-
1 sailors
les marins Noun -
2 mutiny
['mju:tini] 1. plural - mutinies; noun((a) refusal to obey one's senior officers in the navy or other armed services: There has been a mutiny on HMS Tigress; The sailors were found guilty of mutiny.) mutinerie2. verb((of sailors etc) to refuse to obey commands from those in authority: The sailors mutinied because they did not have enough food.) se mutiner- mutineer- mutinous -
3 life
life [laɪf]1. noun(plural lives)a. vie f• run for your lives! sauve qui peut !• I couldn't for the life of me tell you his name (inf) je ne pourrais absolument pas vous dire son nomb. ( = living things) vie f• is there life on Mars? y a-t-il de la vie sur Mars ?c. ( = existence) vie fd. ( = way of living) vie f• which do you prefer, town or country life? que préférez-vous, la vie à la ville ou à la campagne ?• to make a new life for o.s. commencer une nouvelle viee. ( = liveliness) there isn't much life in our village notre village est plutôt mortf. (in exclamations) that's life! c'est la vie !• how's life? comment (ça) va ?• not on your life! (inf) jamais de la vie !• this is the life! (inf) voilà comment je comprends la vie !• what a life! quelle vie !2. compounds[subscription] à vie• that money was a life-saver cet argent m'a (or lui a etc) sauvé la vie ► life-saving noun ( = rescuing) sauvetage m ; ( = first aid) secourisme m adjective de sauvetage• he started telling me his life story (inf) il a commencé à me raconter sa vie ► life support machine noun• he's on a life support machine il est sous assistance respiratoire ► life's work noun œuvre f d'une vie* * *[laɪf] 1.1) ( as opposed to death) vie fto bring somebody back to life — gen rendre la vie à quelqu'un; Medicine ranimer quelqu'un
2) ( period from birth to death) vie f3) ( animation) vie f, vitalité fto come to life — [person] reprendre conscience; fig sortir de sa réserve; [fictional character] prendre vie; [party] s'animer
put a bit of life into it — (colloq) mettez-y un peu de tonus (colloq)
4) (social activity, lifestyle) vie fto live the good ou high life — mener la grande vie
5) ( human being(s))6) ( useful duration) (of machine, vehicle, product) durée f7) Jurto do (colloq) ou serve life — être emprisonné à vie
to get life — (colloq) se faire condamner à perpette (colloq)
8) Art2.from life — [draw, paint] d'après nature
••for dear life — de toutes mes/ses etc forces
get a life! — (colloq) lâche-moi les baskets! (colloq)
to have the time of one's life — s'amuser comme un fou/une folle
-
4 little
I.little1 [ˈlɪtl]II.little2 [ˈlɪtl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective( = not much) peu de► a little... ( = some) un peu de...• would you like a little milk in your tea? voulez-vous un peu de lait dans votre thé ?• we're having a little trouble nous avons un petit problème► no little...2. pronouna. ( = not much) pas grand-chose• that has very little to do with it! ça n'a pas grand-chose à voir !• however little you give, we'll be grateful votre contribution, même la plus modeste, sera la bienvenueb. ( = small amount) the little I have seen is excellent le peu que j'en ai vu est excellent• every little helps ( = gift) tous les dons sont les bienvenus3. adverba. ( = not much) they spoke very little on the way home ils n'ont pas dit grand-chose sur le chemin du retour► a little... ( = somewhat) un peu...b. ( = not at all) he little imagined that... il était loin de s'imaginer que...