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121 burden
burden ['bɜ:dən]1 noun∎ to be a burden to sb être un fardeau pour qn;∎ his guilt was a heavy burden to bear sa culpabilité était un lourd fardeau;∎ to increase/to relieve the tax burden augmenter/alléger le fardeau ou le poids des impôts;∎ Law the burden of proof la charge de la preuve;∎ Law the burden of proof rests with him c'est à lui qu'il incombe d'apporter des preuves∎ a ship of 500 tons burden un navire qui jauge 500 tonneaux(d) British Music (chorus, refrain) refrain m; figurative (theme, central idea) fond m, substance f;∎ what is the main burden of her argument? quel est le point essentiel de son argument?(a) (weigh down) charger;∎ to be burdened with sth être chargé de qch;∎ figurative to burden sb with taxes accabler qn d'impôts∎ I don't want to burden you with my problems je ne veux pas vous ennuyer avec mes problèmes;∎ she was burdened with guilt elle était rongée par un sentiment de culpabilité -
122 decline
decline [dɪ'klaɪn]1 noun(decrease → in prices, standards, crime, profits) baisse f; figurative (of civilization, empire) déclin m;∎ there has been a decline in child mortality il y a eu une baisse de la mortalité infantile;∎ sales have shown a rapid decline over the last six months on a observé une forte chute des ventes au cours des six derniers mois;∎ to be in decline être en déclin;∎ to be on the decline (prices, sales) être en baisse; (civilization, influence) être sur le déclin;∎ figurative to fall into decline dépérir;∎ old-fashioned to fall into a decline (person) dépérir(a) (refuse → invitation, honour, offer of help) décliner, refuser; (→ food, drink) refuser; (→ responsibility) décliner;∎ to decline to do sth refuser de faire qch(a) (decrease, diminish → empire, health) décliner; (→ prices, sales, population) baisser, être en baisse, diminuer; (→ influence, enthusiasm, fame) baisser, diminuer;∎ to decline in importance/value/significance perdre de son importance/de sa valeur/de sa signification∎ she declined with thanks elle a refusé avec ses remerciements(c) (slope downwards) être en pente, descendre►► Marketing decline stage (of product) phase f de déclin✾ Book '(History of the) Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' Gibbon 'Histoire de la décadence et de la chute de l'Empire romain' -
123 onus
onus ['əʊnəs](responsibility) responsabilité f; (burden) charge f;∎ the onus is on you to make good the damage c'est à vous qu'il incombe de réparer les dégâts;∎ the onus is now on United to attack United se doit maintenant d'attaquer;∎ the onus is on you to lodge a complaint il tient à toi de déposer une plainte -
124 orbit
orbit ['ɔ:bɪt]1 noun∎ to enter or to go into orbit se mettre ou se placer en orbite;∎ to put or to send a satellite into orbit mettre un satellite sur ou en orbite;∎ in orbit en orbite∎ the countries within Washington's orbit les pays qui se situent dans la sphère d'influence de Washington;∎ that's not within the orbit of my responsibility cela n'est pas de mon ressort, cela ne relève pas de ma responsabilité(of planet, comet) graviter ou tourner autour de;∎ the first man to orbit the Earth le premier homme à être placé ou mis en orbite autour de la Terredécrire une orbite -
125 duty
duty [ˈdju:tɪ]1. nouna. (moral, legal) devoir m• I feel duty bound to say that... il est de mon devoir de dire que...• my duties consist of... mes fonctions consistent à...• to be on duty être de service (or de garde)• to be off duty ne pas être de service (or de garde)• to go off duty [doctor, nurse] quitter son service2. compounds* * *['djuːtɪ], US ['duːtɪ] 1.1) ( obligation) devoir m (to envers)in the course of duty — Military en service; gen dans l'exercice de ses fonctions
2) ( task) (gén pl) fonction fto perform ou carry out one's duties — remplir ses fonctions (as de)
3) [U] ( work) service mto be on/off duty — Military, Medicine être/ne pas être de service; School être/ne pas être de surveillance
to go on/off duty — commencer/finir son service
4) ( tax) taxe f2.customs duties — droits mpl de douane
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126 government
government [ˈgʌvənmənt]1. noun2. adjective[policy, decision, intervention, spending] du gouvernement ; [grant] d'État ; [responsibility, loan] de l'État━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ gouvernement has ou instead of o and an extra e in the middle.* * *['gʌvənmənt] 1.1) ( system) ( political) gouvernement m; ( administrative) administration f2.parliamentary government — régime m parlementaire
noun modifier [ minister, official, plan, intervention] du gouvernement; [ decree, department, majority, policy, publication] gouvernemental; [ expenditure, borrowing] de l'État; [ loan, funds] public/-ique -
127 overall
1. adjective( = total) total ; [effect, impression] d'ensemble ; [improvement] global ; [winner, leader, victory] (Sport) au classement général• this wine was the overall winner with our judges ce vin était champion toutes catégories auprès de notre jury2. adverb( = in general) dans l'ensemble• overall, it was disappointing dans l'ensemble, ce fut décevant3. plural noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque overall est un adjectif ou un nom, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈəʊvərɔ:l, lorsque c'est un adverbe, sur la dernière: ‚əʊvərˈɔ:l.* * *1. ['əʊvərɔːl] 2.overalls plural noun GB combinaison f; US salopette f3. [ˌəʊvər'ɔːl]adjective [cost] global; [improvement, increase, trend] général; [control, impression, effect] d'ensemble; [majority] absolu; [winner] au classement général4.1) ( in total) en tout2) ( in general) dans l'ensemble -
128 squarely
squarely [ˈskwεəlɪ]a. ( = completely) complètement• responsibility rests squarely with the President la responsabilité incombe complètement au présidentb. ( = directly) to look at sb squarely regarder qn droit dans les yeux* * *['skweəlɪ]1) ( directly) [strike, hit, land] lit en plein milieuto look squarely at — regarder [quelque chose] bien en face [problem, situation]
2) ( honestly) honnêtement3) ( fully)
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