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1 Riot Act
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2 Riot Act
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3 riot
riot ['raɪət]1 noun(a) (civil disturbance) émeute f;∎ race riots émeutes fpl raciales∎ the party was a riot on s'est éclatés à la fête, la soirée était vraiment démente;∎ Alex is a riot Alex est tordant ou impayable(c) (profusion) profusion f;∎ the garden is a riot of colour le jardin offre une véritable débauche de couleurs(gen) se livrer à de violentes manifestations; (at football match) se battre; (in prison) se mutiner;∎ they are afraid the people will riot ils craignent des émeutes populaires3 adverb∎ to run riot (people) se déchaîner; (imagination) se débrider; (plant) proliférer, envahir te terrain;∎ a group of youths ran riot through the streets un groupe de jeunes a semé la panique dans les rues;∎ the team ran riot in the second half l'équipe s'est déchaînée au cours de la seconde mi-temps;∎ when she heard the news her imagination ran riot (anxiously) quand elle a entendu la nouvelle, elle s'est mise à imaginer toutes sortes de choses∎ familiar figurative to read sb the riot act souffler dans les bronches à qn, passer un savon à qn;riot gear matériel m antiémeutes;riot police police f ou forces fpl antiémeutes;riot shield bouclier m antiémeutes;riot squad brigade f antiémeutes -
4 touch
touch [tʌt∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = sense of touch) toucher mb. ( = act of touching) contact mc. ( = character) to give sth a personal touch mettre une note personnelle dans qchd. ( = detail) détail m• small touches, such as flowers, can transform a room de petits détails, par exemple des fleurs, peuvent transformer une piècee. ( = small amount) it's a touch expensive c'est un petit peu cherf. ( = contact)► in touch• I'll be in touch! je te (or vous) téléphonerai !• keep in touch! tiens-nous au courant !• he has lost touch with what is going on il n'est plus dans le coup (inf)► to be out of touch ( = not up to date)• I'm out of touch with the latest developments je ne suis pas au courant des derniers développementsg. (Football) touche fh. ( = person) Mr Wilson is no soft touch M. Wilson n'est pas du genre à se laisser fairea. ( = come into contact with) toucher• they can't touch you if you don't break the law on ne peut rien te faire tant que tu restes dans la légalitéb. ( = tamper with) toucher à• don't touch that switch! ne touchez pas à ce bouton !• I didn't touch it! je n'y ai pas touché !• I didn't touch him! je ne l'ai pas touché !c. ( = deal with) (in exam) I didn't touch the third question je n'ai pas touché à la troisième questiond. [+ food, drink] toucher àe. ( = equal) valoirf. ( = move emotionally) toucherg. ( = reach) [+ level, speed] atteindrea. toucher• don't touch! n'y touchez pas !b. ( = come into contact with) [ends, lands] se toucherc. (speaking, writing) to touch on a subject aborder un sujet4. compounds• it was touch-and-go until the last minute l'issue est restée incertaine jusqu'au bout ► touch screen noun (Technical) écran tactile• touch screen technology technologie f à écran tactile ► touch-sensitive adjective [screen] tactile( = land) atterrir[+ crisis, riot] déclencher ; [+ reaction, argument] provoquer[+ painting, photo] retoucher* * *[tʌtʃ] 1.1) ( physical contact) contact m (physique)at the slightest touch — ( of button) à la moindre pression
2) ( sense) toucher m3) (style, skill) (of artist, writer) touche f; ( of musician) toucher ma fine touch at the net — ( in tennis) un toucher délicat au filet
4) ( little)there's a touch of class/of genius about her — elle a quelque chose d'élégant/de génial
a touch of sarcasm/of garlic — une pointe de raillerie/d'ail
5) ( communication) contact mto get/stay in touch with — se mettre/rester en contact avec
6) Sport touche f2.transitive verb1) ( come into contact with) toucher; ( interfere with) toucher à2) ( affect) gen toucher; ( adversely) affecter; ( as matter of concern) concerner3) ( reach) [price, temperature] atteindre [level]3.when it comes to cooking, no-one can touch him — pour la cuisine, personne ne peut l'égaler
intransitive verb ( come together) [wires, hands] se toucher‘do not touch’ — ‘ne pas toucher’
Phrasal Verbs:- touch on- touch up••to be an easy ou a soft touch — (colloq) être un pigeon (colloq)
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read someone the riot act — read (someone) the riot act to strongly warn someone to stop behaving badly. Alice read Randi the riot act, telling her, “If you don t like it here, you can just go back where you came from.” The secretary of state said she plans to read the riot … New idioms dictionary
read someone the riot act — read (someone) the riot act see ↑riot, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑read read (someone) the riot act : to speak in an angry and critical way to (someone who has done something wrong) : to tell (someone) that bad behavior will be severely punished if it… … Useful english dictionary
read someone the riot act — read (someone) the riot act to speak angrily to someone about something they have done and warn them that they will be punished if they do it again. He d put up with a lot of bad behaviour from his son and thought it was time to read him the riot … New idioms dictionary
read someone the riot act — If you read someone the riot act, you give them a clear warning that if they don t stop doing something, they will be in serious trouble … The small dictionary of idiomes
read (somebody) the Riot Act — ˌread (sb) the ˈRiot Act idiom (BrE) to tell sb with force that they must not do sth From an Act of Parliament passed in 1715 to prevent riots. It made it illegal for a group of twelve or more people to refuse to split up if they were ordered to… … Useful english dictionary
read (someone) the riot act — phrase to warn someone that they will be punished if they do not stop behaving badly Thesaurus: to warn someone about or against somethingsynonym Main entry: riot … Useful english dictionary
read somebody the riot act — verb To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand. She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit … Wiktionary
read someone the riot act — If you read someone the riot act, you give them a clear warning that if they don t stop doing something, they will be in serious trouble. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Read someone the riot act — If you read someone the riot act, you give them a clear warning that if they don t stop doing something, they will be in serious trouble … Dictionary of English idioms
read the riot act — read (someone) the riot act to strongly warn someone to stop behaving badly. Alice read Randi the riot act, telling her, “If you don t like it here, you can just go back where you came from.” The secretary of state said she plans to read the riot … New idioms dictionary
(the) Riot Act — the Riot Act [the Riot Act] a British ↑Act of Parliament, passed in 1715, which allowed the government to use force to control public protest or disorder. During any such disturbance an official could read part of the Act ordering people to leave … Useful english dictionary