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101 unmanageable
unmanageable [ʌnˈmænɪdʒəbl][number, size] difficilement gérable ; [hair] impossible à coiffer* * *[ʌn'mænɪdʒəbl]adjective [child, animal] farouche; [prison, system] ingérable; [hair] rebelle; [size, number] démesuré -
102 word
word [wɜ:d]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. mot m• the written/spoken word ce qui est écrit/dit• what's the German word for "banana"? comment dit-on « banane » en allemand ?• ... or words to that effect... ou quelque chose de ce genre• without a word, he left the room il a quitté la pièce sans dire un mot• boring is not the word for it! ennuyeux, c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire !• she disappeared, there's no other word for it elle a disparu, c'est bien le mot► to have a word (with sb) ( = speak to)can I have a word? (inf) puis-je vous dire un mot (en privé) ?• nobody had a good word to say about him personne n'a trouvé la moindre chose à dire en sa faveur► a word/words of• I told him in so many words that... je lui ai carrément dit que...• he didn't say so in so many words ce n'est pas exactement ce qu'il a dit► word for word [repeat] mot pour mot ; [translate] mot à mot ; [go over] mot par mot• word came from headquarters that... le quartier général a fait dire que...• word came that... on a appris que...• to send word that... faire savoir que...c. ( = rumour) the word is that he has left le bruit court qu'il est parti• if word got out about his past, there'd be a scandal si l'on apprenait certaines choses sur son passé, cela ferait un scandale• the word on the street is... le bruit court que...d. ( = promise, assurance) parole f• I've only got her word for it c'est elle qui le dit, je n'ai aucune preuve[+ document, protest] rédiger• he had worded the letter very carefully il avait choisi les termes de sa lettre avec le plus grand soin3. compounds• to be word-perfect in sth savoir qch sur le bout des doigts ► word processing noun traitement m de texte• word processing package logiciel m de traitement de texte ► word processor noun traitement m de texte* * *[wɜːd] 1.1) ( verbal expression) mot mI don't think ‘aunt’ is quite the right word — je ne suis pas sûr que ‘tante’ soit le mot qui convienne
the last word — fig le dernier cri (in en)
to put one's feelings ou thoughts into words — exprimer ce qu'on ressent
there's no such word as ‘can't’ — ‘impossible’ n'est pas français
what's the Greek word for ‘table’? — comment dit-on ‘table’ en grec?
a word to all those who... — quelques conseils pour tous ceux qui...
2) (anything, something) mot m3) [U] ( information) nouvelles fpl ( about concernant)word got out that... — la nouvelle a transpiré que...
to bring/send word that — annoncer/faire savoir que
he left word at the desk that... — il a laissé un message à la réception disant que...
4) (promise, affirmation) parole fto hold somebody to his/her word — obliger quelqu'un à tenir parole
5) ( rumour)word got round ou around that... — le bruit a couru que...
6) ( command) ordre m2.if you need anything just say the word — si tu as besoin de quoi que ce soit, dis-le
words plural noun1) ( oratory) paroles fpl3.- worded combining form4.transitive verb formuler [reply, letter, statement]••my word! — ( in surprise) ma parole!; ( in reproof) tu vas voir!
