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1 improviser
improviser [ɛ̃pʀɔvize]➭ TABLE 1 transitive and intransitive verb• être menuisier, ça ne s'improvise pas you don't just suddenly become a carpenter* * *ɛ̃pʀɔvize
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verbe transitif to improvise [civière, repas, discours]; to concoct [excuse, alibi]
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verbe intransitif to improvise
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s'improviser verbe pronominal1) ( se faire) [personne]s'improviser cuisinier/avocat — to act as a cook/lawyer
2) ( se créer)* * *ɛ̃pʀɔvize1. vt(= désigner)2. vi* * *improviser verb table: aimerA vtr to improvise, extemporize [poème, sonate]; to improvise [chapeau, tableau, repas, discours]; to concoct [excuse, alibi]; improviser un hôpital/une école to set up a makeshift hospital/school; improviser une rencontre to set up an impromptu meeting.B vi to improvise; improviser à l'orgue to improvise on the organ; savoir improviser to know how to improvise.C s'improviser vpr1 ( se faire) [personne] s'improviser cuisinier/avocat to act as a cook/lawyer;2 ( se créer) un camp pour réfugiés ne s'improvise pas you can't create a refugee camp just like that.[ɛ̃prɔvize] verbe transitif————————[ɛ̃prɔvize] verbe intransitif1. [parler spontanément] to improvise————————s'improviser verbe pronominall'orthographe, ça ne s'improvise pas you can't just make spelling up as you go along————————s'improviser verbe pronominal intransitifs'improviser journaliste/photographe to act as a journalist/photographeron ne s'improvise pas peintre you don't become a painter overnight ou just like that -
2 off
off [ɒf]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. preposition2. adverb3. adjective4. noun5. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When off is an element in a phrasal verb, eg keep off, take off, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg off duty, far off, look up the other word.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. prepositiona. ( = from) de━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note the French prepositions used in the following:━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = missing from) there are two buttons off my coat il manque deux boutons à mon manteauc. ( = away from) de• the helicopter was just a few metres off the ground l'hélicoptère n'était qu'à quelques mètres du sold. ( = not taking, avoiding) (inf) I'm off coffee/cheese at the moment je ne bois pas de café/ne mange pas de fromage en ce moment2. adverba. ( = away) the house is 5km off la maison est à 5 km• they're off! (in race) les voilà partis !• where are you off to? où allez-vous ?c. ( = removed) he had his coat off il avait enlevé son manteaud. (as reduction) 10% off 10 % de remise or de rabais• I'll give you 10% off je vais vous faire une remise or un rabais de 10 %• they lived together off and on for six years ils ont vécu ensemble six ans, par intermittence3. adjectivea. ( = absent from work) he's been off for three weeks cela fait trois semaines qu'il est absentb. ( = off duty) she's off at 4 o'clock today elle termine à 4 heures aujourd'huic. ( = not functioning, disconnected) [machine, TV, light] éteint ; [engine, gas at main, electricity, water] coupé ; [tap] fermé ; [brake] desserréd. ( = cancelled) [meeting, trip, match] annuléf. (indicating wealth, possession) they are comfortably off ils sont aisés• how are you off for bread? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme pain ?g. ( = not right inf) it was a bit off, him leaving like that ce n'était pas très bien de sa part de partir comme ça• that's a bit off! ce n'est pas très sympa ! (inf)4. noun5. compounds• I came on the off chance of seeing her je suis venu à tout hasard, en pensant que je la verrais peut-être ► off-colour adjective (British)a. ( = bad day)• to sing off-key chanter faux ► off-licence noun (British) ( = shop) magasin m de vins et spiritueux• to go off-line [computer] se mettre en mode autonome• to put the printer off-line mettre l'imprimante en mode manuel ► off-load transitive verb [+ goods] décharger ; [+ task, responsibilities] se décharger de► off-peak (British) adjective [period, time, hour] creux ; [train, electricity] en période creuse ; [telephone call] à tarif réduit (aux heures creuses)• off-peak ticket billet m au tarif réduit heures creuses adverb (outside rush hour) en dehors des heures de pointe ; (outside holiday season) en période creuse ► off-piste adjective adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Dans le monde du théâtre new-yorkais, on qualifie de off-Broadway les pièces qui ne sont pas montées dans les grandes salles de Broadway. Les salles off-Broadway, généralement assez petites, proposent des billets à des prix raisonnables. Aujourd'hui, les théâtres les plus à l'avant-garde sont appelés off-off-Broadway.* * *Note: off is often found as the second element in verb combinations ( fall off, run off etc) and in offensive interjections ( clear off etc). For translations consult the appropriate verb entry (fall, run, clear etc)off is used in certain expressions such as off limits, off colour etc and translations for these will be found under the noun entry (limit, colour etc)For other uses of off see the entry below[ɒf], US [ɔːf] 1.(colloq) noun2.just before the off — ( of race) juste avant le départ
1) ( leaving)to be off — partir, s'en aller
I'm off — gen je m'en vais; ( to avoid somebody) je ne suis pas là
he's off again talking about his exploits! — fig et voilà c'est reparti, il raconte encore ses exploits!
2) ( at a distance)3) ( ahead in time)4) Theatre3.1) ( free)2) ( turned off)3) ( cancelled)to be off — [match, party] être annulé
the ‘coq au vin’ is off — ( from menu) il n'y a plus de ‘coq au vin’
4) ( removed)to have one's leg off — (colloq) se faire couper la jambe
25% off — Commerce 25% de remise
5) (colloq) ( bad)4.to be off — [food] être avarié; [milk] avoir tourné
off and on adverbial phrase par périodes5.1) ( away from in distance)2) ( away from in time)3) (also just off) juste à côté de [kitchen etc]4) ( astray from)5) ( detached from)there's a button off — [cuff etc] il manque un bouton à
6) (colloq) ( no longer interested in)7) (colloq) (also off of)••how are we off (colloq) for...? — qu'est-ce qu'il nous reste comme...? [flour etc]
that's a bit off — (colloq) GB ça c'est un peu fort (colloq)
to feel a bit off(-colour) (colloq) — GB ne pas être dans son assiette (colloq)
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