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121 assembly
assembly n1 ( of people) assemblée f ;3 Sch rassemblement m ;5 Ind, Tech (of components, machines) assemblage m ; assembly instructions instructions fpl de montage ;6 (of data, facts) rassemblement m ;8 Comput assemblage m.ⓘ Assembly Dans les écoles britanniques, rassemblement quotidien des élèves et des membres du corps enseignant pour les prières et la diffusion des informations. Dans certains établissements, il a été remplacé par des réunions hebdomadaires au cours desquelles les élèves réfléchissent sur un sujet qui leur est proposé. -
122 bargain
A n1 ( deal) marché m (between entre) ; to make ou strike a bargain conclure un marché ; to keep one's side of the bargain tenir sa part du marché ; to drive a hard bargain négocier ferme or serré ; into the bargain par-dessus le marché ;2 ( good buy) affaire f ; what a bargain! quelle bonne affaire! to get a bargain faire une affaire ; a bargain at £10 une affaire à 10 livres sterling.C vi2 ( over price) marchander (with avec) ; to bargain for a lower price marchander un prix plus bas.■ bargain for, bargain on:▶ bargain for, bargain on sth s'attendre à qch ; we got more than we bargained for nous ne nous attendions pas à ça. -
123 blow
A n1 ( stroke) coup m ; killed by a blow to the back of the head tué d'un coup derrière la tête ; to fell sb with a blow ( with fist) abattre qn d'un coup de poing ; ( with stick) abattre qn d'un coup de bâton ; to exchange blows échanger des coups ; to come to blows en venir aux mains (over au sujet de) ; to strike a blow for fig frapper un grand coup pour [freedom, rights] ;2 fig (shock, knock) coup m ; to deal sb a savage blow porter un très mauvais coup à qn ; the blow fell le coup est tombé ; to be a blow être un coup terrible (to sth porté à qch ; to, for sb pour qn) ;3 ( of nose) to give one's nose a blow se moucher ; give your nose a good blow mouche-toi un bon coup ;1 [wind] to blow sth out of faire voler qch par [window] ; the wind blew the door open/shut un coup de vent a ouvert/fermé la porte ; to be blown off course/onto the rocks être dévié/poussé sur les rochers par le vent ; it's blowing a gale il y a de la tempête ;2 [person] faire [bubble, smoke ring] ; to blow smoke in sb's face envoyer or souffler la fumée dans la figure de qn ; to blow an egg vider un œuf (en soufflant dedans) ; to blow glass souffler du verre ; to blow sb a kiss envoyer un baiser à qn ;3 to blow one's nose se moucher ;4 gen, Mus souffler dans [trumpet, whistle, flute] ; to blow the whistle for half-time siffler la mi-temps ;5 [explosion] provoquer [hole] (in dans) ; to be blown to pieces ou bits by être réduit en poussière par ; to blow a safe faire sauter un coffre-fort ;7 ○ ( spend) claquer ○ [money] (on dans) ;9 ○ ( make a mess of) to blow it tout ficher en l'air ○ ; to blow one's chances ficher ses chances en l'air ○ ; to blow one's lines se mélanger les pinceaux ○ ; that's really blown it ○ ! c'est fichu ○ cette fois! ;10 ○ † (pp blowed) blow it! zut ○ ! ; blow him! qu'il aille au diable ; well, blow me down ou I'll be blowed! mince alors ○ ! ; I'll be blowed if I'll pay! pas question que je paye! ○ ;11 ○ US to blow town se tirer ○ vite fait ;13 ○ ( drugs slang) to blow grass fumer (de l'herbe) ;14 ● ( fellate) tailler une pipe à ●.1 [wind] souffler ; the wind's blowing from the north le vent vient or souffle du nord ; it's blowing hard tonight le vent souffle fort ce soir ;3 [person] souffler (into dans ; on sur) ;4 ( sound) [whistle] retentir ; [trumpet] sonner, retentir ; [foghorn] rugir ; when the whistle blows au coup de sifflet ;5 [whale] souffler ;6 (break, explode) [fuse, gasket] sauter ; [bulb] griller ; [tyre] éclater ;7 ○ ( leave quickly) filer ○.to blow a fuse ○ ou a gasket ○ ou one's lid ○ ou one's stack ○ ou one' s top ○ piquer une crise ○ ; it really blew my mind ○ ou blew me away! ○ (with admiration, astonishment) j'en suis resté baba ○.■ blow around, blow about GB:▶ blow around [leaves, papers, litter] voler dans tous les sens ;▶ blow [sth] around, blow around [sth] faire voler [qch] dans tous les sens.■ blow away:▶ blow away [object, hat, paper] s'envoler ;▶ blow [sth] away, blow away [sth] [wind] emporter [object] ; [explosion] souffler [roof] ; to blow the dust away souffler sur la poussière ;■ blow down:▶ blow down [tree, fence, house] tomber (à cause du vent) ;▶ blow [sth] down, blow down [sth] [wind] faire tomber [chimney, tree, house].■ blow in:▶ blow in1 [snow, rain] entrer ;2 ( in explosion) [door, window] être enfoncé ;▶ blow [sth] in, blow in [sth]1 [wind] faire entrer [snow, rain] ;2 [explosion] enfoncer [door, window].■ blow off:▶ blow off1 [hat] s'envoler ;2 ( gush out) [gas, liquid] s'échapper ;▶ blow [sth] off, blow off [sth] [wind] emporter [hat] ; [explosion] emporter [hand, limb, roof] ; to blow sb's head off faire sauter la tête de qn ; he had his leg blown off il a perdu sa jambe ; to blow the leaves off the trees [wind] faire tomber les feuilles des arbres ; to blow the dust off sth [person] enlever la poussière de qch en soufflant dessus.