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1 stake
stake [steɪk]1. nouna. (for fence, tree) pieu m• Britain has a big stake in North Sea oil la Grande-Bretagne a beaucoup investi dans le pétrole de la mer du Nord► at stakea. ( = bet) [+ money] miser ; [+ one's reputation, life] risquera. to stake out a position as... se tailler une place de...b. [+ person, house] placer sous surveillance* * *[steɪk] 1.1) Games, fig ( amount risked) enjeu mto play for high stakes — lit, fig jouer gros
to raise the stakes — lit augmenter l'enjeu; fig monter la mise
to be at stake — fig être en jeu
there is a lot at stake — fig ce n'est pas à prendre à la légère
to put something at stake — lit, fig mettre quelque chose en jeu
2) ( investment) participation f (in dans)4) History ( for execution) bûcher m2.transitive verb1) ( gamble) miser [money, property]; risquer [reputation]2) ( support) mettre un tuteur à [plant, tree]3) US ( back) financer [person]•Phrasal Verbs: -
2 pile
I 1. noun1) (a (large) number of things lying on top of each other in a tidy or untidy heap; a (large) quantity of something lying in a heap: There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room; There was pile of rubbish at the bottom of the garden.) pile2) (a large quantity, especially of money: He must have piles of money to own a car like that.) paquet2. verb(to make a pile of (something); to put (something) in a pile: He piled the boxes on the table.) empiler- pile-up- pile up II(a large pillar or stake driven into the ground as a foundation for a building, bridge etc: The entire city of Venice is built on piles.) pilot(is), pieuIII noun(the thick soft surface of carpets and some kinds of cloth eg velvet: The rug has a deep/thick pile.) poil (d'un tapis), (tissus à) poil -
3 line
line [laɪn]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nounb. ( = boundary) frontière fc. ( = wrinkle) ride ff. (for phone) ligne f• Mr Smith is on the line j'ai M. Smith en ligne• to learn one's lines [actor] apprendre son textei. ( = row) [of trees, parked cars, hills] rangée f ; [of cars in traffic jam] file f ; [of people] (side by side) rang m ; (one behind another) file f ; ( = assembly line) chaîne f• to fall into line with sb ( = conform) se ranger à l'avis de qnk. ( = route) ligne fl. ( = track) voie f• they voted against the government line ils ont voté contre la position adoptée par le gouvernement• to take a strong line on... se montrer ferme sur...• you must be very aware of that in your line of business vous devez en être très conscient dans votre métier• what's your line of business? que faites-vous dans la vie ?p. ( = product) this lager is the shop's best selling line cette bière blonde est ce qui se vend le mieuxq. ( = course) in the line of duty dans l'exercice de ses (or mes etc) fonctionss. (in battle) ligne f• didn't I tell you that all along the line? c'est ce que je n'ai pas arrêté de te dire• somewhere along the line he got an engineering degree je ne sais pas exactement quand, il a décroché son diplôme d'ingénieur► along... lines• along political/racial lines selon des critères politiques/raciaux► in line• if the Prime Minister fails to keep the rebels in line si le Premier ministre ne réussit pas à maîtriser les éléments rebelles• our system is broadly in line with that of other countries notre système correspond plus ou moins à celui des autres pays► into line• to come on line [power station, machine] entrer en service► on the line ( = at stake) (inf) en jeuhe was completely out of line to suggest that... ( = unreasonable) il n'aurait vraiment pas dû suggérer que...• he is out of line with his party ( = in conflict) il est en décalage par rapport à son parti• their debts are completely out of line with their incomes leur endettement est tout à fait disproportionné par rapport à leurs revenusa. ( = mark) [+ face] marquer3. compounds• to keep the lines of communication open with sb ne pas rompre le dialogue avec qn ► line of fire noun ligne f de tir► line-up noun [of people] file f ; ( = identity parade) séance f d'identification (d'un suspect) ; (Football) composition f de l'équipe f► line upa. ( = stand in row) se mettre en rang(s) ; ( = stand in queue) faire la queueb. ( = align o.s.) to line up against sb/sth se liguer contre qn/qch• most senators lined up in support of the president la plupart des sénateurs ont soutenu le présidenta. [+ people, objects] alignerb. ( = find) (inf)• we must line up a chairman for the meeting il faut que nous trouvions un président pour la réunion• have you got something lined up for this evening? est-ce que tu as prévu quelque chose pour ce soir ?• have you got someone lined up? avez-vous quelqu'un en vue ?* * *[laɪn] 1.1) gen, Sport ligne f; (shorter, thicker) trait m; Art trait ma straight/curved line — une ligne droite/courbe
the line AB — ( in geometry) la droite AB
2) (of people, cars) file f; ( of trees) rangée fin straight lines — [plant, arrange] en lignes droites
to be in line — [buildings] être dans l'alignement
3) fig4) ( queue) file fto stand in ou wait in line — faire la queue
to form a line — [people] faire la queue
5) ( on face) ride f6) Architecture ( outline shape) ligne f (of de)7) ( boundary) frontière fthere's a fine line between knowledge and pedantry — de la culture à la pédanterie il n'y a qu'un pas
8) ( rope) corde f; ( for fishing) ligne f9) ( cable) Electricity ligne f (électrique)10) Telecommunications ( connection) ligne fto get off the line — (colloq) raccrocher
11) ( rail route) ligne f ( between entre); ( rails) voie f; (shipping company, airline) compagnie f12) ( in genealogy) lignée fa line from — une citation de [poem etc]
to learn one's lines — Theatre apprendre son texte
14) ( conformity)to bring regional laws into line with federal laws — harmoniser les lois régionales et les lois fédérales
our prices are out of line with those of our competitors — nos prix ne s'accordent pas avec ceux de nos concurrents
you're way out of line! — (colloq) franchement, tu exagères!
