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watershed ['wɔ:təʃed]∎ the concert was a watershed in her career as a singer ce concert fut un moment décisif ou un grand tournant dans sa carrière de chanteuse;∎ at this watershed in her life à ce moment critique de sa vie∎ the watershed = l'heure après laquelle l'émission de programmes destinés aux adultes est autorisée -
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noun (an area of high land from which rivers flow in different directions into different basins.) ligne de partage des eaux -
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A nB vtr1 ( split up into parts) partager [area, food, money, time, work] ; diviser [class, house, room] (into en) ; to divide the house into flats/the class into three groups diviser la maison en appartements/la classe en trois groupes ; he divided the pupils into boys and girls il a séparé les garçons des filles ;2 ( share) partager (between entre) ; he divides his time ou attention between home and office il partage son temps entre la maison et le bureau ; they divided the profits among themselves ils ont partagé les bénéfices ;3 ( separate) séparer (from de) ;4 ( cause disagreement) diviser [friends, management, nation, party] ; divide and rule diviser pour régner ;5 GB Pol faire voter [House] ;6 Math diviser [number] ; to divide 2 into 14 ou to divide 14 by 2 diviser 14 par 2 ; will 14 divide by 2? est-ce que 14 est divisible par 2?C vi1 lit [road, river, train] se séparer en deux ; [group] se répartir ; [crowd] s'écarter ; [cell, organism] se diviser ;2 GB Pol [House] voter ;3 Math être divisible.D divided pp adj [party, government, society] divisé ; [interests, opinions] divergent ; divided highway US route f à quatre voies ; the party is divided on the issue le parti est divisé sur la question.to cross the great divide ( death) faire le grand saut.■ divide off:▶ divide [sth] off, divide off [sth] séparer (from de).■ divide out:▶ divide [sth] out, divide out [sth] distribuer.■ divide up:▶ divide [sth] up, divide up [sth] partager (among entre). -
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divide [dɪ'vaɪd](a) (split up → territory, property, work, inheritance) diviser; (→ kingdom) démembrer; (→ land) morceler; (→ family) diviser, désunir; (→ party) diviser, scinder;∎ to divide sth in or into two couper ou diviser qch en deux;∎ she divided the cake into six equal portions elle a partagé ou coupé le gâteau en six parts égales(b) (share out) partager, répartir;∎ she divided the cake equally among the children elle a partagé le gâteau en parts égales entre les enfants;∎ they divided the work between them ils se sont partagé ou réparti le travail;∎ he divides his time between the office and home il partage son temps entre le bureau et la maison(c) (separate) séparer;∎ to divide sth from sth séparer qch de qch;∎ the Berlin Wall used to divide East and West le mur de Berlin séparait l'Est de l'Ouest(d) Mathematics diviser;∎ to divide 10 by 2 diviser 10 par 2;∎ 40 divided by 5 equals 8 40 divisé par 5 égale 8(e) (disunite → family, party) diviser∎ to divide the House faire voter la Chambre(a) (cells, group of people, novel) se diviser;∎ Politics a policy of divide and rule une politique consistant à diviser pour régner;∎ the class divided into groups la classe s'est divisée ou répartie en groupes(b) (river, road) se séparer(c) Mathematics diviser;∎ we're learning to divide nous apprenons à faire des divisions;∎ 10 divides by 2 10 est divisible par 2, 10 est un multiple de 2∎ the House divided on the question la Chambre a voté sur la question3 noun∎ the North-South divide la division Nord-Sud∎ the Great or Continental Divide la ligne de partage des eaux des Rocheuses;∎ to cross the Great Divide (die) passer de vie à trépasséparer;∎ to divide sth off from sth séparer qch de qchpartager, répartir;∎ to divide sth out between or among people partager qch entre des gensse diviserdiviser;∎ they divided the area/work up between them ils se sont partagés le secteur/travail
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