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sharply ['ʃɑ:plɪ]∎ the bare trees stood out sharply against the snow les arbres dénudés se détachaient nettement sur la neige;∎ this contrasts sharply with her usual behaviour voilà qui change beaucoup de son comportement habituel;∎ to bring sth sharply home, to bring sth sharply into focus faire apparaître qch de façon évidente(c) (abruptly, suddenly → curve, turn) brusquement; (→ rise, fall, change) brusquement, soudainement;∎ the car took the bend too sharply la voiture a pris le virage trop vite;∎ the road rises/drops sharply la route monte/descend en pente raide;∎ inflation has risen sharply since May l'inflation est montée en flèche depuis mai(d) (harshly → speak) vivement, sèchement, de façon brusque; (→ criticize) vivement, sévèrement; (→ reply, retort) vertement, vivement;∎ she reprimanded him sharply for being late elle lui a fait de vifs reproches pour son retard;∎ I had to speak to her sharply about her persistent lateness j'ai dû lui faire des observations sévères au sujet de ses retards répétés(e) (alertly → listen) attentivement -
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sharply [ˈ∫α:plɪ]a. ( = abruptly) [drop, increase] brusquement ; [reduce] nettementb. ( = clearly) nettement• what he said brought the issue sharply into focus ce qu'il a dit a fait ressortir nettement le problèmec. ( = severely) [criticize] vivement ; [say, ask, reply] avec brusqueried. sharply pointed [leaves, shoes] pointue. ( = quickly) rapidement* * *['ʃɑːplɪ]1) ( abruptly) [turn, change, rise, fall] brusquement, brutalement; [stop] net2) ( harshly) [speak] d'un ton brusque; [criticize] vivement, sévèrement; [look] durement3) ( distinctly) [differ, define] nettementto bring something sharply into focus — lit cadrer quelque chose avec netteté; fig faire passer quelque chose au premier plan
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2 ( harshly) [say, speak, reply] d'un ton brusque ; [criticize, accuse] vivement, sévèrement ; [look, glare] durement ; the article was sharply critical of the government l'article était une critique virulente du gouvernement ;3 ( distinctly) [differ, contrast, stand out] nettement ; [defined] nettement ; to bring sth sharply into focus lit cadrer qch avec netteté ; fig faire passer qch au premier plan ;4 ( perceptively) [say] très justement ; [observe] avec acuité ; [characterized, drawn] avec acuité ; [aware] vivement ; to be sharply intelligent avoir une intelligence vive. -
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A n2 ( bite) claquement m ; with a sudden snap of his jaws, the fox… d'un brusque claquement des mâchoires, le renard… ;4 Games ≈ bataille f ;6 ○ ( vigour) vigueur f, nerf ○ m ; put a bit of snap into it! mettez-y un peu de vigueur or nerf ○ ! ;2 ( break) (faire) casser net [qch] ;3 ( say crossly) dire [qch] hargneusement ; ‘stop it!’ she snapped ‘arrête!’ a-t-elle dit or répondu hargneusement ;4 ○ Phot prendre une photo de [person, building etc].D excl1 Games ≈ bataille! ;2 ○ snap! we're wearing the same tie! coïncidence! nous portons la même cravate!1 lit ( break) [branch, bone, pole] se casser ; [elastic, rope, wire] (se) casser ; the mast snapped in two le mât s'est cassé en deux ;2 fig ( lose control) [person] être à bout, craquer ○ ; suddenly something just snapped in me tout à coup, j'ai craqué ○ ; my patience finally snapped ma patience était arrivée à bout ;3 ( click) to snap open/shut s'ouvrir/se fermer d'un coup sec ; ( louder) s'ouvrir/se fermer avec un claquement ; the attachment snapped into place l'accessoire s'est encastré avec un claquement ;4 ( speak sharply) parler hargneusement.snap out of it ○ ! cesse de faire la tête or la gueule ◑ ! ; snap to it ○ ! et plus vite que ça ○ ! ; to snap to attention Mil se figer au garde-à-vous.■ snap at:▶ snap at [sth/sb]1 ( speak sharply) parler hargneusement à [person] ;2 ( bite) [dog, fish etc] essayer de mordre.■ snap off:▶ snap off [branch, knob, protrusion] casser net ;▶ snap off [sth], snap [sth] off casser [qch] net.■ snap out:▶ snap out [sth] glapir [order, reply].■ snap up:▶ snap up [sth] arracher [bargain, opportunity]. -
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snap [snæp]1. nouna. ( = noise) [of fingers, whip] claquement m ; [of sth shutting] bruit m sec ; ( = action) [of whip] claquement m ; [of twigs] craquement m• with a snap of his fingers he... faisant claquer ses doigts il...b. ( = cold weather) a cold snap une petite vague de froidc. ( = snapshot) photo fd. (US) ( = snap fastener) bouton-pression m2. adjectivea. ( = sudden) [vote] décidé à l'improviste ; [judgement, answer] irréfléchi3. exclamationa. ( = break) se casser netb. [whip] claquer• to snap shut/open se fermer/s'ouvrir avec un bruit seca. ( = break) casser netb. [+ whip] faire claquer• to snap sth open/shut ouvrir/fermer qch d'un coup secc. ( = take photo of) prendre en photod. "shut up!" he snapped « silence ! » fit-il d'un ton brusque6. compounds► snap off• they are snapped up as soon as they come on the market on se les arrache dès qu'ils sont mis en vente* * *[snæp] 1.1) ( of branch) craquement m; (of fingers, lid, elastic) claquement m2) ( bite) claquement m3) (colloq) Photography photo f4) Games ≈ bataille f2.adjective [decision, judgment, vote] rapide3.(colloq) exclamation4.transitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)1) ( click) faire claquer [fingers, jaws, elastic]2) ( break) (faire) casser net3) ( say crossly) dire [quelque chose] hargneusement4) (colloq) Photography prendre une photo de5.intransitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)2) fig ( lose control) [person] craquer (colloq)3) ( click)to snap open/shut — s'ouvrir/se fermer d'un coup sec
4) ( speak sharply) parler hargneusement•Phrasal Verbs:- snap at- snap off- snap up••snap out of it! — (colloq) cesse de faire la tête!
