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1 street
street [stri:t]1 nounrue f;∎ a street of houses une rue résidentielle;∎ the whole street knows about it toute la rue est au courant;∎ to put or to turn sb out into the street mettre qn à la rue;∎ to be on the street or streets (as prostitute) faire le trottoir; (homeless person) être à la rue;∎ to take to the streets (protestors) descendre dans la rue;∎ to walk the streets (as prostitute) faire le trottoir ou familiar le tapin; (from idleness) battre le pavé, flâner dans les rues; (in search) faire les rues;∎ they walked the streets looking for her ils ont parcouru la ville à pied à sa recherche;∎ humorous that'll keep him off the streets! ça l'empêchera de faire des bêtises!;∎ that's right up his street! (competence) c'est tout à fait son rayon ou dans ses cordes!; (interest) c'est tout à fait son truc!(noises) de la rue; (musician) des rues∎ familiar to be streets ahead of sb dépasser qn de loin□ ;∎ she's streets ahead of the rest of the class elle dépasse largement ou de loin le reste de la classe, elle est largement en tête de la classe;∎ they're streets apart in the way they think ils ne partagent pas du tout les mêmes opinions►► British old-fashioned street Arab gamin(e) m,f ou gosse mf des rues;street art peintures fpl murales (dans la rue);street atlas plan m de la ville;British street café café m avec terrasse;∎ we had breakfast at a street café nous avons pris le petit déjeuner à la terrasse d'un café;familiar street cred, street credibility image f cool ou branchée;∎ she thinks that the leather jacket gives her more street cred elle trouve que son blouson en cuir fait très branché ou lui donne l'air encore plus cool;∎ this won't do much for my street cred ça va craindre pour mon image de marque;street cry cri m de colporteur;∎ the street cries of old Paris le cri des colporteurs du vieux Paris;Stock Exchange street dealing transactions fpl hors Bourse;street directory plan m de la ville;street door porte f (qui donne) sur la rue, porte f d'entrée;street fighting combats mpl de rue;street furniture mobilier m urbain;street guide plan m de la ville;street hawker colporteur(euse) m,f;street level rez-de-chaussée m inv;∎ below street level au sous-sol;street lighting éclairage m public;∎ the street lighting comes on at sunset on allume la lumière dans les rues au coucher du soleil;street map plan m de la ville;street market marché m en plein air ou à ciel ouvert; Stock Exchange marché m hors Bourse;street musician musicien(enne) m,f des rues;street organ orgue m de Barbarie;street party = fête de rue organisée pour célébrer un événement;street person SDF mf;street photographer photostoppeur(euse) m,f;street plan plan m de la ville;Stock Exchange street price cours m hors Bourse; (of drugs) prix m à la revente;street theatre théâtre m de rue ou de foire;street trader marchand(e) m,f ambulant(e);street trading vente f ambulante;old-fashioned street urchin gamin(e) m,f ou gosse mf des rues;street value (of drugs) valeur f marchande;American street vendor marchand(e) m,f ambulant(e) -
2 lead
I.A n1 (winning position in race, game, poll, quiz) to be in the lead, to have the lead être en tête ; to go into the lead, to take the lead passer en tête ; this gave him the lead ceci lui a permis de passer en tête ; to move into an early lead passer rapidement en tête ; to share the lead se partager la première place ;2 ( amount by which one is winning) avance f (over sur) ; to have a lead of three points/half a lap avoir trois points/un demi-tour de piste d'avance ; to have a six second/three-goal lead avoir six secondes/trois buts d'avance ; to increase one's lead creuser l'écart (by de) ; to increase one's lead in the polls to 20% atteindre une avance de 20% dans les sondages ;3 ( initiative) to take the lead prendre l'initiative ; to take the lead in doing être le premier/la première à faire ; to give a ou the lead donner l'exemple (in doing en faisant) ; to follow sb's lead suivre l'exemple de qn ;4 ( clue) piste f ; to have a number of leads to pursue avoir plusieurs pistes à suivre ; this was our first real lead c'était notre première vraie piste ; to give sb a lead as to mettre qn sur la piste ou la voie de [solution, perpetrator] ;5 Theat, Cin ( role) rôle m principal, premier rôle m ; to play the lead jouer le rôle principal ; who was the male/female lead? qui était l'acteur/l'actrice qui jouait le rôle principal? ;6 Journ ( story) to be the lead être à la une ○ ; to be the lead in all the papers faire la une ○ de tous les journaux ;9 ( in cards) it's Nina's lead c'est à Nina de jouer en premier.B modif [guitarist, guitar] premier/-ière (before n) ; [role, singer] principal ; [article] principal, à la une ○.1 (guide, escort) mener, conduire [person] (to sth à qch ; to sb auprès de qn ; out of hors de ; through à travers) ; to lead sb into the house/into the kitchen mener or conduire qn dans la maison/à la cuisine ; to lead sb up/down mener or conduire qn en haut de/en bas de [hill, staircase] ; to lead sb back ramener or reconduire qn (to à) ; to lead sb away éloigner qn (from de) ; to lead sb across the road faire traverser la rue à qn ; to lead sb to safety/into a trap conduire qn en lieu sûr/dans un piège ;2 (pull, take by hand or bridle) mener [child, prisoner, horse] (to à ; into dans ; by par) ; to lead sb to his cell conduire qn dans sa cellule ;3 ( bring) [path, route, sign, clue, sound, smell] mener [person] (to à) ; where is this discussion leading us? à quoi cette conversation nous mène-t-elle? ; this leads me to my main point ceci m'amène à mon sujet principal ; to lead the conversation onto amener la conversation sur ;4 ( be leader of) mener [army, team, expedition, attack, strike, revolt, proceedings, procession, parade] ; diriger [orchestra, research] ; to lead sb to victory mener qn à la victoire ; to lead the debate mener les débats ; to lead a congregation in prayer entonner les prières ; to lead the dancing ouvrir le bal ;5 Sport, Comm ( be ahead of) avoir une avance sur [rival, team] ; to be leading sb by 10 metres avoir une avance de 10 mètres sur qn, devancer qn de 10 mètres ; to be leading Liverpool 4-2 mener par 4 buts à 2 dans le match contre Liverpool ; to lead the world être au premier rang mondial ; to lead the field (in commerce, research) être le plus avancé ; ( in race) mener, être en tête ; to lead the market être le leader du marché ;6 (cause, influence) to lead sb to do amener qn à faire ; to lead sb to believe/hope that amener qn à croire /espérer que ; to be led to believe that être amené à croire que ; he led me to expect that d'après ce qu'il m'avait dit je m'attendais à ce que (+ subj) ; what led you to this conclusion? qu'est-ce qui vous a amené à cette conclusion? ; everything leads me to conclude that tout me porte à conclure que ; to be easily led être très influençable ;7 (conduct, have) mener [active life, lazy life] ; to lead a life of luxury/idleness vivre dans le luxe/l'oisiveté ;8 Jur to lead a witness interroger un témoin en lui suggérant les réponses ;1 (go, be directed) to lead to [path, route] mener à ; [door] s'ouvrir sur ; [exit, trapdoor] donner accès à ; to lead back to ramener à ; to lead off the corridor [passage] partir du couloir ; [door] s'ouvrir sur le couloir ; footsteps led away from the scene des traces de pas partaient du lieu ;2 ( result in) to lead to entraîner [complication, discovery, accident, response] ; it was bound to lead to trouble ça devait mal finir ; one thing led to another, and we… de fil en aiguille, nous… ;3 ( be ahead) [runner, car, company] être en tête ; [team, side] mener ; to lead by three games/15 seconds avoir trois jeux/15 secondes d'avance ; to be leading in the arms race être en tête dans la course aux armements ;5 ( in dancing) conduire ;8 ( in boxing) to lead with one's left/right attaquer de gauche/de droite ;9 ( in cards) jouer le premier/la première.to lead the way ( go first) passer devant ; ( guide others) montrer le chemin ; (be ahead, winning) être en tête ; to lead the way up/down/into passer devant pour monter/descendre/entrer dans ; to lead the way in space research être le numéro un dans le domaine de la recherche spatiale.■ lead on:▶ lead [sb] on1 ( give false hope) mener [qn] en bateau ○ [client, investor, searcher] ;2 ( sexually) provoquer ;3 ( influence) influencer.■ lead up to:▶ lead up to [sth]1 ( precede) précéder ; the years leading up to the war les années qui ont précédé la guerre ;2 ( culminate in) se terminer par [argument, outburst] ;3 ( introduce) amener [topic] ; I had a feeling you were leading up to that je sentais que tu voulais en venir là.II.A n4 (on fishing line, in gun cartridge etc) plomb m ;6 Print interligne f ;to fill ou pump sb full of lead ○ cribler qn de balles ○ ; to get the lead out ○ US ( stop loafing) se bouger ; ( speed up) se grouiller ○ ; to go over US ou down GB like a lead balloon ○ tomber à plat ○ ; to swing the lead ○ † GB tirer au flanc ○. -
3 idle
1. adjective1) (not working; not in use: ships lying idle in the harbour.) au repos2) (lazy: He has work to do, but he's idle and just sits around.) fainéant3) (having no effect or result: idle threats.) vain4) (unnecessary; without good reason or foundation: idle fears; idle gossip.) sans fondement, futile2. verb1) (to be idle or do nothing: On holiday they just idled from morning till night.) paresser2) (of an engine etc, to run gently without doing any work: They kept the car engine idling while they checked their position with the map.) (faire) tourner au ralenti•- idler- idleness - idly - idle away -
4 life
plural - lives; noun1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) vie2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) vie3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) vie4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) vie, existence5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) vie6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) vie7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) biographie8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) à vie•- lifeless- lifelike - life-and-death - lifebelt - lifeboat - lifebuoy - life-cycle - life expectancy - lifeguard - life-jacket - lifeline - lifelong - life-saving - life-sized - life-size - lifetime - as large as life - bring to life - come to life - for life - the life and soul of the party - not for the life of me - not on your life! - take life - take one's life - take one's life in one's hands - to the life
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