• little did he think that... il était loin de se douter que...c. ( = rarely) rarement• you could get one for as little as £20 on peut en trouver pour seulement 20 livres• you can eat well for as little as $5 on peut bien manger pour 5 dollars• I like him as little as you do je ne l'aime pas plus que toi► little by little petit à petit peu à peu► to make little of sth ( = accomplish easily) faire qch sans aucun mal ; ( = play down) minimiser qch ; ( = underestimate) sous-estimer qch• the sailors made little of loading the huge boxes les marins chargeaient les énormes caisses sans aucun mal• he made little of his opportunities ( = failed to exploit) il n'a pas tiré parti des possibilités qu'il avait► to say little for sb ( = reflect badly on)* * *Note: When little is used as a quantifier ( little hope, little damage) it is translated by peu de: peu d'espoir, peu de dégâtsWhen a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little) it is translated by un peu: donne-m'en un peuWhen little is used alone as a pronoun ( there's little I can do) it is very often translated by pas grand-chose: je ne peux pas faire grand-choseFor examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc) see II belowFor uses of little and a little as adverbs see the entry belowI 1. ['lɪtl](comparative less; superlative least) quantifier2. 3.too little money — trop peu or pas assez d'argent
1) ( not much) peu2) ( not at all)4.a little (bit) adverbial phrase ( slightly) un peu5.a little less/more — un peu moins/plus
as little as adverbial phraseII ['lɪtl]as little as £60 — juste 60 livres sterling
1) ( small) [house, smile, voice] petit (before n)poor little thing — pauvre petit/-e m/f
2) ( young) [sister, boy] petit (before n)3) ( in a small way) [farmer, businessman] petit (before n)4) ( expressing scorn)5) ( short) [snooze] petit (before n)••to make little of — ( not understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à [speech]
-
5 maroon
maroon [məˈru:n]* * *[mə'ruːn] 1.1) ( colour) bordeaux m2) GB ( rocket) fusée f de détresse2.transitive verb -
6 watch
watch [wɒt∫]1. nouna. (for telling time) montre f• to keep or be on watch faire le guet• to keep a close watch on or over sb/sth surveiller qn/qch de près• to set a watch on sth/sb faire surveiller qch/qn• to be on the watch for sb/sth guetter qn/qcha. [+ event, programme, TV, person] regarder ; [+ suspect, house, car] surveiller ; [+ birds, insects] observer ; [+ notice board, small ads] consulter régulièrement ; [+ political situation, developments] suivre de près• to watch sb do or doing sth regarder qn faire qch• it's about as exciting as watching grass grow or watching paint dry c'est ennuyeux comme la pluie• "watch this space" « à suivre »b. ( = take care of, keep an eye on) surveillerc. ( = be careful of, mind) faire attention à• watch that knife! (fais) attention avec ce couteau !• watch your head! attention à ta tête !• watch your language! surveille ton langage !• watch what you're doing! fais attention (à ce que tu fais) !• watch your step!• watch yourself! (fais) attention !• I must watch the time as I've got a train to catch il faut que je surveille l'heure car j'ai un train à prendre• watch it! (inf) attention !• to watch for sth/sb ( = wait for) guetter qch/qn4. compounds( = take care) faire attention• watch out! attention !* * *[wɒtʃ] 1.1) ( timepiece) montre fmy watch is slow/fast — ma montre retarde/avance
2) ( surveillance) gen, Military surveillance f (on sur)to keep (a) watch on somebody/something — lit, fig surveiller quelqu'un/quelque chose
to be on the watch for somebody/something — lit guetter quelqu'un/quelque chose; fig être à l'affût de quelqu'un/quelque chose
to set a watch on somebody/something — tenir quelqu'un/quelque chose à l'œil
tornado watch — Meteorology surveillance f des cyclones
3) Nautical ( time on duty) quart m2. 3.transitive verbthe match, watched by a huge crowd... — le match, suivi par une foule immense...
2) fig suivre [career, development]; surveiller [situation]we had to sit by and watch the collapse of all our hopes — nous avons dû assister impuissants à l'effondrement de tous nos espoirs
3) lit ( keep under surveillance) surveiller4) ( pay attention to) faire attention à [obstacle, dangerous object etc]; surveiller [language, manners, time, money, weight]watch it! — (colloq) fais gaffe! (colloq)
to watch one's step — lit, fig regarder où on met les pieds
watch your back! — (colloq) lit attention devant!; fig surveille tes arrières!