snap to it! — (colloq) et plus vite que ça! (colloq)
to snap to attention — Military se figer au garde-à-vous
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snap at [something/somebody]1) ( speak sharply) parler hargneusement à2) ( bite) essayer de mordre -
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turn [tɜ:n]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. [of wheel] tour mb. ( = bend) virage m• take the next turn on the left prenez la prochaine route (or rue) à gauche• the patient took a turn for the worse/better l'état du malade s'est aggravé/améliorée. ( = action) to do sb a good turn rendre un service à qnf. ( = act) numéro mg. (in game, queue) tour m• whose turn is it? c'est à qui (le tour) ?► by turns• my sister and I visit our mother by turns ma sœur et moi rendons visite à notre mère à tour de rôle► in turn ( = one after another) à tour de rôle ; ( = then) à mon (or son or notre etc) tour• and they, in turn, said... et, à leur tour, ils ont dit...► out of turn• I don't want to speak out of turn but... je ne devrais peut-être pas dire cela mais...► to a turn• done to a turn [food] à point► turn of + noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► For turn + adverb/preposition combinations see also phrasal verbs.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. [+ handle, key, wheel, page] tournerb. [+ mattress] retournerd. ( = reach) [+ age, time] as soon as he turned 18 dès qu'il a eu 18 ans• he would turn in his grave if he knew... il se retournerait dans sa tombe s'il savait...► to turn on sth ( = depend)b. ( = move in different direction) [person, vehicle] tourner ; ( = reverse direction) faire demi-tour ; [road, river] faire un coude ; [tide] changer de directionc. ( = become)► turn + adjective• to turn nasty/pale devenir méchant/pâle• the whole thing turned into a nightmare c'est devenu un véritable cauchemar► to turn to + nound. ( = change) [weather] changer ; [leaves] jaunir4. compounds[+ business, economy] remettre sur pied[traveller] faire demi-tour ; ( = reverse a decision) faire marche arrièrea. ( = send back) faire faire demi-tour à ; [+ demonstrators] faire refluer• we can't turn the clock back on ne peut pas revenir en arrière► turn down separable transitive verbb. [+ heat, sound] baissera. to turn in to a driveway [car, person] tourner dans une alléeb. ( = go to bed) (inf) aller se couchera. ( = hand over) [+ wanted man] livrer (à la police)• to turn o.s. in se rendrea. [person, vehicle] tournerb. to turn off automatically [heater, oven] s'éteindre automatiquement[+ road] quittera. [+ water, tap] fermer ; [+ radio, television, electricity, gas, heater] éteindre ; [+ water, electricity] (at main) couper• what turns teenagers off science? qu'est-ce qui fait que les sciences n'attirent pas les adolescents ?► turn onb. millions of viewers turn on at 6 o'clock des millions de téléspectateurs allument la télé à 6 heures( = attack) attaquera. [+ tap] ouvrir ; [+ gas, electricity, television, heater] allumer ; [+ engine, machine] mettre en marchec. ( = happen) se passer• as it turned out, nobody came en fin de compte personne n'est venu• it turned out nice [weather] il a fait beau en fin de comptea. [+ light] éteindreb. ( = empty out) [+ pockets, suitcase] vider ; [+ room, cupboard] nettoyer à fond ; ( = expel) [+ tenant] expulserc. ( = produce) fabriquera. ( = roll over) se retournerb. ( = change channel) changer de chaîne ; ( = turn page) tourner la pagea. [+ page] tourner ; [+ mattress, earth, playing card, tape] retournerb. ( = hand over) [+ person] livrer (to à)• the firm turns over $10,000 a week l'entreprise réalise un chiffre d'affaires de 10 000 dollars par semaine► turn rounda. [person] se retourner ; ( = change direction) [person, vehicle] faire demi-tour ; ( = rotate) [object] tournerb. ( = improve) se redressera. tourner ; [+ person] faire tourner• he turned the ship round [captain] il a fait demi-tourb. ( = make successful) redresser ; ( = rephrase) reformuler( = arrive) arriver• don't worry about your ring, I'm sure it will turn up ne t'en fais pas pour ta bague, je suis sûr que tu finiras par la retrouvera. [+ collar] relever ; [+ sleeve] retrousserb. ( = find) [+ evidence] trouver• a survey turned up more than 3,000 people suffering from AIDS une enquête a révélé que plus de 3 000 personnes étaient atteintes du sidac. [+ radio, television] mettre plus fort* * *[tɜːn] 1.1) (in games, sequence) tour m‘miss a turn’ — ‘passez votre tour’