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103 appointment
∎ to make or fix an appointment with sb prendre rendez-vous avec qn;∎ to break an appointment ne pas se présenter à un rendez-vous;∎ to cancel an appointment annuler un rendez-vous;∎ please telephone if you cannot make or keep your appointment veuillez téléphoner s'il vous est impossible de venir à votre rendez-vous;∎ to meet or see sb by appointment recevoir qn sur rendez-vous;∎ by appointment only sur rendez-vous;∎ have you got an appointment? avez-vous un rendez-vous?appointments book carnet m de rendez-vous, agenda m;appointments diary carnet de rendez-vous, agenda(c) (job held) poste m, emploi m;∎ to hold an appointment être préposé(e) à un emploi;∎ he's been offered an appointment on the board on lui a proposé un poste au conseil d'administration -
104 absolutely
adverb (completely: It is absolutely impossible for me to go.) absolument -
105 blind spot
1) (any matter about which one always shows lack of understanding: She seems to have a blind spot about physics.) refuser de comprendre/voir clair2) (an area which is impossible or difficult to see due to an obstruction.) endroit sans visibilité -
106 blink
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107 block
[blok] 1. noun1) (a flat-sided mass of wood or stone etc: blocks of stone.) bloc2) (a piece of wood used for certain purposes: a chopping-block.) billot3) (a connected group of houses, offices etc: a block of flats; an office block.) immeuble4) (a barrier: a road block.) barrage routier5) ((especially American) a group of buildings bounded by four streets: a walk round the block.) îlot2. verb(to make (progress) difficult or impossible: The crashed cars blocked the road.) bloquer- blockade3. verbThe ships blockaded the town.) bloquer- blockage- blocked - block capital/letter - blockhead -
108 cling
[kliŋ]past tense, past participle - clung; verb((usually with to) to stick (to); to grip tightly: The mud clung to her shoes; She clung to her husband as he said goodbye; He clings to an impossible hope; The boat clung to (= stayed close to) the coastline.) s'accrocher (à) -
109 escape
[i'skeip] 1. verb1) (to gain freedom: He escaped from prison.) s'évader (de)2) (to manage to avoid (punishment, disease etc): She escaped the infection.) échapper (à)3) (to avoid being noticed or remembered by; to avoid (the observation of): The fact escaped me / my notice; His name escapes me / my memory.) échapper (à)4) ((of a gas, liquid etc) to leak; to find a way out: Gas was escaping from a hole in the pipe.) (s')échapper2. noun((act of) escaping; state of having escaped: Make your escape while the guard is away; There have been several escapes from that prison; Escape was impossible; The explosion was caused by an escape of gas.) évasion; fuite- escapism- escapist -
110 first of all
(to begin with; the most important thing is: First of all, let's clear up the mess; First of all, the scheme is impossible - secondly, we can't afford it.) tout d'abord -
111 give up as a bad job
(to decide that (something) is not worth doing, or impossible to do, and so stop doing it.) renoncer -
112 illegible
[i'le‹əbl]((almost) impossible to read; not legible: His writing is illegible.) illisible- illegibility -
113 immovable
[i'mu:vəbl]1) (impossible to move: an immovable object.) fixe2) (not allowing one's feelings or attitude to be changed.) inébranlable -
114 impenetrable
[im'penitrəbl]1) (that cannot be penetrated, entered or passed through: impenetrable jungle.) impénétrable2) (impossible to understand: an impenetrable mystery.) insondable -
115 impossibly
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116 incomprehensible
[inkompri'hensəbl](impossible to understand: an incomprehensible statement.) incompréhensible -
117 incredible
[in'kredəbl]1) (hard to believe: He does an incredible amount of work.) incroyable2) (impossible to believe; not credible: I found his story incredible.) incroyable•- incredibility -
118 indecipherable
(impossible to read or understand; not decipherable: indecipherable handwriting; This code is indecipherable.) indéchiffrable -
119 inexplicable
[inik'splikəbl](impossible to explain or understand: His inexplicable absence worried all of us.) inexplicable -
120 it
[it]1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) il, elle, le, la, lui2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?) il, ce3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) ce4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!) ça•- its- itself
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impossible — [ ɛ̃pɔsibl ] adj. et n. m. • 1227; lat. impossibilis ♦ Qui ne peut être, exister; qui n est pas possible. I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui ne peut se produire, être atteint ou réalisé. Cette éventualité lui paraît impossible. ⇒ inenvisageable. Solution… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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impossible — Impossible, Impossibilis. Il est impossible d avantage, Nihil supra. Il est impossible de faire aujourd huy tellement l ouvrage, que tousjours il n y ait à refaire, Numquam hoc vno die efficiatur opus, quin opus semper fiet. Il est impossible que … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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Impossible — Im*pos si*ble, n. An impossibility; as, he tried to do the impossible. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Madam, quoth he, this were an impossible! Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impossible — im·pos·si·ble adj: not possible: incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled a party s performance is impossible in part Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. impossible … Law dictionary
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impossible — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to occur, exist, or be done. 2) very difficult to deal with: an impossible situation. DERIVATIVES impossibility noun (pl. impossibilities) impossibly adverb … English terms dictionary
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