■ blow out:▶ blow out1 [candle, flame] s'éteindre ;2 [oil well] laisser échapper du pétrole ; [gas well] laisser échapper du gaz ;▶ blow [sth] out, blow out [sth]2 ( inflate) to blow one's cheeks out gonfler les or ses joues ; to blow itself out [gale, storm] tomber.■ blow over:1 (pass, die down) [storm] tomber ; [affair] être oublié ; [discontent, protest] se calmer ; [anger] passer, tomber ;2 ( topple) [fence, tree] tomber (à cause du vent) ;▶ blow [sb/sth] over [wind] renverser [person, tree, fence].■ blow up:▶ blow up2 [wind, storm] se lever ;3 [trouble, problem, affair] éclater ;▶ blow [sth/sb] up, blow up [sb/sth] ( in explosion) faire sauter [building, person] ; faire exploser [bomb] ;▶ blow [sth] up, blow up [sth]1 ( inflate) gonfler [tyre, balloon] ;3 ( exaggerate) exagérer ; the story has been blown (up) out of all proportion l'histoire a été exagérément grossie. -
124 buy
A n1 ( bargain) a good/bad buy une bonne/mauvaise affaire ;1 ( purchase) acheter [food, car, shares, house] (from sb à qn) ; to buy sth from the supermarket/from the baker's/from Buymore acheter qch au supermarché/chez le boulanger/chez Buymore ; to buy sth for sb acheter qch pour qn ; to buy sb sth acheter qch à qn ; the best that money can buy ce qui se fait de mieux ; the best car that money can buy la meilleure voiture qui soit ;2 ( obtain with money) acheter [fame, freedom, friends] ; happiness can't be bought le bonheur ne s'achète pas ; we managed to buy some time nous avons réussi à gagner du temps ;4 ○ ( believe) avaler ○, croire [story, excuse] ; I'm not buying that! on ne me fera pas avaler ça ○ ! ; she bought it elle a marché ○.■ buy in GB:▶ buy [sth] in, buy in [sth] s'approvisionner en [food, coal].■ buy into:■ buy off:▶ buy [sb] off, buy off [sb] acheter [person, witness].■ buy out:▶ buy [sb] out, buy out [sb] Comm racheter la part de [co-owner] ; Mil racheter [soldier] ; to buy oneself out of racheter son engagement dans [army].■ buy up:▶ buy up [sth], buy [sth] up acheter systématiquement [shares, property]. -
125 cause
A n1 ( reason) cause f, raison f (of de) ; there is/he has cause for concern/optimism/alarm/complaint il y a/il a des raisons de s'inquiéter/d'être optimiste/de s'alarmer/de se plaindre ; to give sb cause to do donner à qn des raisons de faire ; to have cause to do avoir des raisons de faire ; to give cause for concern susciter des inquiétudes ; the immediate/root cause la cause directe/première ; with good cause pour cause, à juste titre ; without good cause sans motif valable ;2 ( objective) cause f ; a lost cause une cause perdue ; for a good cause pour une bonne cause ; all in a good cause pour la bonne cause ; in the cause of equality/freedom pour la cause de l'égalité/la liberté ; to make common cause with sb faire cause commune avec qn ;3 Jur ( grounds) cause f ; a challenge for/without cause une récusation pour/sans motif déterminé ; contributory cause cause accessoire ; primary cause cause première ; to show cause exposer ses raisons ;4 Jur ( court action) action f ; cause of action motif m d'action en justice ; matrimonial causes affaires fpl matrimoniales.B vtr causer, occasionner [damage, flooding, grief, problem] ; provoquer [chaos, delay, controversy, reaction] ; susciter [excitement, surprise] ; entraîner [suffering] ; amener [dismay, confusion] ; to cause sb to cry/leave faire pleurer/partir qn ; to cause sb problems/anxiety causer des problèmes/de l'inquiétude à qn ; to cause trouble créer des problèmes ; to cause cancer/migraine donner or provoquer un cancer/la migraine. -
126 complete
A adj1 (total, utter) ( épith) [abolition, chaos, darkness, freedom, rejection] complet/-ète, total ; he's a complete fool il est complètement idiot ; it's the complete opposite c'est tout à fait le contraire ; with complete accuracy/confidence avec une précision/confiance totale ; complete and utter [despair, disaster] total ; it's complete and utter rubbish c'est complètement absurde ;2 ( finished) achevé ; far from/not yet complete loin d'être/pas encore achevé ;3 (entire, full) [collection, edition, works, record, set] complet/-ète ; complete with avec ; complete with batteries/instructions avec piles/mode d'emploi ; to make my happiness complete pour que rien ne manque à mon bonheur ;B vtr1 ( finish) terminer [building, investigation, degree course, exercise] ; achever [task, journey] ; to complete a jail sentence finir de purger une peine ;2 ( make whole) compléter [collection, trilogy, group, victory, grand slam] ; compléter [outfit] ; compléter [quotation, phrase] ; to complete an outfit with a beret mettre un beret pour compléter une tenue ;3 ( fill in) remplir [form, questionnaire].C completed pp adj [creation, project] achevé ; the recently/newly completed office building les bureaux terminés récemment/depuis peu ; half completed inachevé. -
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128 curtail
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