to have a turn on ou at ou with the computer — utiliser l'ordinateur à son tour
to take turns at doing —
to speak out of turn — fig commettre un impair
2) ( circular movement) tour mto do a turn — [dancer] faire un tour
3) ( in vehicle) virage mto make ou do a left/right turn — tourner à gauche/à droite
‘no left turn’ — ‘défense de tourner à gauche’
4) (bend, side road) tournant m, virage mtake the next right turn —
5) (change, development) tournure fto take a turn for the better — [person, situation] s'améliorer; [things, events] prendre une meilleure tournure
to take a turn for the worse — [situation] se dégrader; [health] s'aggraver
to be on the turn — [luck, milk] commencer à tourner; [tide] commencer à changer; century
6) (colloq) GB ( attack) crise fa giddy ou dizzy turn — un vertige
to have a funny turn — se sentir tout/-e chose (colloq)
it gave me quite a turn —
7) ( act) numéro m2.in turn adverbial phrase1) ( in rotation) [answer, speak] à tour de rôle2) ( linking sequence) à son tour3.transitive verb1) ( rotate) [person] tourner [wheel, handle]; serrer [screw]; [mechanism] faire tourner [cog, wheel]to turn the key in the door ou lock — ( lock up) fermer la porte à clé; ( unlock) tourner la clé dans la serrure
2) (turn over, reverse) retourner [mattress, soil, steak, collar]; tourner [page]3) ( change direction of) tourner [chair, head, face, car]to turn one's back on — lit tourner le dos à [group, place]; fig laisser tomber [friend, ally]; abandonner [homeless, needy]
4) ( focus direction of)to turn something on somebody — braquer quelque chose sur quelqu'un [gun, hose, torch]; fig diriger quelque chose sur quelqu'un [anger, scorn]
5) ( transform)to turn something white/black — blanchir/noircir quelque chose
to turn something milky/opaque — rendre quelque chose laiteux/opaque
to turn something into — transformer quelque chose en [office, car park, desert]
to turn water into ice/wine — changer de l'eau en glace/vin
to turn somebody into — [magician] changer quelqu'un en [frog]; [experience] faire de quelqu'un [extrovert, maniac]
7) (colloq) ( pass the age of)she has just turned 20/30 — elle vient d'avoir 20/30 ans
8) ( on lathe) tourner [wood, piece, spindle]4.1) ( change direction) [person, car, plane, road] tourner; [ship] virerto turn down ou into — tourner dans [street, alley]
to turn towards — tourner en direction de [village, mountains]
the conversation turned to Ellie — on en est venu/ils en sont venus à parler d'Ellie
2) ( reverse direction) [person, vehicle] faire demi-tour; [tide] changer; [luck] tourner; turn around3) ( revolve) [key, wheel, planet] tourner; [person] se tournerto turn on — [argument] tourner autour de [point, issue]; [outcome] dépendre de [factor]
5) ( spin round angrily)to turn on somebody — [dog] attaquer quelqu'un; [person] se retourner contre quelqu'un
to turn to — se tourner vers [person, religion]
to turn to drink/drugs — se mettre à boire/se droguer
I don't know where ou which way to turn — je ne sais plus où donner de la tête (colloq)
7) ( change)to turn into — [person, tadpole] se transformer en [frog]; [sofa] se transformer en [bed]; [situation, evening] tourner à [farce, disaster]
to turn to — [substance] se changer en [ice, gold]; [fear, surprise] faire place à [horror, relief]
8) ( become by transformation) devenir [pale, cloudy, green]to turn white/black/red — blanchir/noircir/rougir
the weather is turning cold/warm — le temps se rafraîchit/se réchauffe
9) (colloq) ( become) devenir [Conservative, Communist]10) ( go sour) [milk] tourner11) [trees, leaves] jaunir•Phrasal Verbs:- turn in- turn off- turn on- turn out- turn up••at every turn — ( all the time) à tout moment; ( everywhere) partout
one good turn deserves another — Prov c'est un prêté pour un rendu
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