15) (colloq) ( piece of information)16) ( stance)17) ( type of product) gamme f18) Militaryenemy lines — lignes fpl ennemies
19) ( equator)20) (colloq) ( of cocaine) ligne (colloq) f (of de)2.in line with prepositional phrase en accord avec [policy, trend]3.transitive verb doubler [garment] ( with avec); tapisser [box, shelf] ( with de); [spectators] border [route]Phrasal Verbs:- line up••all along the line —
somewhere along the line — ( at point in time) à un certain moment; ( at stage) quelque part
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4 bet
bet [bet](preterite, past participle bet or betted)• I wouldn't bet on it! ne compte pas trop dessus !• to bet $10 parier 10 dollars• I bet he'll come! je te parie qu'il viendra !• you can bet your bottom dollar or your life that... (inf: inf) tu peux parier tout ce que tu veux que...3. nounpari m• to put a bet (on sth/sb) parier (sur qch/qn)• Liverpool look a safe bet for the championship Liverpool a toutes les chances de gagner le championnat* * *[bet] 1.1) ( gamble) pari mto place ou put ou lay a bet on — parier or faire un pari sur [horse, dog]; miser sur [number, colour]
‘place your bets!’ — ( in roulette) ‘faites vos jeux!’
a good ou safe bet — fig une valeur sûre
2) ( guess)2.transitive verb (p prés etc - tt-; prét, pp bet ou betted) gen parier (on sur); ( in gambling) parier, miser3.bet you can/can't! — ( between children) chiche!
intransitive verb (p prés etc - tt-; prét, pp bet ou betted) gen parier (on sur) gen parier; ( in casino) miserto bet on a horse/race — parier sur un cheval/dans une course
something will go wrong, you can bet on it — il y a forcément quelque chose qui va aller de travers, tu peux en être sûr
you bet! — tu parles!, et comment!
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5 bet
A n1 ( gamble) pari m ; to have a bet on a race/on a horse parier dans une course/sur un cheval ; to place ou put ou lay a bet on parier or faire un pari sur [horse, dog] ; miser sur [number, colour] ; to make a bet that faire le pari que ; to make a bet parier or faire un pari (with avec) ; to do sth for a bet faire qch à la suite d'un pari ; ‘place your bets!’ ( in roulette) ‘faites vos jeux!’ ; this make of car is supposed to be a good ou safe bet cette marque de voiture devrait être une valeur sûre ; your best bet is to take the motorway le mieux pour toi est de prendre l'autoroute ;2 ( guess) my bet is that moi je pense que ;B vtr ( p prés etc - tt- ; prét, pp bet ou betted) gen parier (on sur) ; ( in gambling) parier, miser ; to bet that parier que ; I bet you 100 dollars (that) I win je te parie 100 dollars que je gagne ; you can bet your ass ◑ ou your life ou your boots ○ ou your bottom dollar ○ (that) tu peux parier tout ce que tu veux or ta chemise que ; bet you can/can't! ( between children) chiche!C vi ( p prés etc - tt- ; prét, pp bet ou betted) gen parier (on sur) gen parier ; ( in casino) miser ; to bet on a horse parier or miser sur un cheval ; to bet on a race jouer or parier dans une course ; to bet on sth happening parier que qch va se produire ; something will go wrong, you can bet on it il y a forcément quelque chose qui va aller de travers, tu peux en être sûr ; I'm willing to bet on it! j'en mettrais ma tête à couper! ; I wouldn't bet on it! je n'y compterais pas trop! ; I'll bet! ( in agreement) ça se comprend! ; ( ironically) ben voyons ○ ! ; you bet! tu parles!, et comment!
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