5) ( look after) garder4.1) ( look) regarderthey are watching to see what will happen next — ils attendent pour voir ce qui va se passer maintenant
2) (dated) ( keep vigil) veiller5.to watch oneself — lit se regarder; fig faire attention
Phrasal Verbs: -
7 landmark
1) (an object on land that serves as a guide to seamen or others: The church-tower is a landmark for sailors because it stands on the top of a cliff.) (point de) repère2) (an event of great importance.) date mémorable -
8 leave
I [li:v] past tense, past participle - left; verb1) (to go away or depart from, often without intending to return: He left the room for a moment; They left at about six o'clock; I have left that job.) quitter, partir2) (to go without taking: She left her gloves in the car; He left his children behind when he went to France.) laisser3) (to allow to remain in a particular state or condition: She left the job half-finished.) laisser4) (to let (a person or a thing) do something without being helped or attended to: I'll leave the meat to cook for a while.) laisser5) (to allow to remain for someone to do, make etc: Leave that job to the experts!) laisser6) (to make a gift of in one's will: She left all her property to her son.) léguer•- leave out - left over II [li:v] noun1) (permission to do something, eg to be absent: Have I your leave to go?) permission2) ((especially of soldiers, sailors etc) a holiday: He is home on leave at the moment.) permission•- take one's leave of- take one's leave -
9 mutinous
adjective mutinous sailors.) mutiné -
10 nautical
['no:tikəl](of ships or sailors: nautical language.) nautique, naval -
11 rescue
['reskju:] 1. verb(to get or take out of a dangerous situation, captivity etc: The lifeboat was sent out to rescue the sailors from the sinking ship.) secourir2. noun((an) act of rescuing or state of being rescued: The lifeboat crew performed four rescues last week; After his rescue, the climber was taken to hospital; They came quickly to our rescue.) sauvetage- rescuer -
12 reserve
[rə'zə:v] 1. verb1) (to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself: The restaurant is busy on Saturdays, so I'll phone up today and reserve a table.) réserver2) (to keep for the use of a particular person or group of people, or for a particular use: These seats are reserved for the committee members.) réserver2. noun1) (something which is kept for later use or for use when needed: The farmer kept a reserve of food in case he was cut off by floods.) réserve2) (a piece of land used for a special purpose eg for the protection of animals: a wild-life reserve; a nature reserve.) réserve3) (the habit of not saying very much, not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc; shyness.) réserve4) ((often in plural) soldiers, sailors etc who do not belong to the regular full-time army, navy etc but who are called into action when needed eg during a war.) réserviste(s)•- reserved - have - keep in reserve -
13 scuttle
-
14 shanty
['ʃænti]plural - shanties; noun1) (a roughly-built hut or shack.) baraque2) ((also sea shanty) a song that sailors used to sing while working.) -
15 maroon
A n1 ( colour) bordeaux m ;B adj bordeaux inv.C vtr ( strand) to be marooned on an island/at home être bloqué sur une île/chez soi ; the marooned sailors ou castaways les naufragés. -
16 watery
См. также в других словарях:
Sailors — is the plural form of Sailor, or mariner.Sailors may also refer to: * Sailors (film), a 1964 Swedish film *Ken Sailors (born 1922), American basketball player;Sports teams *Erie Sailors, baseball teams in Pennsylvania, USA *Goderich Sailors, ice… … Wikipedia
Sailors de Sarnia — Données clés Fondé en 1949 Disparu en 1951 Siège Sarnia (Ontario) Patinoire (aréna) Sarnia Arena Ligue LIH et OHA Sr. A Entraîneur chef Norman Tustin … Wikipédia en Français
Sailors' mutiny — (September 1931) ( es. La Rebelion de los Marineros) was a violent rebellion of the Chilean Navy enlisted men against the government of Chilean Vice President Manuel Trucco.BackgroundIn 1931, Chile was bankrupt. The situation had caused the… … Wikipedia
Sailors Snug Harbor of Boston — was established in 1852 as a retirement home for sailors. It was similar to the much larger Sailors Snug Harbor on Staten Island. Today, it is a nonprofit organization funding charitible initiatives in fishing communities and for the elderly in… … Wikipedia
Sailors Hotel Meydan — (Алачати,Турция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Kemalpaşa Cad. No 66, 35937 Алачати, Турция … Каталог отелей
Sailors' Society — Sailors’ Society is an inter denominational Christian organisation providing pastoral care to seafarers.The Society was formed in 1818 as the Port of London Society. Following mergers with two other societies, the name was changed to The British… … Wikipedia
Sailors Apartments — (Элунда,Греция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Mouson 5, Элунда, 72053, Греция … Каталог отелей
Sailors Hotel Bahce — (Алачати,Турция) Категория отеля: Адрес: 3005 Sok. No:5, 35950 Алачати, Турция … Каталог отелей
Sailors Beach Apartments — (Кавос,Греция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Kavos, Кавос, 49080, Греция … Каталог отелей
Sailors' Snug Harbor — Infobox nrhp2 | name =Sailors Snug Harbor nhld=yes caption = location = 914 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York City, New YorkAndrew Dolkart Postal, Matthew A.; Guide to New York City Landmarks , 3rd Edition; New York City Landmarks… … Wikipedia
Sailors' Union of the Pacific — NOTOC Infobox Union name= SUP country= United States affiliation= AFL CIO members= 736 (2005) full name= Sailors Union of the Pacific native name= founded= March 6, 1885 current= head= dissolved date= dissolved state= merged into= office= people … Wikipedia