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1 floppy disk
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3 boot
boot [bu:t]1 noun(a) botte f; (ankle-length) bottillon m; (for babies, women) bottine f; (of soldier, workman) brodequin m; Sport (for football, rugby) chaussure f;∎ familiar to give sb the boot flanquer qn à la porte;∎ familiar she got the boot elle a été flanquée à la porte, elle a été virée;∎ British familiar they put the boot in ils lui ont balancé des coups de pied; figurative ils ont enfoncé méchamment le clou∎ he gave the door a boot il flanqua un coup de pied dans la porte;∎ he needs a boot up the backside il a besoin d'un bon coup de pied au derrière(b) (equip with boots) botter∎ to boot the system initialiser le systèmeen plus, par-dessus le marché;∎ she's beautiful and intelligent to boot elle est belle, et intelligente par-dessus le marchéBritish = garçon d'hôtel qui cire les chaussures►► Football boot boy = personne dont le rôle est de préparer les tenues des membres d'une équipe de football et de s'assurer notamment de la propreté de leurs chaussures;familiar boot camp American Military = camp d'entraînement pour nouvelles recrues; British (centre for young offenders) = centre de redressement (pour jeunes délinquants);∎ to go into boot camp ≃ faire ses classes;boot polish cirage m;British boot sale = sorte de marché aux puces où des particuliers apportent dans leur voiture les objets de brocante qu'ils souhaitent vendre;boot scraper décrottoir m;Computing boot sector secteur m d'initialisation;Computing boot track piste f d'amorçagefamiliar flanquer à la porte(computer) s'amorcer, démarrer; (person) démarrer(computer) amorcer, faire démarrer -
4 target
1 noun∎ the target of criticism/jokes la cible de critiques/plaisanteries;∎ she was an easy target for political cartoonists elle était une cible facile pour les caricaturistes politiques;∎ to be on target (missile) suivre la trajectoire prévue; (plans) se dérouler comme prévu; (productivity) atteindre les objectifs prévus;∎ to meet production/sales targets atteindre les objectifs de production/de vente;∎ Military & figurative moving target cible f mobile(c) (in surveying) mire f(date, amount) prévu;∎ my target weight is 10 stone je me suis fixé le poids idéal de 63 kg, mon poids idéal est (de) 63 kg(b) (aim → missile) diriger; (of funds, resources, benefits) viser, être destiné à; (of advertisement, advertising campaign) viser;∎ the benefits are targeted at one-parent families les allocations visent les ou sont destinées aux familles monoparentales;∎ the programme is targeted at 18-to-25-year-olds l'émission s'adresse aux 18 à 25 ans ou vise les jeunes de 18 à 25 ans►► Military target area zone f cible;Marketing target audience audience f cible;Marketing target buyer acheteur(euse) m,f cible;Marketing target consumer consommateur(trice) m,f cible;Marketing target cost coût m ciblé;Computing target drive unité f de destination;target figures chiffres mpl prévus;Computing target file fichier m de destination;Marketing target group groupe m cible;target language langue f cible, langue f d'arrivée;Marketing target market marché m cible;Marketing target marketing marketing m ciblé;Marketing target population population f cible;Military target practice (UNCOUNT) exercices mpl de tir;Marketing target price prix m d'équilibre;Marketing target pricing fixation f du prix en fonction de l'objectif;target readership lectorat m cible;target setting arrêt m des objectifs
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