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1 Alfred
Proper name. Avoir le bonjour d'Alfred (iron.): To be left in the lurch (when someone else has scarpered). -
2 cour
cour [kuʀ]1. feminine nouna. [de bâtiment] courtyardb. ( = tribunal) courtc. [de roi] court2. compounds► cour d'appel ≈ Court of Appeal, ≈ appellate court (US)► cour d'assises ≈ court of assizes* * *kuʀ1) (de maison, bâtiment) courtyard; ( où l'on joue) playground; ( de ferme) yardla cour des grands — lit the older children's playground; fig the big league
2) ( de souverain) court; ( de personne en vue) entourage3) ( à une jeune fille) courtship4) Droit court‘messieurs, la cour’ — ‘all rise’
•Phrasal Verbs:••* * *kuʀ nf1) [ferme, jardin] yard, courtyard2) [immeuble] courtyard"Fenêtre sur Cour", d'Alfred Hitchcock — "Rear Window" by Alfred Hitchcock
"appartement sur cour, très calme et ensoleillé" — "apartment overlooking the courtyard, very quiet and sunny"
3) ÉDUCATIONcour de récréation — schoolyard, playground
4) DROIT court5) (royale) court6) (amoureuse)* * *cour nf1 (de maison, bâtiment) courtyard; ( où l'on joue) playground; ( de ferme) yard; la cour des grands lit the older children's playground; fig the big league; cour de ferme farmyard; sur cour overlooking the courtyard;2 ( de souverain) court; ( de personne en vue) entourage; cour d'Angleterre English court; cour royale/pontificale royal/papal court; habit de cour court dress; le roi et sa cour the king and his courtiers; être bien/mal en cour to be in/out of favourGB (auprès de with);3 ( à une jeune fille) courtship; faire la cour à to court; faire sa cour à lit, fig to pay court to;cour d'appel Jur court of appeal GB ou appeals US; cour d'arrivée arrivals area; cour d'assises Jur criminal court; cour de caserne barracks square; cour constitutionnelle Admin constitutional court; cour de départ departures area; cour d'école schoolyard; cour de gare station forecourt; cour d'honneur main courtyard; cour d'immeuble inner courtyard; cour intérieure inner courtyard; cour martiale Mil court-martial; passer en cour martiale to be court-martialled; faire passer qn en cour martiale to court-martial sb; cour des Miracles Hist area of a city frequented by beggars and thieves; fig den of thieves; cour de récréation playground; cour de renvoi court of appeal GB ou appeals US; Cour de cassation court of cassation; Cour des comptes national audit office; Cour européenne des droits de l'homme European Court of Human Rights; Cour européenne de justice European Court of Justice; Cour internationale de justice International Court of Justice; Cour de justice des communautés européennes = Cour européenne de justice; Cour suprême ( des États-Unis) Supreme Court; Cour de sûreté de l'État state security court.jouer dans la cour des grands to take on the big boys.[kur] nom féminin1. [d'immeuble] courtyardavec vue sur (la) cour looking onto the inside of the building ou onto the courtyard2. [d'un roi] courtêtre bien/mal en cour to be in/out of favour[tribunal]Cour des comptesthe French audit office, ≃ controller and auditor general (UK), ≃ General Accounting Office (US)5. (locution)faire la cour à quelqu'un to court somebody, to woo somebodyThis is the court which hears criminal cases. It is made up of a president, two assessors, and a jury of laymen. Normally the court meets every three months in each département.The highest court of civil and criminal appeal in France. The court has the power to overturn the decisions of lower courts when it believes the law has been misinterpreted. It does not rehear cases but simply analyses the way the law was applied.A state body that supervises the financial affairs of public bodies and local authorities, and monitors the way public funds are used. -
3 Dreyfus
[drɛfys] nom propreCaptain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly convicted of passing military secrets to the Germans in 1894. His innocence was gradually established, notably by Zola's letter J'accuse published in l'Aurore. The affair, exacerbated by the fact that Dreyfus was Jewish, crystallized the opposition between left- and right-wing parties. The nation was divided between dreyfusards, calling for justice and favouring reformist and socialist trends, and the anti-Semitic anti-dreyfusards. -
4 Ubu
[yby] nom proprele père Ubuthe grotesque and disreputable character in a number of plays by Alfred Jarry, especially 'Ubu roi' (1896); the origin of the adjective 'ubuesque' -
