ?g. ( = have) [+ shop] tenir ; [+ bees, chickens] éleverh. ( = support) subvenir aux besoins de ; [+ mistress] entreteniri. ( = observe) [+ law, vow] respecterj. [+ accounts, diary] tenir• they kept him at it all day ils l'ont fait travailler toute la journée► to keep sth from sb ( = conceal) cacher qch à qn• I know he's keeping something from me je sais qu'il me cache quelque chose► to keep sb from doing sth ( = prevent) empêcher qn de faire qch• what can we do to keep it from happening again? que pouvons-nous faire pour que ça ne se reproduise pas ?► to keep sb to sth• she kept him to his promise elle l'a forcé à tenir sa promesse► to keep o.s. to o.s. se tenir à l'écart• she keeps herself to herself elle n'est pas très sociable► to keep sb/sth + -ing• keep him talking while... fais-lui la conversation pendant que...• he kept the engine running il a laissé le moteur en marche► to keep sb/sth + adjectivea. ( = continue) continuerb. ( = remain) resterc. (in health) aller• how are you keeping? comment allez-vous ?d. [food] se conserver► to keep + -ing• to keep doing sth ( = continue) continuer de faire qch ; ( = do repeatedly) ne pas arrêter de faire qch• I keep forgetting to pay the gas bill j'oublie tout le temps de payer la facture de gaz► to keep + preposition• "keep off the grass" « défense de marcher sur les pelouses »• keep on this road until you come to... suivez cette route jusqu'à ce que vous arriviez à...• keep to the left! gardez votre gauche !• she keeps to herself elle n'est pas très sociable► to keep + adjective• keep calm! reste calme !3. nouna. ( = livelihood, food) I got £30 a week and my keep je gagnais 30 livres par semaine logé et nourrib. [of castle] donjon m4. compoundsa. ( = continue) continuera. ( = restrain) retenirb. ( = conceal) cacher ; [+ secrets] ne pas révéler• I'm sure he's keeping something back je suis sûr qu'il me (or nous etc) cache quelque chose► keep downa. [+ one's anger] contenir• it's just a way to keep women down c'est une manière de cantonner les femmes à un statut inférieurb. [+ inflation, costs] maîtriser ; [+ number] limiter• could you keep the noise down? est-ce que vous pourriez faire un peu moins de bruit ?[person] rester à l'écart• they want to keep young people off the streets ils veulent empêcher les jeunes de traîner dans les ruesa. ( = continue) continuer• "keep out" « défense d'entrer »• keep out of this! ne t'en mêle pas ![+ person, dog] ne pas laisser entrer• that coat looks as if it will keep out the cold ce manteau doit bien protéger du froid► keep to inseparable transitive verb► keep up[prices] se maintenir• to keep up with sb (in race, walk) aller aussi vite que qn ; (in work) se maintenir au niveau de qn• slow down, I can't keep up with you ralentis un peu, je ne peux pas te suivre• keep it up! continuez !b. ( = maintain) [+ house] maintenir en bon état* * *[kiːp] 1.1) ( maintenance) pension f2) Architecture donjon m2.transitive verb (prét, pp kept)1) ( cause to remain)to keep somebody indoors — [person] garder quelqu'un à l'intérieur; [illness] retenir quelqu'un à l'intérieur
to keep something/somebody clean — garder quelque chose/quelqu'un propre
to be kept clean/locked — rester propre/fermé (à clé)
to keep somebody talking/waiting — retenir/faire attendre quelqu'un
2) ( detain) retenir3) ( retain) garder4) ( have and look after) tenir [shop]; avoir [dog]; élever [chickens]5) ( sustain)to keep something going — entretenir quelque chose [conversation, fire, tradition]
6) ( store) mettre, ranger7) ( have in stock) vendre, avoir8) ( support financially) faire vivre, entretenir [family]; avoir [servant]9) ( maintain by writing in) tenir [accounts, diary]10) ( conceal)to keep something from somebody — taire or cacher quelque chose à quelqu'un
11) ( prevent)12) ( observe) tenir [promise]; garder [secret]; se rendre à [appointment]; célébrer [occasion]; observer [commandments]13) Musicto keep time ou the beat — battre la mesure
14) ( maintain) entretenir [car, house]3.intransitive verb (prét, pp kept)1) ( continue)to keep doing — continuer à or de faire, ne pas arrêter de faire
‘keep left’ — ‘tenez votre gauche’
2) ( remain)3) ( stay in good condition) [food] se conserver, se garder4) ( wait) [news, business] attendre5) ( in health)4. 5.‘how are you keeping?’ — ‘comment allez-vous?’
for keeps adverbial phrase pour de bon, pour toujoursPhrasal Verbs:- keep at- keep in- keep off- keep on- keep out- keep to- keep up•• -
5 bread
A n1 Culin pain m ; a loaf/slice of bread une miche/tranche de pain ; to be on bread and water être au pain sec et à l'eau ;3 ( livelihood) to earn one's (daily) bread gagner sa vie.to break bread with sb partager un repas avec qn ; to cast one's bread upon the waters se comporter de façon altruiste ; to know which side one's bread is buttered on savoir où est son intérêt ; to put bread on the table faire bouillir la marmite ; to put jam on the bread mettre du beurre dans les épinards ; to take the bread out of sb's mouth retirer le pain de la bouche de qn ; the best thing since sliced bread hum l'invention la plus géniale de ces dernières années. -
6 living
living [ˈlɪvɪŋ]1. adjective2. nouna. ( = livelihood) vie f• what does he do for a living? que fait-il dans la vie ?b. ( = way of life) vie f3. plural noun4. compounds• £50 a week isn't a living wage on ne peut pas vivre avec 50 livres par semaine ► living will noun testament m de vie* * *['lɪvɪŋ] 1.1) ( livelihood) vie f2) ( lifestyle) vie f3) Religion ( incumbency) cure f4)2.the living — (+ v pl) les vivants mpl
adjective vivant••
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