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101 convention
[kən'venʃən]1) (a way of behaving that has become usual; (an) established custom: Shaking hands when meeting people is a normal convention in many countries; He does not care about convention.) usage2) (in the United States a meeting of delegates from a political party for nominating a presidential candidate.) convention3) (an assembly of people of a particular profession etc.) congrès•- conventionality -
102 die out
(to cease to exist anywhere: The custom died out during the last century.) disparaître -
103 disappear
[disə'piə]1) (to vanish from sight: The sun disappeared slowly below the horizon.) disparaître2) (to fade out of existence: This custom had disappeared by the end of the century.) disparaître3) (to go away so that other people do not know where one is: A search is being carried out for the boy who disappeared from his home on Monday.) disparaître• -
104 eastern
adjective (of the east or the East: an eastern custom.) oriental -
105 practice
['præktis]1) (the actual doing of something, as opposed to the theory or idea: In theory the plan should work, but in practice there are a lot of difficulties.) pratique2) (the usual way(s) of doing things; (a) habit or custom: It was his usual practice to rise at 6.00 a.m.) habitude3) (the repeated performance or exercise of something in order to learn to do it well: She has musical talent, but she needs a lot of practice; Have a quick practice before you start.) exercice, entraînement4) (a doctor's or lawyer's business: He has a practice in Southampton.) clientèle, cabinet•- make a practice of - put into practice -
106 revive
1) (to come, or bring, back to consciousness, strength, health etc: They attempted to revive the woman who had fainted; She soon revived; The flowers revived in water; to revive someone's hopes.) ranimer, rétablir2) (to come or bring back to use etc: This old custom has recently (been) revived.) rétablir•- revival -
107 taboo
[tə'bu:]plurals - taboos, tabus; noun, adjective((something) forbidden for religious reasons or because it is against social custom: Alcohol is (a) taboo in Muslim societies.) tabou -
108 tabu
[tə'bu:]plurals - taboos, tabus; noun, adjective((something) forbidden for religious reasons or because it is against social custom: Alcohol is (a) taboo in Muslim societies.) tabou -
109 tout
(to go about in search of buyers, jobs, support, votes etc: The taxi-driver drove around touting for custom.) solliciter -
110 tradition
[trə'diʃən]1) ((the process of passing on from generation to generation) customs, beliefs, stories etc: These songs have been preserved by tradition.) tradition2) (a custom, belief, story etc that is passed on.) tradition•- traditionally -
111 uphold
past tense, past participle - upheld; verb1) (to support (a person's action): His family upholds (him in) his present action.) soutenir2) (to confirm (eg a claim, legal judgement etc): The decision of the judge was upheld by the court.) confirmer3) (to maintain (eg a custom): The old traditions are still upheld in this village.) maintenir -
112 anachronism
anachronism n anachronisme m ; to be an anachronism [object, custom, institution etc] être un anachronisme ; [person] faire figure d'anachronisme. -
113 Asian
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114 attract
1 gen attirer [person, animal, students, buyers, custom, investment, criticism etc] ; to attract attention attirer l'attention ; to attract sb's attention attirer l'attention de qn (to sur) ; he was very attracted to her elle l'attirait beaucoup ; -
115 Barbadian
A n Barbadien/-ienne m/f. -
116 begin
1 ( at first) au début, au départ ; I didn't understand to begin with au début je n'ai pas compris ;2 ( firstly) d'abord, premièrement ;3 ( at all) I wish I hadn't told her to begin with pour commencer, je n'aurais jamais dû lui en parler.1 ( start) commencer [journey, list, meeting, job, game, meal] (with par, avec) ; se lancer dans [adventure] ; aller à [school] ; to begin to do commencer à faire ; it's beginning to rain il commence à pleuvoir ; to begin doing commencer à faire ; I began the letter (with) ‘Dear Sir’ j'ai commencé la lettre par ‘Monsieur’ ; ‘well …,’ she began ‘eh bien…,’ commença-t-elle ; I begin work next week je commence à travailler la semaine prochaine ; the builders begin work on Tuesday les ouvriers commencent les travaux mardi ; they began laughing ou to laugh again ils ont recommencé à rire ;2 ( start to use) entamer, ouvrir [bottle, packet, jar] ; entamer [loaf] ; commencer [notebook, page] ;3 ( start out) débuter [career] (as comme) ; I began life as a farmer's son je suis fils de fermier ; we began married life in Scotland quand nous étions jeunes mariés nous habitions en Écosse ; this novel began life as a short story ce roman a d'abord vu le jour sous la forme d'une nouvelle ;4 ( have slightest success) I can't begin to describe it il m'est impossible de le décrire ; I don't begin to understand vraiment, je ne comprends pas ; I couldn't begin to imagine how he felt je ne pouvais vraiment pas imaginer ce qu'il éprouvait ;5 ( initiate) provoquer [debate, dispute] ; lancer [campaign, trend] ; commencer [tradition] ; déclencher [war] ; fonder [dynasty] ; to begin a conversation with engager la conversation avec ;6 ( come first in) marquer le commencement de [series, collection, festival] ; A begins the alphabet l'alphabet commence par A.1 ( commence) [custom, meeting, play, problem, storm, term] commencer ; let's begin commençons ; to begin with commencer par ; to begin by doing commencer par faire ; a name beginning with C un nom qui commence par C ; the week beginning the 25th la semaine qui commence le 25 ; to begin in 1995/in May commencer en 1995/en mai ; your problems have only just begun! tes problèmes ne font que commencer! ; to begin well/badly bien/mal commencer ; to begin again recommencer ; after the war began après le début de la guerre ; before the lecture begins avant le début de la conférence ;2 ( have its starting point) [river] prendre sa source ; the road begins in York la route part de York ; where does the national park begin? où commence le parc national?■ begin on:▶ begin on [sth] attaquer [cake, garden]. -