5 accuser
accuser [akyze]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verbc. ( = montrer) to show2. reflexive verb• s'accuser de qch/d'avoir fait qch [personne] to admit to sth/to having done sth* * *akyze
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1) [plaignant] to accuse (de of); [juge] to charge (de with)accusé du meurtre de sa femme — (par le plaignant, un témoin) accused of murdering his wife; ( à l'issue du procès) charged with murdering his wife
2) ( rendre coupable) [personne] to accuse [personne] ( de (faire) of (doing)); to blame [sort]; [fait] to point to [personne]accuser quelqu'un/quelque chose de tous les maux — to put all the blame on somebody/something
3) ( rendre évident) to show [baisse, déficit]4) ( confirmer)
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s'accuser verbe pronominal1) ( soi-même) to take the blame ( de quelque chose for something; d'avoir fait for doing)2) ( l'un l'autre) to accuse each other ( de (faire) of (doing))3) ( s'aggraver) to become more marked••* * *akyze vt1) [personne] to accuseaccuser qn de qch — to accuse sb of sth, (= rendre responsable) to blame sb for sth
2) (= laisser voir, montrer) [fatigue, douleur] to show3) (= subir) [hausse, baisse, tendance, perte] to show4)5) (= accentuer) [détail, forme] to emphasize, to bring out* * *accuser verb table: aimerA vtr1 Jur [plaignant] to accuse (de of); [juge] to charge (de with); il est accusé du meurtre de sa femme/de meurtre (par le plaignant, un témoin) he is accused of murdering his wife/of murder; ( à l'issue du procès) he is charged with murdering his wife/with murder; ⇒ rage;2 ( rendre coupable) [personne] to accuse [personne] (de (faire) of (doing)); to blame [sort, malchance]; [fait, preuve] to point to [personne]; on l'accuse d'espionnage he is accused of spying; il est accusé d'avoir provoqué un accident he is accused of causing an accident; tout l'accuse everything points to him; son silence l'accuse his silence incriminates him; voici les photos qui l'accusent here are the photos which point the finger at him; accuser qn/qch de tous les maux to put all the blame on sb/sth;3 ( rendre évident) [traits, expression] to show [fatigue, ennui]; [ventes, affaires, chiffres] to show [baisse, déficit]; accuser une hausse de 10% to show a 10% increase; il accuse son âge he looks his age; il accuse (bien) la cinquantaine he looks all of his fifty years;4 ( accentuer) [éclairage, maquillage] to accentuate [contour, défaut].B s'accuser vpr1 ( se rendre coupable) to take the blame (de qch for sth; d'avoir fait for doing); elle s'accuse pour protéger son amant she took the blame to protect her lover;2 ( l'un l'autre) to accuse each other (de (faire) of (doing)); ils s'accusent mutuellement d'être responsables du conflit they are accusing each other of being to blame for the conflict;3 ( s'aggraver) [contour, défaut, différence] to become more marked ou pronounced.accuser le coup to be visibly shaken; accuser réception to acknowledge receipt (de of).[akyze] verbe transitif1. [désigner comme coupable] to accuseJ'accusetitle of an open letter to the French President which appeared in 'l'Aurore' in January 1898, in which Emile Zola insisted that Alfred Dreyfus had been unjustly incriminatedaccuser quelqu'un de meurtre/viol to charge somebody with murder/rape4. [indiquer]le compteur accuse 130 km/h the meter's registering ou reading 130 km/h5. (locution)a. [en boxe] to reel with the punchb. [fatigue] to show the strainc. [moralement] to take it badly————————s'accuser verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)la seule chose dont je peux m'accuser, c'est de... the only fault I would admit to is... -
6 bonjour
n. m.1. C'est simple comme bonjour! It's as easy as pie! — It's dead simple.2. Avoir le bonjour ( d'Alfred): To have 'missed the boat', to have missed an opportunity. (The origin of this jocular and highly ironic expression remains a mystery.) -
7 UBU, le père
Ubu Roi was a play (1896) by the writer Alfred Jarry, and one of the most founding works in the movement known as the "Theatre of the Absurd". Ubu has become celebrated as the archetypal absurd figure, and in particular the adjective " ubuesque" is used to denounce absurd situationsDictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > UBU, le père
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