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A n1 ( period) moment m, période f ; a spell of sth une période de qch ; for a spell pendant un certain temps ; for a long/short spell pendant une longue/courte période ; a spell as director/as minister une brève période comme directeur/ministre ; she had a spell at the wheel/on the computer elle a passé un certain temps au volant/à l'ordinateur ; a spell in hospital/in prison un séjour à l'hôpital/en prison ; a warm/cold spell une période de beau temps/de froid ; rainy spell ondée f ; sunny spell éclaircie f ; to go through a bad spell traverser une mauvaise passe ;2 ( magic words) formule f magique ; evil spell maléfice m ; to be under a spell être envoûté ; to cast ou put a spell on sb lit, fig jeter or lancer un sort à qn ; to break a spell rompre un sortilège ; to break the spell fig rompre le charme ; to be/fall under sb's spell fig être/tomber sous le charme de qn.1 ( aloud) épeler ; ( on paper) écrire ; the word is spelt like this le mot s'écrit comme ça ; she spells her name with/without an e son nom s'écrit avec/sans e ; to spell sth correctly ou properly orthographier qch correctement ; the word is correctly/wrongly spelt le mot est bien/mal orthographié ; C-A-T spells cat les lettres C-A-T forment le mot cat ; will you spell that please? ( on phone) pouvez-vous l'épeler, s'il vous plaît? ;2 ( imply) représenter [danger, disaster, ruin] ; sonner [end] ; annoncer [fame] ; her letter spelt happiness sa lettre était une perspective de bonheur ; the defeat spelt the end of a civilization/for our team la défaite a sonné la fin d'une civilisation/pour notre équipe.C vi (pp, prét spelled ou spelt) [person] connaître l'orthographe ; he can't spell il ne connaît pas l'orthographe ; he spells badly/well il a une mauvaise/bonne orthographe ; to learn (how) to spell apprendre l'orthographe.■ spell out:▶ spell out [sth], spell [sth] out1 lit épeler [word] ;2 fig expliquer [qch] clairement [consequences, demands, details, implications, policy] ; I had to spell it out to him j'ai dû le lui expliquer clairement ; do I have to spell it out (to you)? est-ce qu'il faut que je te fasse un dessin? -
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[mis'spel]past tense, past participles - misspelt,misspelled; verb(to spell wrongly.) mal orthographier
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