117 Belgian
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118 Bengali
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119 bequeath
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120 business
A n1 ¢ ( commerce) affaires fpl ; to be in business être dans les affaires ; to go into business se lancer dans les affaires ; they made a lot of money in business ils ont gagné beaucoup d'argent dans les affaires ; to be honest in business être toujours honnête en affaires ; to set up in business s'établir à son compte ; she went into ou set up in business as a translator elle s'est établie comme traductrice ; the firm is no longer in business l'entreprise a fermé ; to do business with sb traiter avec qn, faire des affaires avec qn ; they do a lot of business with Germany ils font beaucoup d'affaires avec l'Allemagne ; they're in business together ils sont associés ; he is a man I can do business with c'est un homme avec qui je peux travailler ; to go out of business faire faillite ; they're back in business Comm ils ont repris leurs activités ; she's gone to Brussels on business elle est allée à Bruxelles pour affaires or en voyage d'affaires ; he's away on business at the moment en ce moment il est en déplacement pour affaires ; the recession has put them out of business la récession les a obligés à cesser leurs activités ; it's good/bad for business ça fait marcher/ne fait pas marcher les affaires ; to talk business parler affaires ; now we're talking business! fig maintenant on commence à parler sérieusement! ; are you in London for business or pleasure? êtes-vous à Londres pour affaires ou pour le plaisir? ; to mix business with pleasure joindre l'utile à l'agréable ; business is business les affaires sont les affaires ; ‘business as usual’ ( on shop window) ‘nous restons ouverts pendant les travaux’ ; it is/it was business as usual fig c'est/c'était comme à l'habitude ;2 (custom, trade) to lose business perdre de la clientèle ; how's business comment vont les affaires? ; business is slow at the moment les affaires marchent au ralenti or ne vont pas fort en ce moment ; most of our business comes from tourists la plupart de nos clients sont des touristes ; we are doing twice as much business as last summer notre chiffre d'affaires a doublé par rapport à l'été dernier ;3 (trade, profession) métier m ; what's your line of business?, what (line of) business are you in? vous travaillez dans quelle branche?, qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la vie? ; he's in the hotel/insurance business il travaille dans l'hôtellerie/les assurances ; he's the best comedian/chef in the business ○ fig c'est le meilleur comique/chef qui existe ;4 (company, firm) affaire f, entreprise f ; ( shop) commerce m, boutique f ; small businesses les petites entreprises ; she runs a small dressmaking/mail-order business elle dirige une petite affaire de confection/de vente par correspondance ;5 ¢ ( important matters) questions fpl importantes ; (duties, tasks) devoirs mpl, occupations fpl ; let's get down to business passons aux choses sérieuses ; the business before a meeting Admin l'ordre m du jour ; we got through a lot of business at the meeting on a réglé beaucoup de questions au cours de la réunion ; can we get down to business? on peut s'y mettre? ; to go about one's business vaquer à ses occupations ; to deal with daily business expédier les affaires courantes ; we still have some unfinished business to discuss nous avons encore des choses à discuter ; he got on with the business of tidying up/letterwriting il s'est mis à faire le rangement/la correspondance ; ‘any other business’ ( on agenda) ‘questions diverses’ ;6 ( concern) that's her business ça la regarde, c'est son affaire ; it's none of your business! ça ne te regarde pas!, ce n'est pas ton affaire! ; it's no business of yours what he does in his private life sa vie privée ne te regarde pas ; to make it one's business to find out se charger de découvrir la vérité ; mind your own business ○ ! occupe-toi or mêle-toi de tes affaires ○ ! ; he had no business telling her! ce n'était pas à lui de le lui dire! ; she had no business to be there elle n'avait rien à faire là-bas ; there I was minding my own business when … j'étais là tranquille dans mon coin, quand … ;7 ( affair) histoire f, affaire f ; it's a bad ou sorry business c'est une triste affaire ; the newspapers are full of this murder/drugs business les journaux ne parlent que de cette histoire de meurtre/de drogue ; what a dreadful business! quelle histoire horrible! ; no funny business! et pas d'histoires! ; a nasty business une sale affaire ; I'm fed up with the whole business j'en ai ras le bol ○ ;8 (bother, nuisance) histoire f ; moving house is quite a business! c'est toute une histoire de déménager! ; what a business! quelle histoire! ;B modif [address, law, letter, transaction] commercial ; [pages] affaires ; [meeting, travel, consortium] d'affaires ; business people hommes mpl d'affaires ; the business community le monde des affaires.now we're in business! maintenant nous sommes prêts!, maintenant on peut y aller! ; to be in the business of doing avoir pour habitude de faire ; she can sing/play the piano like nobody's business ○ elle chante/joue du piano comme personne ; to work like nobody's business ○ travailler d'arrache-pied ; that's the business ○ ! c'est super ○ ! ; she means business! elle ne plaisante pas! ; to send sb about his business envoyer promener qn ○ ; to give sb the business ○ US en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à qn ○.
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