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1 young
A n1 ( young people) the young (+ v pl) les jeunes mpl, la jeunesse f ; for young and old (alike) pour les jeunes comme les vieux, pour jeunes et vieux ;B adj ( not very old) [person, tree, animal, plant] jeune (before n) ; [nation, organization] jeune (before n) ; young at heart jeune de cœur ; he's young for his age il est jeune pour son âge ; she is ten years younger than him elle a dix ans de moins que lui ; I feel ten years younger j'ai l'impression d'avoir rajeuni de dix ans ; in my younger days quand j'étais jeune ; you're only young once! on n'est jeune qu'une fois ; children as young as five years old des enfants dont certains n'avaient que cinq ans ; to marry/die young se marier/mourir jeune ; the young moon la lune nouvelle ; the night is young la nuit ne fait que commencer ; Mr Brown the younger ou the younger Mr Brown M. Brown le jeune ; ( Mr Brown's son) M. Brown fils ; young Jones le jeune Jones ; they are aiming at a young audience ils visent un public jeune ; to have a young outlook être jeune d'esprit ; young fashion mode f jeunes ; young lady jeune femme f ; what did you say, young lady? ( patronizingly) qu'est-ce que vous avez dit, mademoiselle? ; young man jeune homme m ; her young man† son (petit) ami ; young people jeunes gens mpl ; young person jeune m ; the younger generation la jeune génération ; her younger brother son frère cadet ; her younger sister sa sœur cadette ; the two younger children les deux cadets ; I'm not as young as I used to be je n'ai plus 20 ans ; we're not getting any younger nous ne rajeunissons pas. -
2 young
young [jʌŋ]1. adjective2. plural noun* * *[jʌŋ] 1.1) ( young people)the young — les jeunes mpl, la jeunesse f
2) ( animal's offspring) petits mpl2.adjective jeunechildren as young as five years old worked — des enfants dont certains n'avaient que cinq ans travaillaient
Mr Brown the younger — M. Brown le jeune; ( Mr Brown's son) M. Brown fils
young people — jeunes gens mpl
young person — jeune m
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3 prospect
A n1 (hope, expectation) (of change, improvement, promotion) espoir m ; ( of success) chance f (of doing de faire) ; there is some prospect/little prospect of improvement il y a espoir/peu d'espoir que cela s'améliore ; a bleak/gloomy prospect une perspective triste/sombre ; there is some prospect that il y a un espoir que (+ subj) ; there is no prospect of the strike ending soon/of my ou me being released il n'y a aucun espoir que la grève se termine bientôt/que je sois libéré ; to hold out the prospect of sth présager qch ; to face the prospect of sth/of doing faire face à la perspective de qch/de faire ; to face the prospect that faire face à la perspective que (+ subj) ; to rule out the prospect of sth écarter l'espoir de qch ;2 ( outlook) perspective f ; to have sth in prospect avoir qch en perspective ; to be in prospect [changes, cuts] être à prévoir ;3 ( good option) ( for job) recrue f potentielle ; ( for sports team) espoir m ; this new product seems like a good prospect for the company ce nouveau produit semble ouvrir de bonnes perspectives pour la compagnie ;B prospects npl perspectives fpl d'avenir ; she has good career prospects elle a de bonnes perspectives de carrière ; the prospects for the economy/for growth les perspectives pour l'économie/de croissance ; what are the prospects of promotion/of being promoted? quelles sont les perspectives de promotion/les chances d'être promu? ; an industry with excellent prospects une industrie avec d'excellentes perspectives ; a job with good prospects un emploi ayant de bonnes perspectives ; to have no prospects [person] ne pas avoir d'avenir ; [job] être sans avenir ; a young man with prospects un jeune homme qui a de l'avenir.
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